President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Covid-19 pandemic.

A  FORMER governor of Anambra State and the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, and some members of the party in the state have donated N125 million to the PDP to cushion the effects of coronavirus.

Moves by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adabayo, to properly locate companies and parastatals in the Export Procession Zones Authority and the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority has received the backing of key stakeholders in the industry who described the measures as key to make progress in the critical sector of the nation’s economy.

Six people were killed in ethnic violence in Adamawa state, police said Saturday, but locals put the toll higher. “Six dead bodies have been recovered from the violence which erupted on Friday,” state police spokesman Suleiman Nguroje told AFP. “It was an ethnic violence which started following a disagreement between the Hausa community and the […]

Barack Obama indirectly criticized his successor Donald Trump during a virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, in rare public judgment from the former US president during the coronavirus pandemic. “More than anything this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama […]

Sylvanus ‘Quick Silver’ Okpala, has said no coach will allow players like Chinedu Obasi, Ike Uche and Taiye Taiwo in a team given their unprofessional conduct at the time late Stephen Keshi was coach of the Super Eagles. Okpala, who was part of Keshi’s technical team, spoke in defence of Keshi, who some ex-national team […]

French authorities said on Saturday that they had arrested a Rwandan man with a 5-million-dollar bounty on his head and who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in the East African country. Felicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris as a result of a joint investigation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal […]

The People Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra chapter, has announced a donation of N120 million post-COVID-19 lockdown palliative to the people of the state. Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, the state PDP Chairman, announced the donation at a news conference in Akwa on Saturday. Nwobu also inaugurated a nine-man Anambra PDP COvID-19 Welfare Committee headed by Mrs Chidi […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has not been proven if people can catch the novel coronavirus by touching surfaces where it lingers, such as handles, doorknobs or keyboards. The UN agency, which said this on Saturday, recommended in its safety guidelines that people disinfect objects. The guidelines reference a study that showed the […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A pro-democracy group and human rights organization, Concerned Nigerians, CN, Friday, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Nigerian military over gains recorded in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East region of the country. The commendation was made in a statement signed by the Convener, CN, Deji Adeyanju […]

“It is easier to do too little at the beginning of a crisis than too much. In the end, the price is more if the crisis becomes greater” – THE ECONOMIC LAW OF PRECIOUS RESPONSE SUMMARISED.

One active case left Two COVID-19 patients in Bayelsa were discharged on Saturday, Dr. Inodu Apoku, the Co-Chairman, Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force, has said. The patients, who were admitted at the isolation centre at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH)  Okolobiri, were linked to the index case that was discharged about a week ago. […]

The US based university, Nexford says it is using MTN Sponsored Data to give new Nigerian online learners data access.

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commended ExxonMobil for donating equipment and items worth millions of naira to curb the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Emmanuel, who was represented by Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, Secretary to the State Government, gave the commendation in Uyo on Saturday. He expressed the government’s profound appreciation to […]

By Ephraim Oseji Canada-based Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Taiwo Oyinloye, better known as John Tony believes that music is one of the best ways to inspire and motivate people, especially at this time when the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world. “My music preaches love, hope, romance, money, family and heartbreaks. I use my songs […]