The UN-backed government in Libya has imposed a 24-hour curfew for 10 days to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The curfew will start on Friday, Reuters news agency reports quoting a statement from the government based in the capital, Tripoli. The country has 48 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has reported one death. It recorded […]

NIGERIA NOTES (New Series) By Ladipo Adamolekun This is a review article of two books whose titles are juxtaposed above. Can Democracy Work? (2018) is written by James Miller, a distinguished American historian of ideas while Democracy Works (2019) is co-authored by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst and Tendai Biti (three Africans – Mills, […]

By Naomi Uzor TG Arla Dairy Products, makers of Dano Milk has announced an intervention worth N150 Million to support the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria in combating the spread of the global pandemic. In a statement by the Managing Director of the company, Peder Pedersen, he disclosed that the intervention includes a […]

Palpable fear has gripped residents of Kano as the State Ministry of Health announced it has recorded the first COVID-19 death on Wednesday evening. The announcement came through the ministry’s official Twitter handle @SMOH but did not reveal the identity of the deceased and no much details about the death. Malam Usman Abdulhakeenm, a resident […]

A group, Arewa Initiative for Good Governance, has thrown its weight behind the Northern Governors Forum, insisting that government should give the North more palliatives.