As governments across the globe imposed restrictions on the people, which has affected businesses, to halt the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, consumer-led economic growth is being encumbered; and the growing crisis has left “booming” economies in a state of panic.

The immediate past National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority [NIWA], Chief George Moghalu, has risen to the call by President Muhammadu Buhari for leaders to rally support for citizens in the face of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Group, Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele, in this interview, speaks on economic challenges posed by Coronavirus pandemic and how companies can recover in the post-COVID-19 era. 

Rev. William Okoye, the General Overseer, All Christians Fellowship Mission (ACFM) says celebrating Easter at such a challenging time should make Christians give preeminence to things of eternal values. Okoye, who made the remark in his Easter message on Sunday in Abuja, described the celebration of Easter at a time like this as “wonderful’’ as […]

Despite the lockdown imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Lagos State, the epicentre of coronavirus, neighbouring Ogun and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to stem the spread of the virus, figures show that COVID-19 confirmed cases have more than double across the nation within 11 of the last 13 days.

Sunday Vanguard looks at the missing tools that could make a huge difference in the fight against coronavirus in a nation of 200 million people.

When Africa’s first case of coronavirus was detected in Egypt in February, the rest of the continent prepared for the brunt of a pandemic that has engulfed Europe and spread to the United States, infecting more than 1.6 million worldwide. Health experts warned of the devastation the deadly virus could cause in Africa, where most […]

Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as Beijing steps up its fight against imported infections, drawing US accusations of xenophobia. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to […]

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) has supported the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Lagos, with a donation of medical masks, gloves and essential supplies to help combat the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in Nigeria. In a statement issued Friday from her Lagos residence, in compliance with the Presidential lockdown directive, the Chief […]

By Funmi Komolafe Hallelujah! Hallelujah! He is risen. That is our song on a day like this, that we mark the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who was dead came back to life and lives forever. It’s Easter Sunday. This is the essence of Christianity. This is the reason we confidently say […]