Rising to the gas-supply challenge in the COVID-19 era
When the COVID-19 outbreak became a national concern, many Nigerians were worried about the prospects of surviving a lockdown without a reliable and stable supply of electricity.
COVID-19: Bowen varsity tasks government on post coronavirus fallout
THE Vice Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, has urged government at different levels to prepare for the aftermath of coronavirus as he opined that life would not remain the same afterward. While alerting the government of the effect of the pandemic on the economy, he charged the people to braze up for the challenges post COVID-19 will pose for the society, especially in the area of human relation.
He disclosed this while donating relief materials to the people of Iwo and Oluponna to cushion the effect of lockdown on the vulnerable residents of the towns, adding that the world would not remain the same as global economy would rely more on virtual interaction, hence, the masses must be prepared for the new reality.
Why elders are left out of COVID-19 palliatives — NGO
Uchenna Idoko is an economist that specialises in gender and gerontology. She has worked on gender equality programming and gender-inclusive policy development for nineteen years with a variety of NGOs, donor agencies, and government MDAs. She has been working with older adults and their families in rural Nigeria for over 5 years. Uchenna is the […]
Know your COVID-19 diet
As numbers and mortality continues to rise in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more critical than ever to keep families safe from the kitchen first and foremost Three major nutrients have been identified as being particularly essential in the building of the body’s natural immunity to the coronavirus; experts […]
COVID-19: Labour movement, safety and job security
By Rufus Olusesan IT is no longer news that COVID–19, a pandemic that is spreading around the globe, originated from Wuhan in China and has infected and killed many in Europe, Asia, America, Africa, including Nigeria. Globally, the pandemic has exposed capitalism for having paid a greater premium on the private accumulation of capital and […]
Confusion reigns as govt obfuscates on Chinese medical team
By Ikechukwu Amaechi MANY Nigerians are still in denial over the COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging the entire world. And they are not just ordinary Nigerians. Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River and Yahaya Bello of Kogi have openly called it a hoax. To drive home his point that the coronavirus hullabaloo is a ruse, […]
