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 […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi Aba, Abeokuta on Friday night confirmed two new cases of coronavirus. This was contained in a statement by the FMC Abeokuta, Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Segun Orisajo and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The statement […]

Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, Head of Political Science Department, Kwara College of Education, Oro, says lack of stable electricity supply is threatening effective online teaching and learning in the country. Abdulkareem made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Saturday. He said due to the effect of the coronavirus […]