COVID-19: Transport Fares Continue To Skyrocket – NBS   As the prices of goods and services continued to skyrocket due to the Coronavirus pandemic, average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intra-city increased by 3.36 percent month-on-month, MoM, to N229.94 in June 2020 from N222.46...

Nigeria’s Rating Suffers Blow From COVID-19, Oil Shock – Fitch   Fitch Ratings has said the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price shock have caused a severe impact on credit rating in Nigeria and some other sub-Saharan African countries. It stated this in its report on Monday...

Rising COVID-19 Cases, Weak Economy Take Toll On Stock Market     The increasing number of coronavirus, (COVID-19) cases and the consequent weakening of the nation’s economy have taken the Year-to-Date, YtD, loss to investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange to -9.5%. Return on investment represented by the...

NPHCDA Boss Bags Award For Improving Primary Healthcare  The Executive Secretary of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has received an 'Excellent Public Service Award'. The award, given by the Civil Society Coalition for Transparency, described him as “Doyen of the Nigerian Health...

COVID-19 Cut Off 40% Of Our Revenue - Osinbajo     The Federal Government’s revenue fell by 40 per cent due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office...

Digital Economy: How COVID-19 Boosted Northflix, an Alternative Film Market in Kannywood – Dr.Sufi     Northflix, a Northern based replica of the number one global movie streaming platform, Netflix has leveraged on the vast opportunities presented by Social Media and Digital Economy to create an alternative...