By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has said there was no need to shut down public schools in the state over the coronavirus pandemic as the public schools were supposed to close in the next one week. Emmanuel who made the assertion in a text of his state broadcast […]

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo and Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala have been shortlisted among the nominees for the 7th edition of Nigeria Pitch Awards. Three nominees each in the 16 categories of the Awards were announced at a press conference held at Ibis Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos yesterday. ALSO READ: ‘It’s Not My Portion’, leading cause of […]

Loads of people have been wondering why the beautiful Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts list a range of reasons — from Italy’s relatively high age to its strained healthcare system to some old fashioned bad luck — that add up to a disaster not seen in generations. None […]

“I’ve put the kids in the freezer, so everything’s cool now.” Parents may be joking on social media about their childcare hell as more and more countries go into lockdown with the coronavirus. But child protection professionals are not laughing. They have real worries about the risks with families locked up 24/7 together for an […]

United States athletics’ governing body joined calls for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed on Saturday, urging US Olympic chiefs to push for the Games to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), USA Track and Field chief Max Siegel said forging ahead with […]

Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites turned out to commemorate a revered imam on Saturday, defying curfews imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus. On foot, they streamed to the golden-domed mausoleum of Imam al-Kadhim in Baghdad, where authorities kept an outer gate open to allow pilgrims into the surrounding courtyard. The inner shrine […]

Senators have called on the Federal Government to consider using money from the pension fund for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads in the country. Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Adamu Aliero made the call when he led members of the committee on a courtesy visit to the Akwa-Ibom Governor, Emmanuel Udom on Saturday […]

By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku Saturday ordered the closure of schools on or before Tuesday, March 24 in light of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. He also directed that any gathering above 20 persons have become prohibited. In a state broadcast in Jalingo, he advised citizens of the […]

Former Arsenal duo Johan Djourou and Alexandre Song are among nine players sacked by Swiss club FC Sion for refusing to take an unemployment settlement in light of the coronavirus. The entire squad was contacted on social messaging service WhatsApp by president Christian Constantin on Tuesday. Constantin’s message asked the players to take a “technical […]

Georgia on Saturday declared a nationwide state of emergency over the novel coronavirus pandemic, allowing the government to regulate prices for food and medicines if needed. “The situation is grave and is expected to worsen,” President Salome Zurabishvili said in a televised address to the nation, saying the state of emergency is effective immediately and […]

The Nigerian Railway Corporation plans to suspend all passenger services in the country effective from Monday, the Federal Government has said. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, who disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle, said the decision is not unconnected to the spread of the novel COVID-19 in the […]

  By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Following increasing cases of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Nigeria Railway Corporation, yesterday announced its decision to stop railway services across the country. In a brief statement signed by Yakub Mahmood, the corporation’s Deputy Director (Public Relations), the public would be informed in due cause of resumption […]

A plane from China carrying 500,000 masks to help Greece combat the coronavirus outbreak landed at Athens International Airport on Saturday. Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias was among those at the airport to receive the load which was donated by the Chinese public electricity company State Grid and Greek electricity supplier Admie, in which the Chinese […]

Mauritius has recorded its first death from coronavirus, the health minister said Saturday, just the third in sub-Saharan Africa, as the archipelago nation imposed a lockdown to contain the outbreak. “There have been 14 confirmed cases so far, one of which died on Thursday evening,” Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said, without providing details about the […]

Tallest model in sub-Saharan Africa, Bakare Mubarak, has taken the fight to curtail coronavirus to the streets of Lagos. To combat the disease, Mubarak took the hand-washing campaign to the streets, washing hands and using sanitisers on Lagosians, to push the World Health Organisation, WHO, message in fighting the pandemic. He and his crew also […]