LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has announced that the apex bank is ready to support researchers, science-based institutions, and biotechnology firms with N100bn grant in the quest for a homegrown vaccine to fight Corona Virus Disease in Nigeria. The apex bank governor, who spoke at…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred banks from laying off workers due to the coronavirus. The apex bank corporate communications director Isaac Okorafor made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday. “In order to help minimize and mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families and livelihoods,…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has received a seven-day ultimatum to make public the total number of COVID-19 funds and material donations received from local and international organisations from February to April this year. Since February when the first Coronavirus index case, an Italian, was discovered in Nigeria, funds from…
By Godwin I. Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) — As many people are now aware, the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in China has rapidly permeated and profoundly changed the world. While this crisis is first and foremost a public health issue, which has claimed the…