A United Nations envoy, Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, says efforts by the global community to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are threatened by electricity supply challenges in developing countries.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to provide spending details of public funds and private sector donations and other benefits during the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and the Ogun States for Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic.

One day, the battle against the novel coronavirus will be won. But the world that emerges may look very different from the one we lived in before the pandemic began. Over 60,000 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 and there are a more than a million confirmed cases with the outbreak yet to reach […]

Several Australian health officials said on Sunday they were cautiously optimistic about the slowing spread of coronavirus in the country but warned social distancing restrictions are to stay in place for months. Confirmed cases rose by 181 during the 24-hour period to early Sunday, bringing the national total to 5,635, health ministry data showed. The […]

Association of Resident Doctors, Delta State University Teaching Hospital (ARD-DELSUTH) yesterday, decried the slow pace of work at the clinical building in DELSUTH, saying that it has prevented its members from completing their training in record time. They stated this in a communique issued and signed by the President of ARD-DELSUTH, Dr. Isoje Daniel and […]

In a bid to strengthen its network and improve power supply to its esteemed customers across its network, Eko Electricity Distribution Plc (EKEDP) through an official statement on Friday 3rd April 2020, provided information on its recent investments in the Electricity infrastructure within its franchise coverage area, claiming these investments are responsible for significant improvements […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Days after the Federal Government warned that the prevalence of fake news in the country was distracting it from the fight against the novel COVID-19, four inmates in the Kaduna Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS have lost their lives following injuries sustained last week in an attempted jailbreak. The inmates […]

There have been reports of  people who think 5G mobile networks have caused the coronavirus outbreak. Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading, said: “The idea that COVID19 is caused by 5G mobile phone signals is complete rubbish.  This is a disease which numerous doctors and scientists around the world have […]

Senator representing Kaduna Central, Uba Sani has accused states sharing borders with Kaduna  of undermining efforts put in place by the El-Rufa’i government towards containing the spread of COVID-19.

 Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said on Saturday that the agency monitored the repair of the vandalised pipeline at Mosan, Ipaja, Lagos State, by officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).