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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.28k per litre to N108.00K per litre across all its products loading facilities as well as in its through put operations. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group …

Nigeria has recorded another 148 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking its overall total to 2,950. In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday, Lagos topped with 43 new infections, while Kano ramps up 32 new cases. “On the 5th of May 2020, 148 …

When in February 2020, news broke that a certain SBI Media has won the media planning and buying business of 9Mobile, a tentative whisper echoed around the country. The question on many lips was this: SBI-who? Usually, when listing media independents — agencies that match advertisers with appropriate media and …

P+ Measurement Services, a media intelligence and Public relations audit agency, undertook the analysis to show, the weekly growth in the number of cases, discharged cases and death cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria in the month of April 2020. The report shows that Nigeria recorded a total number of 1795 …

NCDC boss Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the federal government may issue another lockdown if there is an explosion of COVID-19 cases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier issued a five-week lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja to contain the spread …

  There was pandemonium at a First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch in Lagos on Monday after a man showing COVID-19 symptoms collapsed causing customers to flee the scene. According to reports, the incident occurred at the Onipanu branch of the bank where many customers were reported to have gathered for various transactions. The …

Late Omar Niger’s minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar, died on Sunday, his party said, without stating the cause of death. He died Sunday afternoon at the main hospital of the capital Niamey, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) said on Whatsapp. President Mahamadou Issoufou said he learned the news with …

Nigeria, on Sunday night recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), Lagos State recorded  39 cases, Kano State had 29 cases, Ogun State had 24 cases, Bauchi State had 18 cases and Kaduna state recorded 15 cases. The Federal …

The Lagos State Government has issued fresh guidelines for the reopening of markets and shopping malls as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered gradual easing of the lockdown imposed on the Lagos, Ogun and FCT from Monday. Speaking at a …

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has disclosed why the state experienced mysterious deaths in the past weeks. Ganduje, who spoke through one of his Media Aides, Salisu Yakasai explained that preliminary investigations showed the victims died from malaria and cerebrospinal Meningitis. Speaking during an interview on a German-based radio, …