United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has donated over N5bn ($14 million) through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Nigeria and 19 other African countries will benefit from the support targeted at supplying relief materials, critical care facilities and financial support to governments. […]

As Lagos Assembly passes bill to combat COVID-19 spread The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat the Coronavirus, the pandemic currently spreading across the world. Personally sponsored by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 also afforded Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the […]

Commends States, agencies, companies By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that the directives for restrictions on movement and gatherings for the safety of all citizens, will not affect production and distribution of food and medications. The President has also directed all relevant agencies and regulators to provide an enabling environment for industries […]

By Onozure Dania A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday granted post-conviction bail to a former Abia State Commissioner for Finance Udeh Udeogu, who was convicted of N7.65billion fraud alongside former Governor Dr Orji Uzor Kalu. On December 5, 2019, Justice Mohammad Idris sentenced Udeogu to 10 years imprisonment while Kalu bagged 12 […]

Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs, widow of the founder of Moni Pulo Limited, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, has described the response of her stepson, to the issues raised against an advertised Coroner’s ruling he allegedly procured as a litany of falsehood. Lulu-Brigg’s widow in a statement issued by her spokersson, Oraye St. Franklyn, […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II has Thursday banned socio-cultural activities at his Ile-Oodua palace. This is as the monarch implored Nigerians to stay at home and obey all principles laid down by Federal and State Governments in a bid to curb the spread of the global […]

Calls for testing labs in all 36 States By Gabriel Ewepu AA Civil Society Organisation, Concerned Nigerians, CN, Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare a state of emergency over the spread of the ravaging coronavirus in the country. The Convener, CN, Prince Deji Adeyanju, made the call in a chat with Vanguard as […]

About 3000 Almajiri have been moved to their various states of origin by the Kaduna state government, the Commissioner for Human and Social ‎Development,Hajiya Hafsat Baba has said.

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Architect Ibrahim Kabir, Thursday, charged members to take responsibility to produce more food for Nigerians during this period of Coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak. Kabir stated this in a chat with Vanguard while urging members to maintain a high level of preventive measures […]

The Red Cross appealed Thursday for nearly $825 million to help the world’s most vulnerable communities face the challenges posed by the new coronavirus pandemic. It came a day after the United Nations launched its own COVID-19 humanitarian response plan calling for $2 billion to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. The International […]

By Soni Daniel, As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rise in Nigeria, the Federal Government is considering adopting more stringent measures to stem its rapid spread across the country. This is because the government is worried that no fewer than 4370 Nigerians might have had contacts with index cases and are actively trying to trace […]

KANO – Kano State Chapter of National Association of Nigeria Nurses And Midwives, NANNM have set up an emergency response committee to prevent an outbreak of Coronavirus in the state.

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following the outbreak of Coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country, a group called Agric Bureau, Thursday, called for synergy of agro-business investors to synergise in order to avoid looming food supply crises. Speaking on the need for agribusiness stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that will keep the food supply chain […]

By Peter Duru Benue State Commissioner for Information, Ngunan Addingi, Thursday confirmed that a man and his family members have gone into self-isolation in their Welfare Quarters residence in Makurdi after returning from a foreign trip. Addingi who made this known in a text message to newsmen in Makurdi said the Rapid Response Unit of […]

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency, come up with ways of providing relief for poor Nigerians whose daily livelihood will be affected as a result of the restriction on movement following the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus( COVIC- 19) that is at the moment, ravaging the world.