The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG has directed that all students should leave the hostels as precautionary measures against Coronavirus.

  By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, said his government has completed the arrangement to have a specialist hospital to tackle covid-19 virus among other diseases. Uzodinma, disclosed this in Owerri, in his state broadcast to Imo people, adding that it was part of his strategies to battle the virus, at […]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono has described the Agro-industrial revolution in Cross River State as impressive and a reality that will take Nigeria to the promised land.

Rome is shut. Mecca is shut to outsiders. Israel doesn’t want pilgrims too. The devil is here.

An-about-to-get-married young man overstepped his bounds recently. He was told to apologise, but he bluntly refused due to ego. He would rather cut his nose to spite his face than say,” I’m sorry.”

By Ikechukwu Odu In compliance with the order issued by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, which asked universities to close for one month, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, has ordered the students to vacate the campuses on or before the 23rd of March, 2020. […]

Governor Udom Emmanuel has again assured Akwa Ibom people that there is no need to live in panic and fear, as his administration has put in place modalities to ensure that the state maintains its clean slate against the global pandemic coronavirus (Covic 19)disease.

By Emmanuel Aziken Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s political acumen has been much extolled by his many political devotees. However, whether any one of them would subject himself to the medical diagnosis of a Dr. Tinubu garbed as a medical doctor or take his prescriptions for an ailment is an issue. As Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s political future […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday ordered for a total shut down of all schools in Imo state. The governor, gave this order in Owerri,  through his state broadcast to the people of the state, in line with the preventive measures against the spread of covid-19 virus. Uzodinma also […]

The global economy is faltering, with the oil industry out against itself and no solution in the near future. Things are indeed, falling apart, with the centre no longer holding, akin to native Umuofia, in Chinua Achebe’s African classic, Things Fall Apart. What appeared as a three-year-old marriage between Saudi Arabia and its ally, Russia, to support oil prices and erase the glut on the market headed for dissolution because of perceived irreconcilable differences of partners turned opponents. The tension between gladiators, OPEC represented by Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ personified by Russia escalated and developed into an all-out war. They began the oil price war with uncontrolled crude oil supply to gain market share. In one week, oil prices plunged by over 30 per cent, the worst since 2002. The International benchmark Brent crude went down to multi-year lows, trading at US$27.36 on Wednesday night, while the United States benchmark the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at US$22.77 per barrel. The OPEC basket of 13 crudes traded at US$30.36 a barrel according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.

By Nasiru Suleiman, Sokoto Sokoto state government has described as mere rumour the story of a suspected case of COVID 19 in the state. The state Commissioner for health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Iname dispelled the rumour while addressing newsmen in Sokoto. He said ” the state ministry of health is constantly monitoring the situation in […]

By Prince Justice Faloye In my subsequent write-ups, I have emphasised a lot about how, without a Yoruba/Igbo original African alliance across South and Middlebelt, the Afroasiatic hegemony can’t be defeated especially towards 2023. However it goes far deeper than uniting to gain control of the reins of power and destiny of Nigeria. It involves […]

A group in Sokoto State, Unity Forum has organized a special prayer session invoking the Divine intervention over prevention and curtailing the spread of CONVID 19. Group leaders, Alhaji Bello Shatiman-Durbawa and Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, said the prayer sessions were part of group’s efforts to sensitize residents and supplicate to Almighty to stop Coronavirus, insecurity, […]

In what it termed its working guide in shaping revenue for the future, Youth Party has outlined practical measures to increase federal governments revenue by at least 30 billion USD within three years. Making their plans known in Lagos, Francis King Akinlotan who is member, board of trustees, Youth Party said: “Nigeria has a huge […]

By David Royal The Italian man who brought the deadly COVID-19 to Nigeria has been discharged after testing negative for the virus. You would recall that the Italian had tested positive for the disease on February 28. The man flew into Nigeria from Milan, Italy, on February 24. He had reportedly lodged at a hotel close […]