Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic, log-jammed trade talks and a long-delayed meeting of member states are just a few of the crises awaiting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization next month. The WTO needs a kiss…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be confirmed Monday as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, a near-paralysed institution desperately needing a kick-start. The WTO has called a special…

OPEC sees plenty of downside risks for oil markets in the first half of 2021, its secretary general said on Sunday, a day before meeting allies led by Russia to discuss output levels for February. “Amid the hopeful signs, the outlook for…

British telecommunications giant Vodafone announced Monday that it rebounded back into profit in the first half of its financial year in a “resilient” performance as it shrugged off the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Profit after…

Nintendo said Thursday its quarterly net profit leapt to $1 billion, as the gaming industry enjoys extraordinary demand from players stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese gaming giant said its net profit rose to…

Arsenal is cutting 55 jobs due to the financial damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen fans shut out of stadiums. In a statement issued Wednesday, head of football Raul Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham…

By TAYO ELEGBEDE Amidst oil price volatilities occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria Extractive Industry, and Transparency Initiative (NEITI)  has asked the federal government to wean the country of the unhealthy…

La Liga president Javier Tebas said the games would have to go on and from Thursday they will, with stadiums full of virtual fans, crowd noise from a computer game and fewer than 300 people allowed to attend. As Ligue 1 in France was…

Britain’s Nationwide Building Society’s (POB_p.L) annual profit fell by 44%, it said on Friday as it warned of rising loan losses because of the coronavirus pandemic and booked the costs of technology investment. The bellwether mortgage…

The coronavirus pandemic has cost Manchester United with the figure expected to rise, according to a statement by the Premier League giants on Thursday. The club revealed this in their third-quarter results ending 31 March 2020 with the…