With the coronavirus pandemic emptying the streets of Madrid, life has become even more precarious for sex workers Evelyn, Alenca and Beyonce under the lockdown. Already extremely vulnerable and with an ambiguous legal status, many of Spain’s sex workers have struggled to make ends meet during the state of emergency, with clubs closed, clients staying […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi Aba, Abeokuta on Friday night confirmed two new cases of coronavirus. This was contained in a statement by the FMC Abeokuta, Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Segun Orisajo and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The statement […]

Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, Head of Political Science Department, Kwara College of Education, Oro, says lack of stable electricity supply is threatening effective online teaching and learning in the country. Abdulkareem made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Saturday. He said due to the effect of the coronavirus […]

Excerpt: The cost of handsets has become a significant barrier to mobile Internet adoption and use. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced how important connectivity is in the modern world. As it has become more challenging to communicate directly, the use of ICT has become even more critical for the dissemination of information by government, experts, […]

By David Royal Nigeria’s virus cases have witnessed an increase of 1,354 five days after the gradual easing of lockdown in Lagos, and Abuja commenced. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 3912. The NCDC […]

By Desmond Ekwueme Shortly after Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, his agents flew a kite that the Franco-German was wanted by six countries. Two in Africa, two in Asia and two in Europe. They, however, didn’t disclose the countries. Obviously the kite was flown to put his employers (the NFF) on the edge. The plot […]

Some people would be wrongly informed to choose one or the other, not knowing that they are actually related. While Eurocentric African leaders look to the Western world to provide a vaccine for the ongoing pandemic, they ignore traditional medicine that was the foundation of Western medicine from vaccination to most pharmaceutical products, and still a wealth of untapped knowledge.

The Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is one whose impact in the Lagos State Government can never be overemphasized considering his contribution to its development..

By Segun Odegbami This week I was in the clinic for an ‘emergency’ check-up. My Blood Pressure rapidly headed northwards. Professor Akinyanju told me as soon as he checked me that it should never be reported that the Enough Ambassador for Africa, NCD, Champion of ‘Exercise is Medicine’ in Nigeria, and a consultant to the […]

Football lovers are gearing up for a feast of live football action as the German football league, the DFL, announced that the Bundesliga will return back to action on May 16 to provide high-octane football drama which had been halted since early April due to the coronavirus pandemic StarTimes Nigeria has assured subscribers of live […]

By Henry Ojelu Reactions to the Supreme Court ruling on Orji Uzor Kalu’s conviction, on Friday, are interesting. A Senior Lecturer in Law described quashing of the 12-year jail term handed the former Governor of Abia State by the lower courts and ordering of retrial as “correct, but unfortunate.” While a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]

By Debo Onifade There are many young Nigerians within the country and in the diaspora, who genuinely think that revolution in Nigeria is the only solution to our problems. If their definition of revolution is related to the revolutions that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979, or […]

Sporting events in the Netherlands may go ahead later in the year but they will do so without fans until a vaccine is developed for the coronavirus. This was announced by the Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge on Thursday. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that organised sport could resume from 1 September. […]

The average household has had to deal with the terrible tantrums of the teenage ward it once thought to be an angel. All of a sudden, your little angel turns something quite unfathomable. Instead of smirking his lips at his mum’s wholesome meals, he opts for fast foods; instead of following you through the house […]

By Gabriel Olawale The Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Plaqad, Gbenga Sogbaike said that since the commencement of their operation three years ago, they have signed up more than 15,000 programme members and paid out N200 million. Sogbaike disclosed that as a leading marketing technology company, Plaqad, has successfully built a reputation of providing […]