Cases of COVID-19 are rising in Nigeria. Although the federal government hasn’t announced a firm plan to lock down, individual states have started to take steps such as closing markets, schools and places of worship. Accompanying daily developments has been a rise in panic levels fuelled in many cases by misinformation. In this interview, Dr Doyin Odubanjo […]

•Inadequate number of testing centres is hindrance to Nigeria’s response By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale On Wednesday, the Federal government confirmed a total of eight COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, but the unequal distribution of laboratory testing centres has come into sharp focus. Currently, there are five laboratories in the country with capacity […]

By Gabriel Olawale Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu Thursday in Lagos decried the increasing cases of Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD, among Nigerians. Speaking during the World Kidney Day commemoration organised by Kidney Foundation For Africa, Ibijoke said hospital-based findings have shown that about 13 per cent of Nigeria population is suffering […]

By Victor Young IndustriALL Global Union, over the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo State, said employers must invest in workers awareness on prevention and control of the Coronavirus, known as Covid 19. Vice President of IndustriALL Global Union, African Region and General Secretary National Union Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, Issa Aremu, who […]

By Chioma Obinna A final year student of the National Open University Nigeria, NOUN, Lagos, Maryam Adaeze Musa, diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure, is seeking N10 million financial assistance for a kidney transplant. Maryam, 23, a student of English Language, hails from Argungu in Kebbi State, has been diabetic since age of 10. “I was […]

By Gabriel Olawale The Former Commissioner for Health in Kwara State and Founder, Healthcare Magazine, Dr. Bola Olaosebikan has urged government at all levels to embrace innovation, technology and sustainable financing to improve healthcare delivery and accessibility. Speaking during the 34th Anniversary of Healthcare Magazine, Olaosebikan said that healthcare system now required more innovation in […]

An outspoken ruler mired in conflicts is ousted without warning from his palace and banished under armed guard into an uncertain exile beyond the borders of his realm. This is not the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy, but the real-life drama that has played out in northern Nigeria’s influential Islamic emirate of Kano as traditional […]

Ha! Lagos and bus stops!” laughed Ade, a commuter on the Boundary, Ajenjunle-bound vehicle, as the bus conductor began to reel out names of bus stops along the route.

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka It was a cheering news last week in the Catholic Church, especially the Awka Diocese when the announcement was made that Bishop Peter Okpaleke, who was rejected by the Ahiara Diocese in Mbaise, Imo State, was named the Bishop of the new Diocese of Ekwulobia in Anambra State, Ekwulobia Diocese […]

Marie Curie “wasn’t always very nice”, said Marjane Satrapi of the hero of her new film, “Radioactive”. The most famous woman scientist ever had to fight her corner in what was — and still is — a man’s world, said Satrapi, best known as the maker of the Oscar-nominated animated classic, “Persepolis”. “How are you […]

South Sudan villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sacks of grain from its hold to the marooned dust bowl below. There is no other way to get food to this starving hamlet in South Sudan. There are no roads, and the snaking […]

By Chioma Obinna As Coronavirus continues to ravage countries across the world, Guild of Medical Directors, GMD, Lagos State Chapter, Sunday trained medical directors in private hospitals on coronavirus epidemic as part of efforts to contain the outbreak in Nigeria. The Guild also urged Nigerians to be calm and appreciate efforts put up by the […]

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has lauded the efforts of the Nigerian government on measures taken to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. Ghebreyesus in a tweet on his twitter handle @DrTedros admitted the Nigerian government’s effort in containing the outbreak. He further commended the Nigeria Centre […]

•As Daraju Industries deploys free hand sanitisers, hand wash & facial wipes By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s effort to contain the coronavirus disease. COVID-19 has been widely hailed as timely and effective, even as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, is strengthening safety at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in the wake of the […]

Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he travelled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity, Lagos. “I came to […]