By Josephine Agbonkhese As part of efforts towards cushioning the effect of the ongoing lockdown on the masses, Lagos-based non-profit, Stop Hurting People Foundation, has begun the distribution of N2,000 COVID-19 palliative to 10,000 Nigerians. According to Pastor Eunice Iferi Chukwuemeka, Founder/President, Stop Hurting People Foundation, the COVID-19 palliative supported by partners, was hastily designed […]

By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-city Despite an appeal by Governor Godwin Obaseki for employers of labour not lay off workers because of the adverse effect of COVID-19, investigation yesterday showed the disease has started taking its toll on businesses in Benin, the capital with some Hotels, Lounges and Bars closing down owing to no patronage and […]

The recent coronavirus outbreak could have started as early as September 2019, scientists have said. Cases of COVID-19 were believed to have first emerged in December 2019 and were linked to a wet market in Wuhan, China. However, researchers from the University of Cambridge have now claimed the outbreak could have begun six months ago […]

The novel coronavirus pandemic, which has stunned Nigeria and the entire world, has affected global markets in all ramifications. With the Nigerian health care system, teetering, social distancing has become the most effective precaution that the government has taken to contain the spread of this virus, as there is currently no vaccine available to treat […]

The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said they were mobilising world resources to help Africa defeat COVID-19. The leaders of the two institutions held a virtual meeting with African leaders, bilateral partners, and multilateral institutions to spur faster action on COVID-19 response in African countries, they said in a joint statement, […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced the nation recorded fifty-one new cases of the coronavirus disease. A breakdown of the new cases according to NCDC thus: 32 in Lagos 6 in Kano 5 in Kwara 2 in FCT 2 in Oyo 2 in Katsina 1 in Ogun 1 in Ekiti “As at […]

Finishing the season in a 40-day window was one of the scenarios discussed at a Premier League meeting on Friday. Top-flight clubs remain committed to playing all 92 remaining fixtures this season but did not discuss a deadline by which action must resume. Clubs were expected to debate a 30 June deadline to end the […]

The World Health Organization, WHO warned Friday that coronavirus antibody tests are basically useless when it comes to proving immunity — news that dampens hopes that the tests can show when and if it’s safe for someone to leave quarantine. So called “serological” tests can only show if antibodies are present in a person’s blood, […]

“We’ve returned to a different planet, but it remains a spectacular one.” Those were the words of Jessica Meir, one of the three NASA astronauts that just returned from the International Space Station, ISS. They were two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut that returned, on Friday, from the ISS to find a “different planet,” […]

… Says Compliance with NDPR now Mandatory By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is committed to ensuring that the use of data in the fight against COVID-19 complies with laid down regulations. The Minister, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami stated this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He was […]