By Lawani Mikairu Canada and America Monday joined the list of countries that have evacuated their citizens from Nigeria as a result of the coronavirus currently infesting a growing number of people. 200 Canadians were evacuated from the country through the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Canadians were airlifted by an Ethiopian airline Boeing […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA- Abia state government has threatened to arrest traders who open their shops during the period of the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Dr. Cosmas Ndukwe, in a statement, said his ministry is worried that traders have violated government regulations trading in various relief and rural markets […]

Pakistani Government on Monday quarantined thousands of Islamic preachers on suspicion that they contracted the new Coronavirus at a religious congregation in March, officials said. More than 100,000 members of the Tableeghi Jumaat gathered in March at the group’s Headquarters, a complex of Mosques and Islamic seminaries, near the Eastern city of Lahore. According to […]

By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on monday rejected plans by the Federal Government to invite Chinese doctors into the country, describing it as an embarrassment to the membership of the association and other health workers in the country. Making their position known in a press statement, the President of the NMA, Dr […]