By Emem Idio YENAGOA – THE Bayelsa index case of Covid-19 and two other cases linked to her, who were earlier treated at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, NDUTH, Isolation Centre have been discharged after they recovered and tested negative. The Co-Chairman of the Bayelsa State Covid-19 Task Force and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of […]

The Ebonyi State chapter of  All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed conditions that must be fulfilled by the state government for the party to participate in the COVID-19 Ebonyi Palliatives Distribution Joint Committee.

By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Monday flayed what it described as undue harassment of pharmacists by Police officers from Ozuoba Police Station in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, urging the Inspector General of Police to order the immediate and speedy investigation into the matter. In a statement signed by PSN National Publicity […]

For violating the lockdown order imposed on Kaduna to prevent the spread of COVID-19,the Kaduna State Ministry of Justice has convicted 605 persons between Thursday and Friday last week,

At no point in recent history have calls for Africa to industrialize been stronger than they have been lately. Across the continent, industrialization is arguably the most talked-about subject among policymakers. So why has action on the ground failed to move the needle on this important development marker? Why have we never pushed for African […]

Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), yesterday, stated that the Federal, states and local governments received N1.95 trillion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the first quarter of 2020.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan ON Tuesday during plenary session at the hallowed Chamber forced his Colleagues to Observe the social distancing rule because of the current outbreak of the global Coronavirus, COVID- 19 Pandemic. The President of the Senate was not happy with the violation of social distancing […]

ABUJA- PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday during the plenary session at the hallowed Chamber forced his Colleagues to Observe the social distancing rule because of the current outbreak of the global Coronavirus, COVID- 19 Pandemic.

As more Nigerians seek for greener pastures overseas, there are indications that they will be faced with various forms of violence, exploitation and other abuses along the Central Mediterranean route, a recent report by WAKA Well by IOM X an International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) working in Nigeria stated.

Nigeria has recorded 242 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 4,641. In a tweet, late Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 88 new cases in Lagos, 64 in Kano, 49 in Katsina and 13 in Kaduna. According to the health agency, Ogun state had nine cases, Gombe […]

By Mon-Charles Egbo Aside from bringing out the ingenuity in some Nigerians, including public officials and government agencies as well as exposing the ineptitude of some others, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the fore, certain issues that were ignored in the past that have come to haunt us today. Beyond the weak health care system […]

By Henry Umoru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has sent forty-two ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan who read the list, said they are Career Foreign Service officers. ALSO READ: Breaking: Use Madagascar’s herbal drug to treat COVID-19 patients – Buhari According to President Buhari, the curricular […]

As entries are still open until May 31 By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A young British social entrepreneurAdam Bradford, through his programme AdamStart, Tuesday, disclosed giving support to young entrepreneurs on ‘Know Covid-19 Nigeria’ project after emerging beneficiaries, while entries are still received till May 31, 2020, as closing date amid the raging Coronavirus, COVID-19, […]

By Chioma Obinna Few months back, Vanguard published a pathetic story of Daniel Joseph, a nine-year-old boy who is suffering from the cancer of the eye and seeking the sum of N7 million and in order to go for life-saving surgery as part of his treatment. Good Health Weekly published his story twice a few […]

Kano State government has announced the extension of the lockdown imposed on the state by the presidency by one week to further combat the spread of COVID-19.