SOCIAL clusters such as, burials and weddings have been suspended indefinitely in Enugu state, until the ravaging coronavirus disease is contained.

AFTER a meeting of its National Administrative Council, NAC and Central Working Committee, CWC, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, shut its secretariat with a view to curtailing the spread of the pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) amonsgt workers in the maritime industry.

Limits markets to only essential commodities To embark on mass production of hand sanitizers The Edo State Government has stepped up its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as Governor Godwin Obaseki has further reduced the number of people allowed in any public gathering in the state from 50 to 20 persons. Other fresh measures […]

Apple’s market value fell below US$1-trillion as trading opened on Monday, leaving Microsoft as the only US stock above the 13-digit threshold. Apple shares fell as much as 4.9% at 9.40 am in New York, bringing the iPhone maker’s market value to about $960-billion. In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the company has been hampered […]

In view of the imminent country lockdown and restriction of movements in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has requested that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) initiate the process of National Right of passage for all technical staff of telecommunications companies in the event of foreseeable lockdown by either the Federal or the State Governments.

PORTS & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of Sifax Group in partnership with Hapag Lloyd AG Limited, a German international shipping and container transportation company, has berthed a 39,906 tonnes vessel at Lagos port in its maiden call.

By Sam Agha Egwu It is IMPOSSIBLE that only a few cases are in Nigeria. From the evidence in other countries, we can boldly project, statistically, that we should have hundreds now, and with so much free movement still, it would soon be thousands. Nigeria is still trying the old method of tracing contacts that […]

By Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has apologized to retirees and workers of the state over the inability of successive governments to find a lasting solution to the nagging backlog of unpaid pensions in the state. The Governor who tendered the apology in Makurdi while flagging off Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, for […]

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria ACPN, has called on infected Nigerians to desist from indiscriminate consumption of chloroquine as a measure to cure dreaded Corona virus as suggested by US president, Donald Trump .

THERE are indications that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, would renew licenses of all the current port concessionaires even as industry chieftains expressed mixed feelings. Intels Nigeria Logistics, Julius Berger, Greenview Development Nigeria Limited and fourteen others may have been listed as beneficiaries.