By Lawal Sherifat The Lagos State Commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi has stated that 10 people associated with the Lagos state House situated in Marina has tested positive for COVID-19. READ ALSO: One in five unwell Lagosians is COVID-19 positive — Prof Akin Abayomi, Health Commissioner He made this know via twitter where he further […]

By Grace Oriaku While women constitute about 50% of the Nigerian population out of which about 35% are involved in any sort of entrepreneurial activity which can be classified as micro, small, medium and large enterprises, female-headed households also known “rightholders” constitute 14.6%, as reported by the World Bank in 2015. With a recent report […]

Demand inclusion of Almajiris in social register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Non Governmental Organisations under the auspices of Advocates for Dan Almajiri, ADA, have alleged exclusion of over 9.5 million Almajiri children from the government’s palliative under the current lockdown and stay-at-home orders. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of five […]

By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria and other African nations have been cautioned against complacency and prematurely celebrating the slow increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in the continent. The Managing Director of the Society for Family Health, SFH, Dr. Omokhudu Idogho, who warned in Abuja, said: “…Africa has defied some of the initial scary projections […]

By Chioma Obinna To strengthen efforts against the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria, Dettol has donated over 12,000 units of its antiseptic liquid and antibacterial soap to the Lagos State Safety Commission. This comes as part of concerted private and public sector efforts nationwide to ensure that citizens continue to adhere to safe health practices […]

By Nwachukwu Obidiwe The world of work has never been so challenged as currently is, as formal and informal businesses barely breathe the world over. Public health, livelihood, and wellbeing are seriously threatened. COVID-19 has convulsed and brought the world on its knees as the global battle on the pandemic bears little fruits only. The Federal […]

Advocate inclusive approach to defeat pandemic By Chris Ochayi – Abuja Registered political parties in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to provide adequate funds to the National Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, to enable it to increase testing capacity and creation of isolation centers in order to defeat the dreaded Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. […]

The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, arrested eight persons for establishing a block making industry illegally on the land belonging to the Community Basic School Ologuneru area of the state. Dr. Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), said the eight persons would be brought to justice in a statement […]

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total Coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, said on Wednesday. The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes, and the wider community. Chairing the Downing Street daily briefing, Jenrick told reporters that […]

The representative of the Nguru central constituency at the Yobe house of assembly, Lawan Nguru has tested positive for COVID-19. The lawmaker who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the assembly, stated on Wednesday that he had gone on isolation. He expresses optimism that he would recover from the disease as […]