Reflections on the post-Coronavirus International Economic Order

Reflections on the post-Coronavirus International Economic Order

By Obadiah Mailafia THE novel coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest global economic shock since the 1929 Wall Street Crash. In fact, its ramifications might be even bigger, given that, unlike the 1929 crash, our world is today an integrated global marketplace. The 1929 crash was triggered largely by the twin crises of over-speculation and […]
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16 Lagos doctors infected with COVID-19 – Medical Guild

16 Lagos doctors infected with COVID-19 – Medical Guild

By Chioma Obinna Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government yesterday expressed worry over-relaxation of the lockdown in the State, disclosing that 16 members of the Medical Guild in the state workforce have been infected with COVID-19. Addressing a press conference on the Issues of Covid-19 Response and Challenges Identified by the Guild,  […]

Lagos discharges 14 COVID-19 patients

Lagos discharges 14 COVID-19 patients

Fourteen patients who were receiving treatment for coronavirus in Lagos have been discharged after recovering from the disease. The ministry of health in the state broke the news in a tweet on Monday. The tweet said six females and eight males were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, Onikan, LUTH and Eti-Osa. READ ALSO: COVID-19: […]

Alleged Imo payroll fraudsters to be arraigned in court ― Uzodinma

Alleged Imo payroll fraudsters to be arraigned in court ― Uzodinma

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, Monday revealed the plan of his government to arraign in court those behind the payroll fraud discovered in Imo civil service. Uzodinma disclosed this at the Government House in Owerri, while swearing into office, the acting President of the state Customary Court of Appeal, Hon […]

US milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths likely by June

US milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths likely by June

United States President Donald Trump now says his worst-case coronavirus scenario would be 100,000 deaths, but the country will probably reach that grim milestone by next month, according to several scientific models — none of which predict a summertime halt to the virus’s spread. “We’re going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people. […]

DR Congo again blames Hutu rebels for ranger massacre

DR Congo again blames Hutu rebels for ranger massacre

DR Congo on Monday reiterated its accusation that Rwandan rebels in the east of the country killed 12 rangers and five others at the world-famous Virunga national park. Fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) were behind the April 24 attack, said Major General Maurice Aguru Mamba, citing a preliminary investigation. […]