NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

As the world grapples with the challenges posed by Covid-19, Nigeria is leveraging digital solutions to limit disruption to essential supplies and commerce during the pandemic. On March 20, the country, which reported its first case of the virus on February 27, implemented a one-month ban on the entry of ...

Toyota (Nigeria) Limited (TNL), the sole distributor for Toyota Motor Corporation in Nigeria and its foremost dealer,  Elizade Nigeria Limited (ENL), have donated three units of ambulances to the Lagos State Government to support the government in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the State. Chairman TNL and Founder ...

  Stallion Empowerment Initiative, the philanthropic arm of Stallion Group, has pledged its support to the local governments of all states across Nigeria by committing to providing  locally produced rice and fish to all the government-run hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 for next three months. Anant Badjatya, CEO of Stallion Group, ...

    Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses and bedding products, has brought relief to victims of the Abule Ado gas pipeline fire explosion in Lagos with the donation of 200 mattresses.  The company also donated 500 mattresses to the Lagos State Government towards equipping its isolation centres used for ...

  Nissan has appointed Guillaume Cartier as Senior Vice President and Chairman of its Africa, Middle East, and India region (AMI) and Head of the Global Datsun Business Unit. His appointment takes effect from 1 April 2020. In this role, Cartier will lead the regional management committee and be responsible ...

    Nigeria-based Plogging Club and U-Recycle have emerged, along with eight others, as the  2020 #RecyclingHeroes winners on Global Recycling Day. Each of the 10 organisations won a $1,000 prize to contribute towards their recycling initiatives. To mark the Global Recycling Day on 18 March, the Global Recycling Foundation  revealed ...

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Monday, condemned, in very strong terms, the harassment,  on Sunday, of drivers of newspaper distribution vans by overzealous security agents in some states. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Mustapha Isah and General Secretary, Mary Atolagbe, NGE maintained that the media is a ...

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s top lender, said it has taken practicable steps to offer seamless services to its customers, whilst ensuring their health and safety and that of others at the workplace. The steps are coming as the world grapples with the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, which ...

The Nigerian National Technical Committee on Petroleum and Petrochemicals has reached consensus on the adoption of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards for Turbine and Marine Fuel as Nigeria Industrial Standard (NIS). This is in conformity to international safety regulations, limiting the sulphur content in heavy fuel oils, in ...