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Nigeria will lose N2.18 billion per day for blocking the operations of Twitter, a micro-blogging and social networking platform, in the country, an estimation by NetBlocks has shown. NetBlocks, a data-driven online service, estimated the economic cost of internet disruptions on its cost of shutdown tool (COST) platform. The platform, built on Brookings Institution and […]
UK businesses – At an interactive session with Niyi Adebayo, minister of industry, trade and Investment, and Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the UK business team said they need forex to pay their lenders and maintain their machines. Some of the companies present at the interactive session included GlaxoSmithKline, Savanna […]
FG suspends Twitter – The federal government has announced the suspension of the operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the “indefinite” suspension in a statement issued on Friday by Segun Adeyemi, his spokesman. According to the statement, the minister cited “the persistent use of […]
COVID-19 – Nigeria on Saturday recorded 30 new cases of the COVID-19 virus in three states.
COVID-19 – It is almost impossible for Nigeria to start a vaccine campaign in January, according to several global health experts and bodies. Despite Nigerian authorities’ claims of expecting to receive in January one of the vaccines developed globally for COVID-19, evidence on the ground at the country’s National Strategic Cold Store suggest an exaggeration of […]
Boko Haram – At least 110 people have been killed in an attack on a village in north-east Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group, according to the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country. “At least 110 civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack,” Edward Kallon said in a statement after […]
Diabetes – Novo Nordisk, a multinational pharmaceutical company, on Saturday announced the introduction of a programme to supply free insulin to children living with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Nigeria and Ghana from 2021. Jude Abonu, Business Unit Head, English West Africa, Novo Nordisk, made the disclosure at a webinar organised by the company to mark the 2020 […]
COVID-19 – Nigeria may reopen its airports for international flights in, or before, October after being forced to shut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials said Tuesday. President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international flights to curb the influx of imported cases of the virus in the country. […]
Crude Oil – Despite the slide of the crude oil reference price for Bonny Light to about $12 per barrel last week, Nigeria remains optimistic the situation at the international oil market would still rebound. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday in […]
Coronavirus – Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded its highest daily figure since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in February as 86 cases were reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). With the newest update, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 627 from 541 reported on Saturday evening. The […]