Festus Ahon – Asaba The Delta State Government on Thursday ordered the closure of the Asaba International Airport following the rising cases of Coronavirus in the country. The state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who gave the directive in a special broadcast to people of the state, also said land borders in the state would be shut […]

The United States (US) was quickly becoming a new epicenter of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Thursday as new infections soared; and citizens filing for unemployment skyrocketed to a historic high. Hospitals increasingly have reported being overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases and 40 percent of Americans are under lockdown orders, although a buoyant Wall Street recouped […]

China’s Consul-General Chu Maoming has expressed optimism that after two months living with draconian curbs on daily life, residents of China were allowed to leave Hubei from midnight Tuesday March 24 if healthy, while Wuhan city, the initial epicenter of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, will end restrictions from Wednesday April 8.

The Lagos state government announced plans on Tuesday of shutting down non-essential markets in the state in order to curtail the spread of the dreaded coronavirus diseases in the state. 

By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio – Yenogoa Two persons have been feared killed by strayed bullets in Ezetu Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa following an alleged military invasion of the community. According to community sources, the soldiers reportedly stormed the community based on intelligence reports that some unidentified armed suspects, […]

The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) had destroyed the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ hideout in the northern part of Borno State. The Acting Director of Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Onyeuko said the mission was executed […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja No fewer than 35 lottery firms are actively operating in Nigeria without an approved license, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed. The commission said in a statement it released in Abuja on Thursday that the 35 illegal companies’ names were unraveled during an investigation that was carried out on […]

  As more businesses in Nigeria encourage remote work and social distancing, leading financial technology (fintech) firm, SystemSpecs has launched Paylink, a web-based solution that helps Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) as well as religious organisations, not-for-profit outfits, social media sellers, freelancers, individuals and many more to swiftly receive payments from everywhere, even abroad, […]

Lagos State House of Assembly today passed a bill for a law to combat and stop the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state.

AS part of an effort aimed at containing the outbreak or spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in the State, the Delta State Government, yesterday ordered the shutting down of the Asaba International Airport to traffic and closure of all land borders into and out of the State.