If the coronavirus becomes a true pandemic, a large proportion of the human population — a third, a half, two-thirds even — could become infected, although that doesn’t necessarily mean they will get sick. The word ‘pandemic’ invokes fear, but it describes how widespread an outbreak may be, not its deadliness. The Federal Government has […]

•Pledges support on joint preparedness & response By Sola Ogundipe The World Health organisation has warned that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the rapid COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent, even as it pledged to support African countries on joint preparedness and response strategy. The Director-General […]

•Blames incessant Lassa fever occurrences on neglect of lab structures By Chioma Obinna As the battle against Lassa fever outbreak rages, the Nigerian government has been warned to watch out for the imminent outbreak of seasonal meningitis and cholera even as the development has been blamed on neglect and relegation of medical laboratory services structure […]

Jumia: The role of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in areas of promoting inclusive growth, increasing the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), creation of employment opportunities and wealth creation, the world over, can never be overemphasised. Their immense contributions to the growth of their micro and macroeconomics is the reason countries, developed and […]

…WHO wary, says report gives clearer picture of epidemic …NCDC debunks rumour, coronavirus not spread through broiler chickens By Sola Ogundipe Chinese health authorities have been given a sliver of hope after a large study carried out by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of new COVID-19 infections appear to […]

THE recent crisis of confidence in the judiciary has reinforced my age-long conviction on the need to infuse jurists with a different bent in the apex court. This line of thought is shared by a lot of my colleagues with enthusiasm and in fact has been the position of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) for […]

By Olutunde Oladimeji “They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;  These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep”  Psalm 107:23-24 KJV Great admirals are cherished forever by virtue of their ability to harness human, material, technical and logistical resources to navigate the […]

•Worries over Nigeria’s drug insecurity as COVID-19 outbreak rages By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has debunked a purported online recruitment exercise by the Agency, describing “it as fake news”. Meanwhile, the Agency has expressed worry over Nigeria’s drug self-sufficiency level following the outbreak of novel Coronavirus […]

•No suspected cases in Nigeria — NCDC •Impossible to predict direction outbreak will take — WHO By Sola Ogundipe Following confirmation in Egypt of the first known COVID-19 infection in Africa, the Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS have resolved to strengthen cooperation amongst their countries to deal with […]

By Fred Iwenjora When news of the death of veteran highlife music don, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON flew around on Wednesday, 12th February 2020,  most African music lovers both old and young who knew him or familiar with his songs cringed. The sad news was enough to elicit shock especially coming just a day […]