Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Monday confirmed that five additional coronavirus cases have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, confirmed the report to our correspondent,  saying, “Yes, I’m aware. Five Coronavirus patients, who have fully recovered from the disease […]

Boxing chiefs suspended WBO super-middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders’ licence on Monday after he offered men advice on how to hit their female partners during the coronavirus lockdown. The British fighter released a video on social media using a punchbag to describe how to “hit her on the chin”. He apologised, saying he would “never […]

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Monday ordered a two weeks lockdown of the state as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary,  Humwashi  Wonosikou, disclosed this in a statement in Yola. Fintiri said the painful decision was necessary to save lives in the state. The directive takes […]

Says over 113 million people experiencing acute hunger By Gabriel Ewepu The Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, Monday, urged governments in countries affected by the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic to keep the food chain alive in order to avoid the food crisis. This was contained in a statement signed by the  Director-General, FAO, QU Dongyu while […]

As the world battles to contain coronavirus, COVID 19, pandemic, an industrial relations expert, a conciliator and former  President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and Deputy President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Brown Ogbeifun, in this interview, predicts more troubles for workers and trade unions in Nigeria if the pandemic escalates.

The Southern African nations of Lesotho and Zimbabwe on Monday began a 21-day lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown will be heavily enforced by the police and the army in both nations. While both countries currently have low infection numbers, they both border South Africa, the African nation hardest-hit by the […]

The Southern African nations of Lesotho and Zimbabwe on Monday began 21-day lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus, heavily enforced by police and army. While both countries currently have low infection numbers, they both border South Africa, the African nation hardest-hit by the virus, with 1,280 confirmed cases and two deaths. Africa’s most […]

Debo Onifade While I pray that Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world will overcome the COVID-19 plague soonest, I wish to address a more important issue today that electorates and politicians need to think about. It is about universal free healthcare for all Nigerians.  Most of our traditional politicians may not care about […]

The National Coordinator of Zero Hunger Commodity Association, Dr. Tunde Arosanyin, has said that the coronavirus pandemic would affect farming activities and could lead to a shortage of food production. Arosanyin, who made this known on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja he discusses the effect of the ongoing […]

Indeed, the recent pandemic threatens Nigeria’s socio-economic existence and as such deserves all the efforts and attention but to completely shut down the commercial nerve centre of the country without any immediate palliatives will prove to be counterproductive, the youth party has said. In a written response to the address of the president on the […]