COVID-19: Delta council boss appeals for caution, as Delta records five new cases
Chairman of the Warri South Council Area of Delta State, Dr Michael Tidi, has appealed to residents of the area to exercise extra caution as four out of the five Covid-19 cases recorded in the state on Wednesday were from the council area.
Standard Chartered donates USD11.8m for immediate COVID-19 relief efforts across Africa
Standard Chartered today announced donations totalling USD11.8 million to the Red Cross, UNICEF and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Government Partners providing emergency relief in countries across Africa and the Middle East impacted by COVID-19.
Burundi orders WHO team responsible for managing COVID-19 to leave country
Burundi has ordered the expulsion of the country’s top World Health Organization (WHO) representative and three other experts coordinating the coronavirus response, the foreign ministry said in a letter seen by AFP on Wednesday. In a letter dated May 12 and addressed to WHO’s Africa headquarters, the foreign ministry said the four officials “are declared […]
(BREAKING) Recovered looted funds: Govs to engage FG to recognise states in distribution of proceeds
Set-Up C’ttee to interface with the FG on the next Medium-term National Development Plan By Henry Umoru THE thirty-six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF have resolved to as a matter of urgency, engage the Federal Government to ensure that the governance arrangement of all federation-funded investments recognise State governments […]
Happy international nurse week to the true Nigeria superheroes – NANNNA
International Nurses’ Week begins on May 6 and ends on Florence Nightgale’s birthday, May 12. It is our honor to pay tribute and extend our sincere thanks to all the Nigerian nurses and midwives for continued commitment to excellence in patient care and improving work environment.
Children in Lockdown: We may have to go back to tales by moonlight — Onafowokan
Says social distancing impossible in Lagos As the novel Corona Virus pandemic escalates in Nigeria with Lagos as the epicenter, WO caught up with Joyce Onafowokan, former Senior Special Assistant to the past governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on social development to assess impact and fallouts. What is your opinion on the way Lagos state is […]
Nigeria shames itself by posthumously honouring Abacha
By Olu Fasan Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s kleptomaniac and despotic former dictator died in office in 1998. But if anything reminds us of him, it is Shakespeare’s famous words: “The evil that men do lives after them.” For 22 years after Abacha’s demise, he is still talked about in local and international media. Not for any […]
Covid-19 : AGHAN calls on FG to extend aviation palliatives to ground handlers
The federal government has been called upon to extend the palliatives meant for the aviation sector to Ground Handlers at the airport, namely: Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, Plc, the Skyway Aviation Handling Company ,SAHCO , Plc, Aviation Handling Services , AHS and other Ground Handlers.
UNICEF raises alarm over fate of Nigerian children, says 950 may die daily
THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed fears that an additional 950 Nigerian children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts routine services and threatens to weaken the health system.
COVID-19: S’West won’t tolerate influx of Almajirai — Akintoye, YWC leader
LEADER of the Yoruba World Congress, YWC, Professor Banji Akintoye, yesterday, warned that the southwest will no longer tolerate the influx of Almajirai into the zone saying that most of them have been infected with the coronavirus.
We’ve received only one application on claims of herbal COVID-19 remedies — NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has reacted to claims of the herbal COVID-19 remedies, saying they were either domiciled in the conventional news media or social media.
Gunmen abduct Army captain, 3 others in Ondo, demand N20m ransom
Akure—AN Army captain and three others were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen along Auga/Akunnu highway in Akoko North-East council area of Ondo State.
People Talk: Demolition of hotels by Gov Wike over lockdown violation (2)
By Bose Adelaja & Olayinka Latona “Considering the financial situation in the country, Governor Wike should have tempered justice with mercy, by making the owners of the demolished buildings pay fine. Also, the hotels’ activities should have been delayed for months because this is a trying time for everyone.” -Aanuoluwapo Ogunjimi Businesswoman “Should one shoot […]
Covid-19 lockdown: Wike is hypocritical, has addiction for tyranny — Dr. Uche Igwe
A renowned political scholar and activist, Dr Uche Igwe has described the governor of Rivers State as a hypocritical leader who has an addiction for tyranny.
3 IPoB camps discovered in Delta — POLICE
COMMISSIONER of Police, Delta State Command, Hafix Inuwa, yesterday, fingered the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for snatching and robbing guns from police officers in the state since 2018, saying the command apprehended 10 members with 13 AK-47 rifles snatched and robbed on different occasions.
Gambari takes over as Buhari’s new CoS
TWENTY-SIX days after the death of Malam Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, appointed former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, 75, as his chief of staff.
