African skies could experience increased activity earlier than other continents due to the planned evacuation of people seeking to return home from across the world. This is the view advanced by Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, he said of the return to operations: “here in Africa we expect […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s “extraordinary strength of character” has been hailed by Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi. A five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Ronaldo has claimed league titles with Manchester United, Real Madrid and current club Juventus. The 35-year-old forward has also won five Champions League trophies – four with Madrid and one during his time at United […]

By Destiny Eseaga   TECNO mobile, African leading Smartphone Company has stated reasons why Tecno’s Spark 5 Smartphone is unique, explaining that the phone boast of fantastic photography features, sweet price point and sleek design and Dark Mode PR Manager, Tecno Global office, Rosemond M. Palouki said that the Spark 5 come with 2GB RAM […]

Video: Citizen Digital A Kenyan nurse has been quarantined after travelling from the capital, Nairobi, to Nakuru town in the Rift Valley region to visit her boyfriend under the pretext of going to offer essential services. The government has restricted travel in and out of Nairobi except for cargo trucks to curb the spread of […]

Another island nation, Seychelles, has attained virus-free status after the Health Ministry announced full recoveries as of Monday, May 18. The country becomes the third in recent times to achieve the feat behind Mauritius and Eritrea. The last cabinet meeting held on May 13 largely focused on COVID-19 containment efforts in the country as a […]

Around 20,000 staff in hospitals, aged care, and nursing homes have contracted the novel coronavirus in Germany, accounting for around 11 per cent of total cases in the country, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Tuesday. At the height of the disease outbreak in mid-April, more than 230 doctors, nurses, and employees in the healthcare […]

A TV channel in the UK owned by one of Nigeria’s most flamboyant evangelical pastors has been sanctioned by Ofcom, the broadcasting authority in London, BBC reports. According to BBC, the authority punished Chris Oyakhilome’s Loveworld Limited, which runs the Loveworld channel that can be viewed in the UK, “after a news programme and a […]

Around 20,000 staff in hospitals, aged care, and nursing homes have contracted the novel coronavirus in Germany, accounting for around 11 per cent of total cases in the country, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have said that previous bid rounds in Nigeria’s marginal oil fields revealed a sharp decline in interest from serious investors, both local and foreign.

Delta State Government, yesterday raised the alarm over illegal entry of persons, suspected to be from the Northern part of Nigeria despite the interstate lockdown order of the Federal Government, aimed at containing the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the country.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has just secured a historic agreement with the Morgan State University in Maryland, USA. The Morgan State University (MSU) President, David K. Wilson, announced the new educational collaboration with TETFund. The five-year agreement will create a pathway for Nigerian students to study in the U.S. and pursue a Morgan […]

By Abosede Adelaja “To be candid, the whole idea behind the School Feeding Programme is commendable, and the fact that it targets the children makes it lovely one. “However, I really do not think that’s what Federal Government should be prioritizing at present.” -Oladotun Roy, Consultant “The school feeding programme has been a scam scheme […]

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: A woman identified as Mrs. Florence Onuobodo, has lost her life in Elele Kingdom, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State in a stamped that occurred during the sharing of state government’s Covid-19 palliative in the area. The Rivers State Government had delivered food palliatives to Elele Kingdom in the […]

Arik Air Tuesday donated some food items to some Lagos communities to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The items donated were mainly food items such as rice and beans.

The Chinese Consul General in Lagos, Chu Moaming, has disclosed that President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China called for greater support for Africa to fight the pandemic of Covid-19, with provision of about US$2 billion over two years to help with COVID-19 response and more.