The United States will not allow Iran to purchase conventional arms after a UN prohibition on this expires in October, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.

Emma Ujah The Federal Government has disbursed the sum of N43,416,000,000.00 ($120.6 million) to 24 states of the federation through performance-based grants under the World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme-for-Results. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Hassan Dodo, […]

Kaduna State achieved the highest number of results (nine) and got the highest share with N3. 960 billion, while Katsina and Benue got the lowest amount of N540 million each as Federal Government disbursed the sum of N43,416,000,000.00 ($120.6 million) to 24 states. The fund is through a performance-based grant under the World Bank-Assisted States […]

More evidence-based diagnoses are emerging about the pathophysiology of COVID-19, and the right protocol for its management. The recent being intravascular coagulation (thrombosis), diagnosed via autopsies performed on patients who died of COVID-19 in Italy. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot, known as a thrombus, within a blood vessel. It prevents blood from flowing […]

ABUJA- VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s massive population constitutes a challenge in the fight against the prevailing Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Workers in Kaduna State have rejected deduction of 25 per cent from salaries of senior civil servants in the state as announced by Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i.

*Says obesity, diabetes, hypertension make people vulnerable to coronavirus By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said one out of every five Lagosians that exhibit respiratory symptoms are infected with COVID-19. Professor Abayomi also warned that the disease also affects the kidneys and the blood. The commissioner, […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Wednesday Federal Government establishments, banks, construction companies, manufacturing, and others can commence operation from May 4. The National Coordinator of the PTF on COVID-19, Dr. Aliyu Sani, stated this during the daily briefing by the task force in Abuja. Aliyu said the resumption would be based […]

The Wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugochi Ugwuanyi, through her pet project, Ugo’s Touch of Life Foundation (U-TOLF), in conjunction with Unilever Nigeria Limited, has donated relief materials to the less privileged across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, to contain and cushion the effect of the COVID-19 disease lockdown.

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Tuesday that a new coronavirus vaccine could be tested as early as next week — with the potential for emergency use by fall, a report said Tuesday. “This is a crisis right now, and a solution is desperately needed by all,” Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla told the Wall Street […]

Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Delta Governor, has explained that Tuesday’s announcement of relaxation of the lockdown in the state was predicated on the governor’s compassion for citizens, saying it was to rekindle micro and small business activities.

By Theodore Opara A leading health advocate, Dr. Kelechi Okoro, has commended the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, TOAN, for taking proactive steps on regulations to ensure safety of tricycle drivers and passengers in the COVID-19 crisis Kelechi Okoro, who made the commendation via her social media handle, said: “As a medical practitioner, I say […]

THE Amutenyi Obollo-Afor community in Udenu local government area of Enugu state has asked the state government to stop a road construction work ongoing along Obollo-Afor- Amalla-Otukpo Benue state old federal road.

Carrie Symonds, the fiancee of UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been delivered of a baby boy. The Prime Minister was pictured beaming as he arrived back at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, after Carrie Symonds gave birth, while the Queen sent the couple a “private message of good wishes” to congratulate them on their […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu ongoing media briefing highlights: .COVID 19: Lagos discharges 49 persons .Loses 19 to virus so far …Health workers infected with COVID–19 in Lagos are recuperating very well. .To build 3 additional Isolation centres Grade level 13 in state civil service above to resume work on Monday […]