AS the world marked the 2020 World Health Day, April 7, The World Health Organisation, WHO says the  world needs no less than six million more nurses to achieve global health targets, with the low and lower middle-income countries suffering the most acute nurse shortages.

As New York City faced one of its darkest days with the death toll from the coronavirus surging past 4,000 — more than the number killed on 9/11 — the Chinese city where the global pandemic began lifted its final restrictions on movement Wednesday as deaths there plummeted. The tale of two cities came as […]

The number of cases of the new coronavirus in the Czech Republic has risen past 5,000, although a slowing growth rate has given the government confidence to start easing some lockdown measures that have hit the economy. The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 195 new cases the previous day, a 4.0% daily rise to bring […]

United States President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, threatened to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group had “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also commented on the release of January memos from a senior adviser that represented an early warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic, saying he had […]

Tyson Fury has taken to Instagram to taunt his four main heavyweight rivals, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte and Andy Ruiz Jr. The ‘Gypsy King’ currently stands alone as the only man in the top five with an unbeaten record and decided to boast about this fact on Tuesday. ALSO READ: UN defends WHO against […]

Victor Osimhen can be Ligue 1’s next Didier Drogba, according to former team-mate Nicolas Penneteau. The 21-year-old Nigerian has lit up French football with Lille this season, scoring 18 goals and finding himself linked with the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Barcelona. ALSO READ: UN defends WHO against allegation of being China-centric on COVID-19 After […]

The owner of the Nigerian government-appointed company which produces visas for people wishing to travel to Nigeria from around the world is facing charges of fraud and money laundering in Nigeria in relation to a different company. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by the visa-processing company and the allegations have no relation to the […]

Top Nigerian athletes who have been idle following the worldwide sports lockdown are to run a mini-camp at the Port Harcourt high-performance centre to keep themselves in shape. The 2020 season appears to be over for the athletes following the postponement of the major competitions this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ALSO READ: IOC commends […]

The President of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dr Thomas Bach, has commended the initiative of the Minister for Youth & Sports Development Sunday Dare and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), in using Nigerian sports icons to raise awareness on the COVID-19 pandemic through massive media awareness campaigns. In a letter dated April 6th, Bach said […]

The United Nations (UN) has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) against criticisms that it gave bad advice during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China. The criticisms were coming from U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trump, who alleged on Tuesday evening that WHO was “China-centric”. Speaking at the daily coronavirus taskforce news briefing in Washington, […]