covid 19

BPP Queried Over N22million Welfare Package, N57million for Travels During COVID-19

BPP Queried Over N22million Welfare Package, N57million for Travels During COVID-19

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement on Thursday faulted the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, over a ‘frivolous’… Read More

5 years ago

EU Orders 300mn Doses of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine, Nigeria to Wait for Access

The European Union has negotiated to buy up to 300 million doses of the breakthrough coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech… Read More

5 years ago

KPMG Says Aviation Industry Facing $252 billion loss in 2020, Demand Falls by 72%

Prospects of early recovery for global aviation have been crushed by the outbreak of a second wave of coronavirus infections… Read More

5 years ago

American Banks to Reap Huge Windfall after Coronavirus Vaccine Breakthrough

Banks in the United States of America are on track to earn a big windfall from an early vaccine for… Read More

5 years ago

Oil Prices Rising as Imminent Coronavirus Vaccine Lifts Bonny Light by $2.73

Oil prices climbed further on Tuesday following Pfizer’s announcement that trials have shown that its candidate vaccine is effective in… Read More

5 years ago

Goldman Sachs Slashes 2021 Oil Forecast Due to Pandemic Resurgence

Goldman Sachs on Monday lowered its 2021 price forecast for international benchmark Brent Crude, after earlier projecting a bullish outlook… Read More

5 years ago

Coronavirus Infections Now Over 50 Million, A Global Overview

The number of coronavirus infections recorded all over the world has now passed the 50-million mark, according to a tally… Read More

5 years ago

Stock Markets Rise Around the World on Biden Win, Vaccine Breakthrough

Global stock markets rallied Monday in reaction to Joe Biden’s victory in the United States presidential election, declared over the… Read More

5 years ago

Pfizer Takes the Lead in Coronavirus Race with 90% Effective Vaccine

American multinational Pfizer today said early results from a trial of its coronavirus vaccine, developed in collaboration with German biotech… Read More

5 years ago

Afreximbank Launches $1.5bn Covid-19 Support Facility

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and its partners have launched a $1.5 billion collaborative COVID-19 pandemic response facility to support African… Read More

5 years ago

Why Lagos May Go Under Another Phase of Lockdown, State Health Commissioner Explains

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, may experience another phase of lockdown if there is a surge in COVID-19 cases in the… Read More

5 years ago

Oil Price Falls to May Low as Coronavirus Infections Rise in America and Europe

Oil prices fell by more than 4% on Thursday, hitting a five-month low and extending Wednesday’s steep decline over fears… Read More

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