SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has told Nigerians to keep faith alive and consistently pray for the country and the world especially at this time that coronavirus pandemic was ravaging and killing people.

Egyptian police arrested a dozen people and fired tear gas in a Nile Delta village Saturday, as a crowd protested the burial of a COVID-19 victim, a security source said. Relatives had taken the body of a retired doctor from her home in Daqahliya north of Cairo to the family vault in the village of […]

Kano State has on Saturday recorded its first case of coronavirus.

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Ogun State government on Saturday vowed to bring all perpetrators of the mayhem which erupted in Sango/Ifo area of the state to book. It also reiterated its commitment to the security of lives and property of all residents of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special […]

  By Temisan Amoye, Marijuana, weed, skunk or Igbo as it is popularly referred to in Nigeria, despite its illegality and vilification has found a way to warm itself into the hearts of Nigerians. A 2018 report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) revealed Marijuana to be the most consumed “drug” […]

By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has felicitated with christians in Borno state and other parts of the country at easter. Zulum’s message, released by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau on Saturday, used the season to warn, that notwithstanding the global focus on Covid-19 pandemic, Nigeria and the international community must never […]

The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and other small businesses worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too. In Chicago, one of America’s most violent cities, drug arrests have plummeted 42% in the weeks since the city shut down, compared with the same period last year. Part of that decrease, some criminal […]

China’s auto sales sank 48.4% in March from a year ago as the economy reeled from the coronavirus, according to an industry group, adding to strains for the struggling industry in its biggest global market. Sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans totaled just over 1 million, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said. Total vehicle […]

The University of Lagos has manufactured hand sanitisers and donated to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in support of the state and Federal Government’s efforts at checking the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said in a statement in Lagos that the sanitisers were produced by […]

Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Country (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo, Saturday, warned that no economy is immune to the impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the global crude oil market.