As the world battles to contain coronavirus, COVID 19, pandemic, an industrial relations expert, a conciliator and former  President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and Deputy President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Brown Ogbeifun, in this interview, predicts more troubles for workers and trade unions in Nigeria if the pandemic escalates.

The Southern African nations of Lesotho and Zimbabwe on Monday began a 21-day lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown will be heavily enforced by the police and the army in both nations. While both countries currently have low infection numbers, they both border South Africa, the African nation hardest-hit by the […]

The Southern African nations of Lesotho and Zimbabwe on Monday began 21-day lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus, heavily enforced by police and army. While both countries currently have low infection numbers, they both border South Africa, the African nation hardest-hit by the virus, with 1,280 confirmed cases and two deaths. Africa’s most […]

Debo Onifade While I pray that Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world will overcome the COVID-19 plague soonest, I wish to address a more important issue today that electorates and politicians need to think about. It is about universal free healthcare for all Nigerians.  Most of our traditional politicians may not care about […]

The National Coordinator of Zero Hunger Commodity Association, Dr. Tunde Arosanyin, has said that the coronavirus pandemic would affect farming activities and could lead to a shortage of food production. Arosanyin, who made this known on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja he discusses the effect of the ongoing […]

Indeed, the recent pandemic threatens Nigeria’s socio-economic existence and as such deserves all the efforts and attention but to completely shut down the commercial nerve centre of the country without any immediate palliatives will prove to be counterproductive, the youth party has said. In a written response to the address of the president on the […]

By Vincent Ujumadu GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State has ordered the distribution of about 36,000 bags of rice to citizens who are 70 years and above as part of welfare package during the stay at home period occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. In a directive to the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Town […]

Victor Ogunyinka As corporate bodies and individuals have been supporting the federal and state governments with resources to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, Nigerians have called on telecommunication companies to cut down on data price or give free data. Following the announcement of a lockdown in some parts of the country, which means […]

Zero deaths, zero hospitalisations, zero intubations DOCTOR Zev Zelenko is a doctor in New York who just wrote an open letter to President Trump and medical professionals around the world alerting them to a possible solution to the coronavirus. Zelenko says he has been treating patients with a drug cocktail and has seen some promising […]

Following the announcement by the Delta State Governmental that there is going to be a total lockdown in the state starting from Wednesday as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, Deltans have lamented the high rate of foodstuff in the markets.