Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, said Wednesday he had been infected with coronavirus, as three other ministers in the fragile West African state also tested positive. “I have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, I am at home and I feel well,” Nabiam said in a Facebook post. Adding that the virus “exists and […]

The Benue State House of Assembly on Wednesday summoned the state Action Committee on COVID-19 to appear before its Committee on Health and Human Services, to explain its activities since inauguration. The House took the decision after deliberating on a motion of urgent public importance moved by a lawmaker, Baba Odeh, during the plenary. It […]

Austria’s president and others in the presidency in downtown Vienna were briefly evacuated on Wednesday following a bomb threat, officials said. President Alexander Van der Bellen was among those brought to safety, according to his spokesman Reinhard Pickl-Herk. “The president was at the presidency. He was warned and brought to safety. He is safe,” he […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, dismissed a fresh application that Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is facing money laundering charge, filed for his bail conditions to be varied. The Court, in a ruling by trial Justice Okon Abang, held that […]

The White House has ordered US spy agencies to investigate whether China and the World Health Organization initially covered up what they knew about the nascent coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. A specific “tasking” seeking information about the emerging outbreak was sent last week to the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence […]

ABUJA- THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, and World Food Programme, WPF, Wednesday, raised concern over feeding and future of  370 million children due to school closure caused by the Cornonavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.

Dayo Johnson – Akure Over 80 houses were destroyed in Oke-Igbo,  Ile Oluji, in Oke-Igbo Local government area of Ondo State by rainstorm leaving hundreds of residents homeless. Eyewitness account said that the rain which started around 4:30pm also destroyed several electric poles leaving many streets in total blackout. Speaking with newsmen, one if the […]

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have sustained their offensive against Boko Haram terrorists that are hibernating in different locations within the North East theatre of operation.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A fifty-nine-year-old woman identified as Victoria Yemisi Omoare reportedly slumped and died after coming down from a private car to urinate at a place close to the abattoir, along the Ekiti State University Road in Ado Ekiti. Narrating the incident, the driver of the vehicle who was said to be […]

By Charly Agwam, Bauchi The government of Bauchi state, through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in collaboration with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has rolled out plans to educate children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through radio/television programmes. In his address, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office Bauchi, Mr Bhanu Pathak, noted on […]