By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has set up food markets in some selected schools as it embarked on social distancing in the effort to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, in the state. This was a sequel to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive that some school grounds be […]

  5G can enhance the effectiveness of pandemic prevention and treatment and drive the digital transformation of healthcare systems in response to major public emergencies, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, a newly-released Deloitte White Paper suggests. The White Paper titled, “Combating COVID-19 with 5G: Opportunities to improve public health systems” was produced in collaboration […]

…calls for caution Following a rave of false reports that the governor of Enugu state, his excellency Ifeanyi Uguwanyi had hosted a birthday party amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, a member of Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Chima Obieze has debunked the false report stating that there was no party neither was there a plan […]

A Vatican worker who lives in the same residence as Pope Francis has been hospitalised after reportedly testing positive for coronavirus. The clergyman, who has not been named, has lived in the Holy See’s Saint Martha’s guest house for years. Pope Francis, 83, also uses the building as his residence, to take his meals and […]

—-We”re yet to be tested, staff in Abba Kyari office —-As State House journalists panic By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—-THREE days after Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have tested positive to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the Presidency has started fumigation of the nation’s seat of power known as Aso […]

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, […]