By Chinedu Adonu – Enugu There was tension in Enugu on Thursday following the announcement of a Catholic Priest of Enugu Diocese, Fr. Joachim Cabanyes who died of COVID-19 at an Enugu isolation center. It was gathered that the Enugu Priest who died from COVID-19 hailed from Spain and had served in Opus Dei Prelature, […]

Another flight evacuating Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic has departed for Abuja. The fully booked plane, with 324 passengers on board, left the Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, on Friday night. It is expected to arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday afternoon. This is […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Friday, recorded 600 confirmed new cases COVID-19 infection and three fatalities. Globally, COVID-19 infections are now 14,194,140, with 599,416 deaths and 8,470,275 recovery from the disease. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 20 states of the nation, while no new state […]

Over 2,000 health workers in Ghana have contracted coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic in the West African nation, the authorities have said. “The total number of health workers infected is 2,065,” Patrick Kumah-Aboagye, the director general of the country’s health service, said Thursday. “Out of that number, 1,870 have recovered and 183 are […]

The Edo State Government has announced the recovery and discharge of 51 more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who have tested negative for the virus and cleared from the state’s isolation centres to reunite with the society. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the state has […]

Agrees with 4 countries to consider new date for WAEC Gives proprietors July 29 ultimatum to meet specific guidelines By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Government has given school owners in the country up to July 29, 2020, to meet specific guidelines towards the reopening of schools at a date to be announced in due course. […]

It’s become a familiar mantra: masks, hand-washing and physical distancing can slow the spread of the coronavirus while work continues on developing the vaccines and treatments needed to rid the world of its threat. But as tens of millions of people return to public transit, their workplaces and schools, are these interventions enough? Researchers are […]

A 73-year-old man was killed by police in Canada just hours after refusing to wear a face mask in a grocery store, the country’s public broadcaster the CBC reported Thursday. The man allegedly assaulted a grocery store employee Wednesday after he was asked to follow laws about wearing face masks to slow the spread of […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria has recorded 595 fresh cases of COVID-19, with nine deaths. The latest number of confirmed cases brings the total reported cases to 34,854. The breakdown of the figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle shows that Lagos State led with 156 new cases, followed by Ondo with 95, then […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for more investment in new skill sets that will enable the youth function optimally in a post-coronavirus (COVID-19) global economy. Obaseki made the submission in commemoration of the World Youth Skills Day, marked by the United Nations and its sister agencies on July 15, […]