COVID-19: Airfares Fluctuate Amid Second Wave         The cost of air tickets along several routes have reduced as business activities have resumed for the New Year. The decrease in the price regime was reflected by several carriers on flights for one-way trips from Lagos to Abuja. Before now,...

Former Finance Ministers Lead Kano-Jigawa Forum on Post Covid-19 Pandemic       The Governors of Kano and Jigawa States, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, respectively have commended the effort of the Kano-Jigawa Professionals Forum (KJPF) for embarking on the Post Covid-19 (ANNOBA) Project...

N226.8bn Raised Against COVID-19 Challenges – Fed Govt         A total of N226.85bn was mobilised from various sources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic between March and June 2020, the Federal Government said on Thursday. It said this in the interim report on the special audit of...

'How Aviation Firms Shared N5bn Bailout Fund'         Exactly N4,995,999,999.90 was disbursed to the aviation industry following the N5bn COVID-19 palliative the Federal Government pledged to support the sector. According to a document obtained by our correspondent, ground handling companies, scheduled and non-scheduled airline operators; the National...

As the UK Rolls Out Oxford-AtraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine By Maimuna Waziri       The Oxford-AtraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine rollout started in the early hours of Monday January 4 2020 at Oxford's Churchill Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom. Over five hundred doses of the vaccine are made available across the country...

How COVID-19, Taxes Stifled MSMEs In 2020         The year 2020 has got its ups and downs for many businesses in Nigeria especially as they felt the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant lockdown as well as multiple taxes from the various authorities of...