By Harris Emmanuel Aimed at meeting the challenges of the post Covid-19 era, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has review the state budget downward by 38.8 percent. Chairman House Committee on Information Hon Aniefiok Dennis while highlighting the breakdown of the amended budget said that the amended recurrent expenditure excluding the consolidated revenue fund […]

Professor Motunrayo Olumakaiye is the Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Obafemi Awolowo University. She is also the President of Women and Girls Organisation, Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion. She is the wife of Rt. Rev. Dr. Humphrey Olumakaiye, the Lord Bishop of Lagos Diocese, the Diocesan, and Missioner. In this interview, she speaks on why […]

After appointing six dead persons in 2017, namely, Francis Okpozo, a senator in the second republic; Donald Ugbaja, a retired deputy inspector-general of police;  Ahmed Bunza, sole administrator of Jega local government area of Kebbi state, Christopher Utov, a former proprietor of Fidei Polytechnic, Gboko; and Kabir Umar, a former emir of Katagum in Bauchi state, President Muhammadu Buhari has again appointed a dead person in the Federal Character Commission, FCC

Royal Dutch Shell RDSa cuts its dividend for the first time in 80 years and suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme following the collapse in global oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 196 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,728. NCDC also announced that seven more fatalities were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 51. The NCDC, in […]

 Says School on Radio programme has commenced By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state government has announced that the ongoing lockdown imposed in the state to curtail the spread of the ravaging  Coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-29 was still in force. Secretary to the State Government and Chairman of COVID-19 Management Committee, Dr. Emmanuel […]

By Temi Okesanjo As the number of people exposed to the risk of COVID-19 in Nigeria increases, healthcare providers and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have a lot on their shoulders and we must all understand that as investigations are ongoing about managing the pandemic. The ability to curb and stop the spread […]

By Ibrahim Hassan Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state, Wednesday, while narrating how he survived COVID-19, said he could have died if not for his doctors, wife and Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza. El-Rufai revealed that he followed the instructions of the doctors strictly and took his medications. He spoke in a radio Hausa program […]

By Ayo Adegbenro One of the greatest things social science bequeathed to society is the institution of government. Governments provide the parameters for everyday behaviour for citizens and guarantees protection of lives and properties. The Civil Service is an intrinsic part of public sector, in fact, its jewel. Good governance in the public sector is […]

Completes contact tracing for 502 suspected persons as cases rise to 30 The Edo State Government has ramped up Active Case Search (ACS) activities for coronavirus (COVID-19) across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, visiting over 228 communities and contact tracing 502 suspected cases in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, […]