By Francis Efe – Warri Human rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for setting up the Delta Food Bank as part of measures to cushion the effect of the stay-at-home order by the state government as a result of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The state government had on Monday announced that […]

The COVID-19 pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some Presidents and other elites jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might have to take their chances at home. For years, leaders from Benin to Zimbabwe have […]

The Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), on Tuesday, said fake news on COVID-19 pandemic could cause significant emotional distress to Nigerians and increase the rate of mental health problems in the country. Dr. Taiwo Sheikh, National President, APN, said the pandemic was a stressful period with many Nigerians nursing the fear of being infected, […]

Nearly 140 campaign groups and charities urged the IMF and World Bank, G20 governments and private creditors on Tuesday to help the world’s poorest countries through the coronavirus crisis by cancelling debt payments. The call, spearheaded by the British-based Jubilee Debt Campaign, comes a day before a Group of 20 working group tasked with the […]

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. The Covid-19 pandemic is not all gloom and doom. In the midst of the tears, fears and uncertainties come some hope.

10) Jamie Carragher v Lucas Neill When Liverpool sought right-back cover in January 2007, they ran their collective finger down a list of potential targets and landed on one familiar name. Lucas Neill was a peculiar option for a number of reasons. The Australian had hardly shone at Blackburn. He was a serviceable defender for […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday proceeded on an indefinite break in a bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state. The Clerk of the House, Mr. Bode Adeyelu, who disclosed this in a statement in Akure, expressed concern about the increasing cases of coronavirus in the country. He said: […]

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Sir Justine Worldwide, SJW Entertainment, Obiajunwa Justine Chinonso has called on influential and well-meaning Nigerians to support the effort of the Federal and State Governments in battling the pandemic of the COVID 19 virus.

THE police in Abuja may have invited some top officials of Edo State Government over the recent attacks on the residences of politicians with substances believe to be explosives.

 Ms Jennifer Jemedafe, a service industry expert, said on Tuesday that businesses in the country must go digital to survive, particularly during emergencies such as the Coronavirus pandemic that had shutdown the country.