…insists on the treatment of patients suffering other ailments By Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano A first batch training of 350 health workers on infectious diseases control has commenced in Kano in collaboration with the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Friday urged the trainees to give adequate attention to […]

The Governor of Lagos State Mr Babajide Sanwolu has appointed Ms Faidat Ajibike Shomade as the General Manager of the Lagos State Urban Renewal Authority. Ms Shomade before her appointment as General Manager had served the Lagos State Government meritoriously for 35 years, retiring in 2018 as the General Manager Property and Land Management at […]

China on Friday issued a statement calling on all UN member states to “actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations,” stressing that Washington owes the organization more than $2 billion. “As of May 14, the total unpaid assessments under the UN regular budget and peacekeeping budget amount to 1.63 billion and 2.14 billion […]

United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday said he hoped a COVID-19 vaccine would be available by the end of the year, and announced he was appointing a former pharmaceutical executive to spearhead the effort. “We are looking to get it by the end of the year if we can, maybe before,” Trump said, as […]

Medics at a hospital that treated the first child to die in France with a puzzling inflammatory condition seemingly linked to the new coronavirus initially thought the 9-year-old had scarlet fever, and sent him home. The boy then suffered a heart attack at home that night, resulting in brain damage that later led to his […]

The Kano State Police Command on Friday says it has arrested no fewer than One Hundred and Ninety-Seven (197) suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and others for various criminal offences in the state.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Plateau State government has refuted a claim by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC that the State has five additional cases of COVID-19 disease as at Friday, the 15th saying it was only new case that was recorded as the remaining four were repeated cases which were mistaken for fresh […]

Let me start by giving due credit for this headline, which is not original to me. I lifted it from the 1983 song by reggae star, Peter Tosh, in the album titled Mama Africa. The song is Glass House, and it goes thus:

As COVID-19 compounds financial crisis in media houses Urge media industry players to embrace digitalisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A human rights organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Journalists Against Poverty, JAP, and other stakeholders, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria still ranks low on the table of free press operation. This was made known in a communique […]

The Management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, has donated 5000 reusable and washable facemasks to the Edo State Government, as a contribution to the state’s campaign against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ignatius Onimawo, who was represented by the Director, Center for Entrepreneurial/Career Studies, AAU, Ekpoma, Engr. Prof. […]