Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his government plans to begin winding down the coronavirus lockdown measures in the second half of May. READ ALSO: Spain to pay basic income to help poorest weather Coronavirus Restrictions will be eased slowly and gradually to ensure safety, Sanchez said at a parliamentary session where he […]

Mainland China reported on Wednesday 30 new coronavirus cases, 23 of which were so-called imported cases involving travellers from overseas, up from 11 a day earlier. READ ALSO: UK PM Johnson under fire over handling of coronavirus crisis The National Health Commission said in a statement the number of new asymptomatic patients, who are infected […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday faced a call for an inquiry into his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis after failing to fully explain partial death data, limited testing or the lack of equipment for hospitals. The novel coronavirus outbreak, the worst health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, has left governments across […]

A team from Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital will test for the new coronavirus at a refugee camp on Wednesday after a resident was found to be infected, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said. A Palestinian refugee from Syria at the Wavel refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley was transferred to hospital […]

The IndustriALL Global Union’s fifty million workers in 140 countries have congratulated the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGWN, on the successful hosting of the 12th Quadrennial National   Delegates” Conference in Abuja and the election of new national executive for the next four years. The new Executive Council is headed […]

  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Umbrella body for parastatal and private sector pensioners in the country has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the palliatives to them to cushion their suffering as a result of the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. According to the group, the inclusion of this category of […]

By Victor Young NUP contends that members are among the most hit by the lockdown and restriction of movement  as they are mostly elderly who need care and attention more than others at this critical period It calls on the President Muhammadu Buhari led-Federal Government to include the pensioners in the relief materials being distributed […]

By Chioma Obinna At last, the Lagos state government has reviewed upward the hazard allowance of health workers in the state from N5, 000 to N25, 000. A circular signed by the Head of Service in the state, the Hakeem Muri-Okuno revealed that 400 percent upward review and approval by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the […]

By Chioma Obinna The World Medical Association has condemned what it described as ‘utterly heartless’ increasing reports from across the world of physicians and other health care staff being attacked because of the fear they will spread the COVID-19 virus. The Chair of the WMA Council, Dr. Frank Montgomery in a press statement said the […]

Nigeria, 9 others most at risk The world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations (UN) has warned. David Beasley, head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a catastrophe, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported. A report […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says no fewer than 200 contacts of recent Ebola cases have been vaccinated in Beni,  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WHO had, on April 10, confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni after 52 days of not recording a case […]

New sustainability plan almost ready Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is enlarging the pool of options open to Nigeria in achieving the Buhari Presidency plan to turn the current economic challenges to an opportunity for Nigerians, especially the “Common Man.” Today, the VP has met with representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank […]

Gov.  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to certify the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) laboratory in the state as a testing centre for COVID-19. Makinde made the call on Tuesday when the NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu led other management staff of the agency on […]

A 60-year-old Michigan, United States inmate who was sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile died from coronavirus three weeks before he was set to be released, the Detroit Free Press reported. William Garrison had spent 44 years in prison on a first-degree murder conviction, connected to a shooting that happened when he was […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says no damage was done to any records in a fire outbreak in its Jos branch on Tuesday. The Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor  said this in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor said the minor fire had been effectively put out while the affected room had […]