Tackling Africa’s security challenges: ‘Why we opted for South Africa’
The prevailing security situation in Nigeria has gradually taken an ugly toll on the six geo-political zones, with citizens plagued with one misfortune or the other. From attacks by the Militant Islamic Group in the North-East to the prolonged violent farmers-herders clashes in the Middle Belt region and pockets of kidnapping and killings of victims across other regions, the consequences of all these are the same - deaths, wanton destruction of properties as well as the displacement of families.
As you lay your bed,so you lie on it
A quick glance at my phone to see if there was an urgent message before shutting it down to concentrate on my article brought a jolt. It was to alter the direction and texture of this week’s column.
Nigeria coronavirus case rises to 70
Nigeria yesterday recorded another five new cases of COVID-19 bringing the cases to 70. Announcing this on its Twitter handle @ncdc.gov, the Nigerian Centre for Disease control, NCDC, said out of the five new cases, three were recorded in FCT and two in Oyo State.
Global situation: US overtakes China, Italy as Global infection hits 575,767
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has passed 25,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Trump signs $2 trillion US recovery plan into law
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by coronavirus, on a day the nation saw a record 18,000 new confirmed cases of infection. Hours earlier, the House of Representatives passed the package, with lawmakers uniting to greenlight the mega-plan as the world-topping number of US infections […]
Coronavirus: U.S. announces N2.6bn aid to Nigeria
The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is part of a 274 million dollars (N103 billion) assistance package to no fewer than 63 countries affected by the disease, according to a statement by the Department of […]
COVID-19: Lagos may declare total lockdown soon if …— Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed the possibility of his administration shutting down the state totally soon if the cases of people testing positive to Coronavirus, COVID-19 continue in the state.
Why the US is leading the world in confirmed coronavirus cases
From the first known patient in late January to now almost 100,000 infected, the United States has earned the unwanted distinction of leading the world in confirmed coronavirus cases. Close to 1,500 people have succumbed to the COVID-19 illness — though for now the death rate remains far lower than Italy and several European countries. […]
COVID-19: NMA asks FG to allow other laboratories run test
By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Capital Territory, FCT branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has urged the federal government to allow other laboratories test for coronavirus. The organisation also said there was the urgent need for the government to decentralize testing and turn around time for tests of the virus, by unbundling the workload […]
CORONAVIRUS: Ex-APC presidential aspirant bemoans Buhari’s handling of crisis
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba II, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak as disappointing.
Covid-19: Doctor Ikubese writes Buhari, suggests solutions
A renowned medical practitioner and former presidential aspirant, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, suggesting measures to fight against the pandemic virus, Covid-19, otherwise known as Corona virus, that is currently ravaging the world and the attendant effect on, especially Nigerians.
