Month: December 2020

People & Money

Kanyisola OlorunnisolaDecember 26, 2020
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Covid-19 Second Wave: Nigeria’s Connections to the Biggest Surges

Economic sentiments and markets improved dramatically three weeks ago when the world discovered a vaccine for the new coronavirus that,…
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People & Money

Kanyisola OlorunnisolaDecember 25, 2020
2

New Covid Variants: Nigeria Sets Rules for Travelers from the UK, South Africa

Following the new surge in coronavirus infections reportedly due to new variants seen in South Africa and the United Kingdom,…
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People & Money

Ameenah HassanDecember 24, 2020

Vaccine Against New Coronavirus Strain Could be Ready in Six Weeks – BioNTech CEO

A new strain of the novel coronavirus disease, first identified in the United Kingdom late September, is spreading rapidly around…
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People & Money

Michael AjifowokeDecember 24, 2020

Gene Editing, Robotics Among Innovation That Could “Shape Financial Markets for Years”

Innovation appears to be evolving at such a rapid pace that traditional equity benchmarks are being populated increasingly by so-called…
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People & Money

Michael AjifowokeDecember 24, 2020

Higher Energy Prices Encourage Producers To Increase Drilling

Energy firms in the United States this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fifth week in a…
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People & Money

Ugonnabo NgwuDecember 24, 2020

Tesla’s Plan to Join S&P 500 Lifts Investors’ Hope

Electric car-maker Tesla is on track to join the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 stock index on Monday, offering several millions…
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Tech

Ugonnabo NgwuDecember 24, 2020
1

Apple to Launch Self-driving Car in 2024 With “Next Level Battery Technology”

Apple is proceeding with self-driving car technology and is looking to 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that may include…
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Tech

Ugonnabo NgwuDecember 24, 2020
1

OPay Mulls North Africa Entry Following Nigeria Success

Opera-backed Nigeria’s fintech firm OPay looks to expand into the North African market, where it will seek to run payment…
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People & Money

Ameenah HassanDecember 23, 2020
2

Buhari Extends Tenure of Presidential Covid Team as Cases Surge

The rise in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus nationwide has forced the Nigerian government to extend the mandate of…
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People & Money

Ameenah HassanDecember 23, 2020

Nigeria Commissions Major LPG Plant to Increase Gas Utilisation

Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, is a step closer to attaining its goal of thoroughly utilising its abundant gas reserves. This…
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Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases
USA	104,183,562	-	1,132,719	-	101,290,878	1,759,965	3,564
India	44,682,784	-	530,740	-	44,150,289	1,755	698
France	39,517,451	-	164,176	-	39,256,968	96,307	869
Germany	37,758,773	-	165,563	-	37,379,500	213,710	1,281
Brazil	36,809,608	-	696,892	-	35,890,413	222,303	8,318
Japan	32,532,905	57,264	68,091	246	21,564,630	10,900,184	508
South Korea	30,176,646	19,629	33,444	24	29,704,349	438,853	387
Italy	25,453,789	-	186,833	-	25,014,986	251,970	205
UK	24,274,361	-	204,171	-	24,014,512	55,678	146
Russia	21,950,192	5,792	395,067	45	21,349,279	205,846	2,300
Turkey	17,042,722	-	101,492	-	-	16,941,230	-
Spain	13,731,478	-	118,434	-	13,557,699	55,345	231
Vietnam	11,526,461	-	43,186	-	10,612,447	870,828	8
Australia	11,295,446	-	18,615	-	11,235,771	41,060	49
Argentina	10,037,135	-	130,421	-	9,874,258	32,456	363
Taiwan	9,537,823	32,287	16,308	32	9,106,891	414,624	-
Netherlands	8,581,421	-	22,989	-	8,547,005	11,427	53
Iran	7,564,252	-	144,747	-	7,337,496	82,009	224
Mexico	7,367,712	-	332,190	-	6,602,357	433,165	4,798
Indonesia	6,729,756	-	160,810	-	6,564,669	4,277	2,771
Poland	6,378,402	-	118,715	-	5,335,940	923,747	696
Colombia	6,356,309	-	142,486	-	6,179,501	34,322	342
Austria	5,776,747	-	21,662	-	5,727,458	27,627	36
Greece	5,708,301	-	35,630	-	5,658,726	13,945	115
Portugal	5,563,265	-	26,002	-	5,532,259	5,004	61
Ukraine	5,370,131	-	111,020	-	5,252,878	6,233	-
Chile	5,117,952	-	63,806	-	5,049,878	4,268	109
Malaysia	5,036,342	-	36,942	-	4,989,861	9,539	23
Israel	4,785,317	-	12,177	-	4,767,417	5,723	57
N. Korea	4,772,813	-	74	-	4,772,739	-	-
Thailand	4,726,984	-	33,865	-	4,692,636	483	1,496
Belgium	4,691,499	-	33,557	-	4,643,682	14,260	48
Czechia	4,589,483	653	42,307	-	4,538,253	8,923	15
Canada	4,550,256	-	50,380	-	4,441,699	58,177	99
Peru	4,481,290	-	218,863	-	4,258,254	4,173	55
Switzerland	4,385,701	-	14,452	-	4,365,987	5,262	43
Philippines	4,073,216	-	65,775	-	3,997,489	9,952	162
South Africa	4,055,720	-	102,595	-	3,912,506	40,619	192
Romania	3,325,006	-	67,576	-	3,248,616	8,814	117
Denmark	3,173,137	-	8,138	-	3,163,377	1,622	19
Hong Kong	2,876,464	-	13,338	-	2,471,474	391,652	28
Sweden	2,693,458	-	23,246	-	2,657,594	12,618	12
Serbia	2,470,291	-	17,700	-	2,439,614	12,977	11
Iraq	2,465,545	-	25,375	-	2,439,497	673	21
Singapore	2,216,458	-	1,722	-	2,144,172	70,564	-
Hungary	2,191,827	-	48,658	-	2,137,305	5,864	11
New Zealand	2,182,355	-	3,781	-	2,169,320	9,254	-
Bangladesh	2,037,543	-	29,442	-	1,991,170	16,931	1,331
Slovakia	1,860,767	-	20,940	-	1,839,173	654	28
Georgia	1,814,180	-	16,926	-	1,776,548	20,706	-
Jordan	1,746,997	-	14,122	-	1,731,007	1,868	59
Ireland	1,700,253	-	8,462	-	1,685,015	6,776	26
Pakistan	1,576,294	8	30,640	-	1,538,689	6,965	12
Norway	1,477,784	-	5,112	-	1,471,805	867	20
Finland	1,458,619	-	8,639	-	1,447,443	2,537	21
Kazakhstan	1,405,848	46	13,695	-	1,383,020	9,133	24
Slovenia	1,321,220	-	7,056	-	1,310,599	3,565	15
Lithuania	1,296,493	520	9,541	1	1,282,270	4,682	9
Bulgaria	1,295,366	-	38,179	-	1,254,392	2,795	34
Morocco	1,272,229	-	16,296	-	1,255,867	66	3
Croatia	1,267,524	-	17,871	-	1,249,116	537	22
Lebanon	1,228,504	-	10,788	-	1,087,587	130,129	74
Guatemala	1,227,042	-	20,101	-	1,203,462	3,479	5
Bolivia	1,187,685	-	22,345	-	1,145,463	19,877	220
Costa Rica	1,182,371	-	9,142	-	860,711	312,518	52
Tunisia	1,150,278	-	29,302	-	-	1,120,976	44
Cuba	1,112,429	-	8,530	-	1,103,787	112	2
Ecuador	1,051,239	-	35,942	-	1,011,682	3,615	759
UAE	1,049,345	-	2,348	-	1,032,636	14,361	-
Uruguay	1,032,710	-	7,609	-	1,023,939	1,162	18
Panama	1,029,061	-	8,594	-	1,019,345	1,122	16
Mongolia	1,007,869	-	2,179	-	1,005,642	48	192
Nepal	1,001,099	-	12,020	-	989,059	20	-
Belarus	994,037	-	7,118	-	985,592	1,327	-
Latvia	975,282	-	6,214	-	968,753	315	13
Saudi Arabia	827,916	-	9,571	-	815,481	2,864	25
Azerbaijan	827,909	-	10,081	-	817,600	228	-
Paraguay	806,256	-	19,820	-	-	786,436	7
Bahrain	700,452	-	1,543	-	698,400	509	15
Sri Lanka	671,988	-	16,828	-	655,158	2	-
Kuwait	662,858	-	2,570	-	660,237	51	-
Dominican Republic	660,095	-	4,384	-	644,785	10,926	4
Cyprus	642,663	-	1,287	-	633,422	7,954	60
Myanmar	633,819	-	19,490	-	614,282	47	-
Palestine	621,008	-	5,404	-	615,445	159	17
Estonia	613,507	-	2,904	-	524,990	85,613	3
Moldova	598,073	-	11,950	-	504,142	81,981	49
Venezuela	551,542	-	5,845	-	544,913	784	36
Egypt	515,645	-	24,613	-	442,182	48,850	122
Libya	507,162	-	6,437	-	500,721	4	-
China	503,302	-	5,272	-	379,053	118,977	7,557
Ethiopia	499,493	-	7,572	-	486,531	5,390	-
Qatar	492,422	-	686	-	491,509	227	-
Réunion	485,895	-	919	-	418,572	66,404	10
Honduras	470,337	-	11,102	-	-	459,235	105
Armenia	446,008	-	8,717	-	435,162	2,129	-
Bosnia	401,381	4	16,254	1	379,066	6,061	-
Oman	399,449	-	4,628	-	384,669	10,152	2
Macedonia	346,428	-	9,638	-	336,623	167	-
Kenya	342,810	-	5,688	-	337,040	82	1
Zambia	340,582	-	4,046	-	334,991	1,545	-
Albania	334,157	-	3,595	-	328,944	1,618	-
Botswana	329,227	-	2,800	-	325,934	493	1
Luxembourg	297,757	-	1,133	-	288,991	7,633	-
Montenegro	286,295	-	2,797	-	283,156	342	6
Brunei	275,220	-	225	-	243,601	31,394	3
Algeria	271,376	-	6,881	-	182,745	81,750	-
Nigeria	266,463	-	3,155	-	259,850	3,458	11
Zimbabwe	261,606	-	5,652	-	254,951	1,003	12
Uzbekistan	250,563	-	1,637	-	241,486	7,440	23
Mozambique	231,994	-	2,233	-	228,805	956	11
Martinique	229,577	-	1,095	-	-	228,482	12
Lao People's Democratic Republic	217,969	2	758	-	-	217,211	-
Iceland	208,605	-	229	-	-	208,376	2
Afghanistan	208,502	-	7,879	-	186,076	14,547	45
Kyrgyzstan	206,592	-	2,991	-	196,406	7,195	131
El Salvador	201,785	-	4,230	-	179,410	18,145	8
Guadeloupe	201,394	-	1,007	-	-	200,387	19
Trinidad and Tobago	187,585	-	4,319	-	182,868	398	8
Maldives	185,715	-	311	-	163,687	21,717	25
Ghana	171,112	-	1,462	-	169,636	14	2
Namibia	170,741	-	4,088	-	166,452	201	-
Uganda	170,328	-	3,630	-	100,431	66,267	3
Jamaica	153,407	-	3,480	-	102,212	47,715	-
Cambodia	138,693	2	3,056	-	135,622	15	-
Rwanda	133,090	-	1,468	-	131,559	63	-
Cameroon	123,993	-	1,965	-	118,616	3,412	13
Malta	116,953	-	824	-	115,473	656	4
Barbados	106,157	-	571	-	105,570	16	-
Angola	105,184	-	1,931	-	103,216	37	-
Channel Islands	101,062	-	223	-	100,732	107	-
French Guiana	98,028	-	420	-	11,254	86,354	6
DRC	95,514	-	1,463	-	84,264	9,787	-
Senegal	88,902	-	1,971	-	86,929	2	-
Malawi	88,505	-	2,686	-	85,337	482	67
Côte d'Ivoire	87,982	-	833	-	87,138	11	-
Suriname	82,020	-	1,398	-	-	80,622	-
New Caledonia	79,820	-	314	-	79,480	26	9
French Polynesia	77,957	-	649	-	-	77,308	7
Swaziland	74,133	-	1,422	-	72,676	35	-
Guyana	72,922	-	1,294	-	71,279	349	-
Belize	70,660	-	688	-	69,949	23	6
Fiji	68,820	-	883	-	66,780	1,157	-
Madagascar	67,827	-	1,419	-	66,370	38	-
Sudan	63,742	-	5,001	-	58,284	457	-
Mauritania	63,664	-	997	-	62,433	234	-
Cabo Verde	63,229	-	413	-	62,756	60	23
Bhutan	62,605	-	21	-	61,564	1,020	-
Syrian Arab Republic	57,453	-	3,164	-	54,289	-	-
Burundi	52,162	-	38	-	51,393	731	-
Seychelles	50,355	-	172	-	50,026	157	-
Gabon	48,981	-	306	-	48,674	1	-
Andorra	47,839	-	165	-	47,563	111	14
Papua New Guinea	46,663	-	669	-	43,982	2,012	7
Curaçao	45,986	-	295	-	44,720	971	3
Aruba	43,993	-	236	-	42,438	1,319	2
Tanzania	42,600	-	846	-	-	41,754	7
Mayotte	42,002	-	188	-	-	41,814	-
Mauritius	41,652	-	1,043	-	39,943	666	-
Togo	39,354	-	290	-	39,061	3	-
Guinea	38,240	-	467	-	37,757	16	8
Isle of Man	38,008	-	116	-	-	37,892	-
Bahamas	37,491	-	833	-	36,366	292	1
Lesotho	34,790	-	723	-	25,980	8,087	-
Faroe Islands	34,658	-	28	-	-	34,630	5
Haiti	34,008	-	860	-	32,986	162	-
Mali	32,780	-	743	-	31,957	80	-
Cayman Islands	31,472	-	37	-	8,553	22,882	1
Saint Lucia	29,803	-	409	-	29,095	299	-
Benin	27,989	-	163	-	27,823	3	-
Somalia	27,318	-	1,361	-	13,182	12,775	-
Congo	25,375	-	386	-	24,006	983	-
Solomon Islands	24,575	-	153	-	-	24,422	1
San Marino	23,427	-	122	-	23,276	29	4
Timor-Leste	23,415	-	138	-	23,102	175	-
Micronesia	22,676	-	58	-	-	22,618	1
Burkina Faso	22,025	-	396	-	21,596	33	-
Liechtenstein	21,337	-	89	-	21,236	12	-
Gibraltar	20,399	-	111	-	16,579	3,709	-
Grenada	19,680	-	238	-	19,358	84	4
Bermuda	18,766	-	157	-	18,593	16	-
Nicaragua	18,491	-	225	-	4,225	14,041	-
South Sudan	18,368	-	138	-	18,115	115	1
Tajikistan	17,786	-	125	-	17,264	397	-
Equatorial Guinea	17,190	-	183	-	16,883	124	5
Tonga	16,734	-	13	-	15,638	1,083	-
Samoa	16,087	-	29	-	1,605	14,453	-
Monaco	16,056	-	65	-	15,982	9	4
Dominica	15,760	-	74	-	15,673	13	-
Djibouti	15,690	-	189	-	15,427	74	-
Marshall Islands	15,584	-	17	-	15,528	39	-
Central African Republic	15,361	-	113	-	14,777	471	2
Gambia	12,586	-	372	-	12,189	25	-
Saint Martin	12,233	-	63	-	1,399	10,771	7
Vanuatu	12,014	-	14	-	11,976	24	-
Greenland	11,971	-	21	-	2,761	9,189	4
Yemen	11,945	-	2,159	-	9,124	662	23
Caribbean Netherlands	11,648	-	38	-	10,476	1,134	-
Sint Maarten	11,010	-	89	-	10,905	16	-
Eritrea	10,189	-	103	-	10,086	-	-
Niger	9,931	-	312	-	8,890	729	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,581	-	123	-	9,448	10	-
Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	-	146	-	8,954	6	1
Comoros	8,992	-	161	-	8,827	4	-
Guinea-Bissau	8,947	-	176	-	8,656	115	6
Liberia	8,053	-	294	-	7,752	7	2
Sierra Leone	7,760	-	126	-	-	7,634	-
Chad	7,652	-	194	-	4,874	2,584	-
British Virgin Islands	7,305	-	64	-	-	7,241	-
Cook Islands	6,999	-	2	-	6,993	4	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,592	-	46	-	6,537	9	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	6,522	-	38	-	6,451	33	4
Sao Tome and Principe	6,279	-	77	-	6,202	-	-
Palau	5,986	-	9	-	5,976	1	-
St. Barth	5,420	-	6	-	-	5,414	-
Kiribati	5,008	-	18	-	2,703	2,287	3
Nauru	4,621	-	1	-	4,609	11	-
Anguilla	3,904	-	12	-	3,879	13	4
Macao	3,486	-	120	-	3,357	9	-
Saint Pierre Miquelon	3,452	-	2	-	2,449	1,001	1
Wallis and Futuna	3,427	-	7	-	438	2,982	-
Tuvalu	2,805	-	-	-	-	2,805	-
Saint Helena	2,166	-	-	-	2	2,164	-
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1,930	-	-	-	1,930	-	-
Montserrat	1,403	-	8	-	1,376	19	-
Niue	741	-	-	-	738	3	-
Diamond Princess	712	-	13	-	699	-	-
Holy See (Vatican City State)	29	-	-	-	29	-	-
Western Sahara	10	-	1	-	9	-	-
MS Zaandam	9	-	2	-	7	-	-
Tokelau	5	-	-	-	-	5	-
Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases