Inter Milan’s entire first-team squad have tested negative for the coronavirus, the Serie A club said on Friday as they prepared to resume training. Nearly all Serie A clubs have re-started training on an individual basis this week following a two-month stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic and all players and staff are subject to […]

Suspected hoodlums on Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo State and killed an officer enforcing the nationwide curfew imposed by the Federal Government. The Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed this to journalists in Benin on Saturday. Nwabuzor said police had launched a serious manhunt for the hoodlums. […]

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Friday divisions and hatred still pervade the world, 75 years after the Second World War. Guterres, who stated this in a video message to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the conflict, said the coronavirus pandemic was aggravating the situation, fuelling “new efforts to divide […]

On Monday 27th April 2020, during a live nationwide address, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR laid out the easing of lockdown restrictions to curtail the spread of the coronavirus in Lagos, FCT and Ogun States. The highlights of the new measures include revised operating hours for Banks and Financial institutions – as an essential service – each branch is responsible for […]

The Osun State government on Saturday confirmed a fresh case of coronavirus in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo, said the new case sneaked into Iwo area of the state from Kano before the COVID -19 taskforce was alerted. Osun State has 38 […]

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has sent condolences to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on the passing away of his uncle, Shiekh Haruna Usman.

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday rewarded Rumuigbo community, Obio Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers state with N5 million for providing information which resulted in the arrest of trucks, cattle, and passengers who sneaked into Port Harcourt in breach of the state’s COVID-19 restriction orders. The Governor in a Friday […]

Calls for closer collaboration with State Governors By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Friday, vows to prosecute 19 illegal Chinese miners recently arrested by the Nigerian Police Force and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Osun and Zamfara States according to the Mining Act 2007. […]

Says verbal autopsies unscientific By Evelyn Usman President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, AISSON Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has faulted the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 verdict which attributed the mysterious deaths in Kano State to the CoronaVirus disease, saying the methods used to arrive at the conclusion did not […]

By Sylvester Kwentua Sex for Role: Nollywood film maker, Uche Agbo may have finally revealed what most filmmakers face in the hands of actors and actresses, who are desperate for fame. In a meeting with this reporter, the film maker, who is also an author of books and a motivational speaker, revealed that despite him […]

The Secretary-General of West African College of Physicians, WACP, Dr Albert Akpalu has called on West Africa countries on the need for the development of a common framework and guidance for further response to the covid-19 pandemic in the West Africa sub region.

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday signed two bills – the Imo Waste Management Agency Bill and the Consolidation of Land Use Charges Bill – into law. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Oguike Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued Saturday in Owerri. Uzodinma assured that the signing of the bills would help […]

By Chen Lei ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to progress is laying the foundation for constant evolution. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of this year, organisations across the planet began to shift into action. But as […]

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has decorated that his administration has put in place life insurance policy for the State health workers, just has their hazard allowance has been reviewed from 200 to 300 per cent. The Governor who disclosed this when he met with representatives of health workers […]

With the coronavirus pandemic emptying the streets of Madrid, life has become even more precarious for sex workers Evelyn, Alenca and Beyonce under the lockdown. Already extremely vulnerable and with an ambiguous legal status, many of Spain’s sex workers have struggled to make ends meet during the state of emergency, with clubs closed, clients staying […]