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Month: April 2020

Business

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

Shell has declared force majeure on exports of Nigerian Forcados crude oil after a shutdown by the pipeline’s operator, a spokeswoman for the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria said on Thursday. The action came into effect on Monday afternoon after Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited shut down the Trans Forcados pipeline which it operates […]

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COVID-19:  IMF sounds alarm on looming economic crisis

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The global coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic crisis unlike any in the past century and will require a massive response to help in the recovery, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. She warned that “global growth will turn sharply negative in 2020,” with 170 of the International Monetary Fund’s 180 members experiencing a decline […]

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Lagos begins house-to-house search for COVID-19 patients

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

Lagos State Government has commenced house-to-house case identification to detect possible cases of COVID-19 in the State. This was contained in a statement from the Lagos Ministry of Health on Thursday. The statement quoted that the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, as saying this during a joint ministerial press briefing on COVID19 intervention in […]

Business

Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020, says World Bank

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The rapidly-spreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years, the World Bank said in a new forecast on Thursday. The bank’s Africa’s Pulse report said the region’s economy will contract 2.1% to 5.1% from growth of 2.4% last year, and that the coronavirus […]

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 SSCE, basic education exams not shifted–NECO

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The National Examinations Council has said it has not postponed the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination and Basic Education Certificate Examination due to the coronavirus pandemic. The council said it was studying the prevailing situation in the country and would postpone the exams if there was any need. Both the SSCE and BECE usually take […]

Business

Power distribution coys to give Nigerians two-month free electricity

April 9, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

Power distribution companies on Wednesday announced that they were in support of the proposal by the National Assembly and the Federal Executive arm of government that Nigerians should get two months of free electricity. Speaking through their umbrella body, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, the Discos stated that modalities for the free power would […]

Business

Chinese doctors, equipment arrive Nigeria despite protests

April 8, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

Despite disapproval from some Nigerians and health workers’ groups, Chinese medical equipment and personnel have arrived the country to assist the government tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed at the Presidential Task Force briefing on Wednesday as the minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, did not attend the briefing because he reportedly went to receive […]

Business

 PDP demands a full-scale investigation into treasury house fire

April 8, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded a full-scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious fire outbreak in critical offices at the Headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation in Abuja on Wednesday. The party says an investigation is imperative given apprehensions in the public space regarding the time and the […]

Business

 Demand for Nigeria’s oil falls by 6.8m barrels, says Kyari

April 8, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says demand for Nigeria’s crude oil in March dropped by 6.8 million barrels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. Kyari said the drop in the demand for oil was not peculiar to Nigeria […]

Business

IMF says considering Nigeria’s request for funds to fight pandemic

April 8, 2020Isaac UmunnaComment(0)

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it was considering Nigeria’s request for $3.4 billion in emergency financing to combat the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic on Africa’s biggest economy. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Nigeria’s economy was threatened by the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and a sharp fall in international […]

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