By Owei Lakemfa FOUR foreigners identified as diplomats leaving Botswana on November 11, 2021 tested positive to what turned out to be a new variant of COVID-19 which has now come to be identified as Omicron. This variant was unknown to science. However, South African doctors led by Angelique Coetzee by November 24, 2021 correctly […]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari as he turned 79 on Friday. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba extended the goodwill of the government and people of the state to the President on the birth anniversary. READ ALSO:Police ‘lies’ made me spend 29 […]

By Chioma Obinna A Nigerian-based healthcare logistics company, Health Emergency Linkage Portal , HELP, has launched its mobile application to ensure Nigerians get swift access to emergency care when they need it.  Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HELP, Deji Faborode, said the goal of the HELP app was to ease the bottlenecks around medical […]

By Azu Ishiekwene IT’S not been a merry run up to Christmas for many Nigerian travellers. It all started with Canada, Saudi Arabia, and then the UK, red-listing Nigeria (and 10 other African countries) for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in spite of relatively low reported cases. If there were any remaining doubts about COVID-19 […]

The Chairman Isoko South Local Government Council, Hon. Victor Asasa has reacted to an online publication alleging non-performance to merit an award recently bestowed on him by TNNTV News Channel.  In a statement by his Media Consultant, Asasa described the publication as malicious and a figment of the writer’s imagination.  He accused the reporter of […]