Tennis world number three Dominic Thiem expressed scepticism Sunday about plans to set up a fund to help lower-ranked players struggling because of the shutdown of the sport. In an interview with Austria’s Krone newspaper, Thiem was asked about last week’s announcement by world number one Novak Djokovic that he was working with Roger Federer […]

The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Coca-Cola Company, has provided a grant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC, to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across Nigeria. The intervention was to scale up community sensitisation and procure essential protective kits such as medical masks, face shields, hand gloves […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Farmers under the auspices of Concerned Members of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, CMAFAN, Sunday, wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, which the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, was accused of alleged interference and antagonism. The letter with the subject ‘The Need To Check The […]

The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Salisu Kwaya-Bura, on Sunday urged residents of Maiduguri to be on the alert after two positive patients went into hiding in the state. Kwaya-Bura, who is also a member of the state High Powered Committee on COVID-19, stated this while giving an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure Three other positive cases of COVID-19 were today confirmed in Akure, the Ondo State capital by the state governor Rotimi Akeredolu. By this, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the state has risen to seven. This is coming barely 24 hours after the fourth patient, a police officer who […]

Worried by the hardship families not only in Plateau State but the entire country is passing through due to the ongoing lockdown, a Civil Society Organization, Equity International Initiative has urged the federal and Plateau State governments to explore other options to contain the COVID-19 disease as locking down the entire economy is not a sustainable option.

As Nigeria continues to combat COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown situation in the country, a leading real estate firm in the country, Bighomes, has distributed palliatives and relief funds to Nigerians to alleviate the suffering and hunger in many homes.
The distribution exercise which kicked off yesterday in Jahi, Abuja is expected to cover other places like Kado kuchi, Kubwa, Deidei, Gwarimpa village and Mpape all within the federal capital territory where about 500 homes will benefit from the palliatives distribution.

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The President of the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, Jude Ogu has said that the first case of Covid-19 in Imo, was not a staff of the Federal Medical Center, FMC, in Owerri. In a statement to newsmen in Owerri, Ogu also said that the person was only transferred to […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has assured residents particularly the target demography for its Palliatives, that the items would get to them as they cannot be diverted to anyone. The minister who had last week placed a curse on anyone who […]

Experts in the hospitality, travel and related sectors have stated that in a post-COVID-19 business world, only companies that are agile and quick to innovate will be productive and see a rise in earnings in the last quarter of 2020. This assertion was made at a video-conference “Impact of COVID-19 on the Hospitality and Tourism […]