COVID-19: UN gives vital health supplies to Nigerian Government
By Chioma Obinna The United Nations, UN, Thursday took delivery of vital health supplies to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on a flight funded by APM Terminals. The supplies, which included 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, and various personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, IEHK/PEP kits, and other vital health supplies […]
6 Years on: COVID-19 not an excuse to forget Chibok Girls
WO caught up with Helon Habila, Professor of Literature at George Mason University, USA, Caine Prize winner and former Vanguard editor whose book, The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria published in 2016, continues to make waves around the world. It has been six years since the infamous heist of […]
GOFAMINT distributes relief items to Ogun communities
The Gospel Faith Mission International has distributed food and relief items to various communities in Ogun State as part of palliative measures to cushion the effect of the lockdown. Speaking during the presentation in Abeokuta on Thursday, the Assistant General Secretary, GOFAMINT, Pastor Olusegun Onayemi, said the gesture was part of the corporate social responsibility of the church […]
COVID 19: ANEEJ, MANTRA partners monitor returned $322.5m Abacha loot
Hail Buhari over expansion of Social Register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and its MANTRA partners disclosed on Wednesday, of monitoring the returned $322.5 million Abacha loot nationwide. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, ANEEJ, Rev David […]
COVID-19: Ortom extends lockdown, dusk-to-dawn curfew by two weeks
Slashes 2020 budget from N195billion to N119billion Another suspicious case placed on self-isolation, 23 others test negative By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has extended the partial lockdown and dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the state by another two weeks as part of measures to check the spread of Coronavirus in […]
Gov Fayemi plans to decongest Correctional centre to curb COVID-19 spread
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti says he has directed the Ministry of Justice to urgently prepare modalities for further decongestion of the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi, gave the directive in a statement issued by Mr Tunde Olaolorun, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General on Public Education, Media, and Communication, on Wednesday. The governor said the […]
