Calls on FG to release miners’ N5bn to cushion effects By Gabriel Ewepu The President of Miners Association, MAN, Kabir Kankara, yesterday, tasked members to maintain high-level hygiene to prevent infection by the deadly coronavirus, COVID-19, currently ravaging the world. Kankara who gave the charge in a chat with Vanguard said the sector is grossly […]

Opera and international nonprofit organization, Worldreader, are expanding access to ebooks for children and students via the Opera Mini browser in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Starting this week, Worldreader will offer a new selection of ebooks to Opera Mini users as well as a  brand new web app designed for children. The regular […]

Hard hit by the drastic fall in oil prices, Chad and Angola have found an unusual way to honour their financial commitments. Chad has committed to deliver 75,000 cattle to Angola over six years to repay a debt of $100 million contracted in 2017. This is equivalent to about $1,300 per cow. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 4 […]

Wants motivation, necessary working materials for those in frontline By Joseph Erunke – Abuja As Nigeria continues its battle against coronavirus, the College of Nigerian Pathologists, CNP, has called for decentralisation of testing centres in the country. This was as the body appealed to governments not only to fully support but also to motivate those […]

As  NCDC announces 5 new cases 3 in FCT, 2 in Oyo By Chioma Obinna Nigeria on Saturday recorded another five new cases of #COVID19  bringing g the cases to 70. Announcing this on its Twitter handle @ncdc.gov, the Nigerian Centre for Disease control, NCDC, said READ ALSO: Davido goes into self-isolation as partner, Chioma, […]

There is a growing appetite among Premier League clubs to end the current season with immediate effect and replay it when the coronavirus outbreak is under control, reports The Athletic. One senior figure claims it is morally wrong for football to even be contemplating a return behind closed doors with coronavirus not yet at its […]

The traditional ruler of Owerri autonomous community in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State HRH Igwe Emeka Ugwu has called on governments at all levels to consult native doctors, soothsayers, herbal medicine dealers to seek a solution and total cure for the Coronavirus pandemic.

…fines APC N2m By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Supreme Court, on Friday, declined to set-aside its judgement that sacked all candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that won various positions in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections. The apex court, in a four-to-one decision by a five-man panel of Justices led by […]

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State said he went into self-isolation while awaiting the result of his test from the National Centre of Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja, following contact with some confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Sule stated this on Friday in Lafia, at a news conference on the outcome of his result from NCDC, […]

South Africa’s president appeared in full military uniform for the first time since the end of apartheid and told troops to be a “force of kindness” as a three-week lockdown begins at midnight and they ensure that 57 million people stay home. The mission is the “most important in the history of our country” as […]