Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has recorded three cases of COVID-19, The PUNCH can confirm. The PUNCH learnt that the index case is an official of the Federal Inland Revenue Service and was one of the passengers on the British Airways’ flight that landed on March 13, 2020. It was learnt that two other cases of COVID-19 […]
Private jet charter companies in Nigeria have told the BBC that they have experienced a spike in bookings in the last two weeks as countries around the world impose travel restrictions to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. From Saturday, people from 13 of the worst-hit countries will not be allowed into Nigeria. ExecuJet, which is […]
Following the rampant cases of men’s death as a result of domestic violence, the Anglican Archbishop on the Niger, Anambra state, Most Rev Alexander Ibezim, has cautioned women against killing their husbands. Also, he warned the menfolk to stop the violence against women, while tasking women to be loving whenever provoked and allow reason to […]
Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, is suspending all flights to France, Germany, Nigeria, New York and New Jersey due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to internal emails seen by Reuters. France, Germany and Nigeria flights would be suspended from March 23 until further notice, a company email said. Flights to New York […]
The Central Bank has technically devalued the naira to exchange to the dollar at N380. The apex bank took this decision after all interventions in the market, such as imposing sanctions on errant operators and use of moral suasion to curb illegal forex operations did not sustain the exchange rate of N360. In a circular […]
The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination has been postponed indefinitely. The West African Examinations Council made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement quoted WAEC Nigeria’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, as saying that the examination scheduled to begin April 6, 2020, was postponed as a result of coronavirus […]
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, yesterday, said that there is the possibility of a new price regime for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol on April 1, noting that the new N125 per litre pump price will last till the end of March 2020. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Executive Secretary, PPPRA, […]
The federal government has shut down three international airports in the country to curb the spread of coronavirus. Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The three airports shut are; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt […]
Independent petroleum marketers in Lagos and some other parts of the country are yet to comply with the directive of reducing the pump price of petrol to N125, checks by TheCable have shown. At its meeting on Wednesday, the federal executive council agreed to reduce the price of petrol after crude oil price dropped to […]
Nigeria is trying to drop costly fuel subsidies and enable private companies to import for the first time in years as its fuel regulator meets to draft a new price control template. But oil sources and experts told Reuters the fact that the government will still control prices could mean continued costs. The subsidies have […]