COVID-19: Why we quarantined our employees in Delta, Lagos— Chevron
…says no staff has coronavirus By Michael Eboh Chevron Nigeria Limited, on Thursday, stated that none of its employees has contracted the coronavirus, COVID-19, noting that it has continued to operate safely, and without any COVID-19-related incident in its operations. Reacting to speculations that the company quarantined some of its staff suspected of having the […]
Lockdown: Customs seizes smuggled rice, beans worth N12.7m in Kano
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command, has seized smuggled rice and beans worth over N12.7 million in Kano State. Mr Isa Danbaba, the Pubic Relations Officer of the command, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Kano. “In spite of the outbreak of Coronavirus and the subsequent measures put in place by […]
Yobe’s suspected COVID-19 case tests negative
The Yobe State Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Thursday the suspected coronavirus case in Nguru local government area of the state has tested negative for the disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mohammed Gana, who disclosed this in Damaturu, said after all the standard guidelines and protocols were followed, the person’s […]
Pelosi vows to fight Trump’s ‘dangerous, illegal’ WHO funding cut
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will “swiftly” challenge what she called President Trump’s “senseless” and “illegal” suspension of US funding to the World Health Organization. Trump stopped the funding on Tuesday, saying the WHO needs “meaningful reforms” after failing to report accurate coronavirus data from China, worsening the pandemic’s punch to the US. But […]
Africa reports 17, 247 COVID-19 cases
The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reached 910 as the number of confirmed cases hit 17,247 across the African continent as of Thursday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
COVID-19: OPEC puts Nigeria’s oil output at 1.78 m/bd in March 2020
….As oil demand sets to drop by 20 m/bd in April ….Warns against severe economic recession By Udeme Akpan The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria’s oil production, excluding Condensate at 1.78 million barrels per day, m/bd, in March 2020. According to data collated from official sources, this indicated an increase of […]
