By Yinka Odumakin WHEN Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi appeared before the Senate in 2015 to be screened for two portfolios, he submitted an interesting CV. He was a graduate of English but with his only working experience being at Palmo Clinic in Port Harcourt. It was not that because literature deals with all disciplines but for […]

Coronavirus was detected on several surfaces in hotel rooms where two presymptomatic Chinese students were quarantined before being diagnosed with the disease, according to a study released on Monday. For the study, published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers in China examined the hotel […]

United States, President Donald Trump, attacked the United Nations health body as a China’s “puppet” on Monday and confirmed he is considering slashing or canceling US support. “They’re a puppet of China, they’re China-centric to put it nicer,” he said at the White House. Trump said the United States pays around $450 million annually to […]

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts aimed at cushioning the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Mojec Meter Assets Management Company, a subsidiary of Mojec International Limited, has donated relief materials including food items, cash and face masks to vulnerable citizens across the Country.

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – The Federal Government has announced an extension of the current partial lockdown of the country, saying the time is not ripe for it to relax its containment protocols against the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. […]

By Evelyn Usman Two fake soldiers have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Police Sergeant attached to Ilemba Hausa division of the Lagos State Police Command. The deceased cop, Onalaja Onajide, who was the Station Guard, had life snuffed out of him, by a bullet from an unknown person, last Sunday, in […]

South Sudan’s first vice president, the former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said Monday. Machar’s wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, and “a number of his office staff and bodyguards” have also been infected, according to a statement posted on the office’s Facebook page and attributed to press secretary […]

Relatives of 12 people held for “suspected acts of terrorism” and found dead in their prison cells earlier this month, accused the Burkina Faso security forces of having executed them. The 12 men, among 25 arrested on the same charges, were found dead in their cells at Tanwalbougou, in the east of the country, the […]

As legal challenges to the South African government’s COVID-19 lockdown mount, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday he could not stop anyone taking them to court. “Since the start of this crisis, a number of people have exercised their right to approach the courts,” Ramaphosa wrote in his weekly letter to the nation, adding this […]

World Physique Championship (WPC) winner in 2019, professional bodybuilder and certified fitness trainer, Olabisi Akinola an Ekiti State-born bodybuilder who has won several bodybuilding competitions across Europe and America and also trains several people from across the world on body fitness, has expressed his readiness to inspire the bodybuilding industry in Nigeria. Osborne who is […]

Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, has denied allegations of tribalism and ethnicity against him.

KANO – Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has ordered the cancellation of Eid-el-Fitr festivities including Hawan Sallah to mark the end of Muslim Ramadan fasting.

Britain added a loss of taste and smell to its list of coronavirus symptoms Monday and broadened eligibility for tests as it seeks to prevent a second wave of cases when the lockdown eases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is racing to implement a new “track and trace” regime to control COVID-19, after nearly 35,000 […]

A new report on global e-waste – discarded products with a battery or plug – shows a staggering 44.7 million metric tonnes (Mt) generated in 2016 – up 3.3 Mt or 8% from 2014.   

A coalition of women organisations that attended the just concluded 3rd United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-3) urged the global assembly to prioritize the protection of women’s human rights and environmental defenders.