—Approves N896.9m augmented cost for Oseakwa bridge in Anambra By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, approved N2.9 billion for the provision of water and fire service equipment at the National Oil and Gas Park to be sited in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. The approval was given during […]

ABUJA- The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, slated June 1 to hear the suit seeking to stop the House of Representatives from taking further steps to pass the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020.

Following the arrest of 50 health workers in Lagos on Tuesday, the Lagos state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Wednesday ordered its members to sit-at-home in order to avoid further embarrassment from security agents.

Some professional football players in Latin America and Africa are relying on food packages during the novel coronavirus stoppage, the global players’ union, FIFPRO, said on Wednesday. FIFPRO which has affiliates in 65 countries also noted that other players elsewhere are being pressured into returning to play, sometimes without testing for COVID-19. As football begins […]

  By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A nongovernment organization, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, Tuesday, organised capacity building for Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, officers on handling violators of Coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown order. This was made known in a statement by the Deputy Director, PRAWA, Ogechi Ogu, which 13 guidelines regarding effective supervision and penalty […]