Demands immediate reversal of govt plans to relax lockdown   By Chioma Obinna As President Muhammadu Buhari reopens Lagos and Abuja after a four weeks lockdown, health workers under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, have expressed concerns over the increase in reported cases of COVID-19, saying, “the present rate […]

Ahead of Monday’s 8 pm to 6 am curfew imposed by the Federal Government across the country, the police in Ogun have vowed to be more aggressive in enforcing the order. Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday. Oyeyemi appealed to […]

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Sunday said the state was preparing for life after COVID-19 pandemic with its Agricultural drive. He said that the project would enable the state to weather the attendant food shortage expected during the post coronavirus pandemic. Ayade gave the assurance in Calabar while deploying the newly acquired tractors […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Sunday, gave special recognition to journalists for balanced reportage and for being farmers’ best ally in the international food system. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim while appraising the 2020 World Press Freedom Day […]

Sudan has criminalised carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14 and 49 have undergone some form of FGM, according to the UN. In Sudan, it is common for women to get the inner and outer labia, and usually, the clitoris, […]

  By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society organization, CSO, WASHMATA INITIATIVE, Wednesday, supported over 1.5 million residents of Mpape, a suburb of Abuja City in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 5000L of water and 150 bags of assorted foodstuff to cushion effects of the lockdown and stay-at-home orders to contain the Coronavirus, […]

Lt. Col. Tony Nyiam (ret.) was the most senior military officer among those who tried to change the Nigerian narration through a coup de’ tat led by Major Gideon Orkar in 1990. But while many are not alive to tell their stories, Nyiam is one of the few surviving to look back and talk about […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have lamented the continued spread of the Novel Coronavirus pandemic which they said has worsened cases of malnutrition in their states. Consequently, the governors have agreed to mobilize more resources as well as galvanize increased commitment and political will towards improving child […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, yesterday flagged off the distribution of palliatives to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in eight Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Benue State. Speaking at the flag off in Makurdi, Governor Samuel Ortom who was represented by the Executive […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Saturday warned private school owners against reopening as it stated that the new reviewed restriction does not accommodate school resumption. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Festus Olajide stated that opening of schools would amount to sabotaging state government’s effort to curtail coronavirus […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Ahead of the Edo 2020 All Progressives Congress, APC governorship primary election to pick its candidate, the Campaign Organization of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamuwho is an aspirant yesterday said it has exposed plots to cause disaffection among aspirants of the APC. A statement by the Campaign Organisation said “some persons […]

Iran’s death toll from new coronavirus increased by 65 over the previous 24 hours to reach 6,156 on Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV. The total number of diagnosed cases in Iran, one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the pandemic, has reached 96,448, up by […]

By Roseline Oghenebrume There is a connection between human rights and employment: human rights will only be functional when a person’s source of livelihood is unhindered as this impact on rights to life, movement, peaceful assembly and association, privacy, and human dignity, liberty, property, etc. Even at this, an unhealthy working environment and poor terms […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Saturday confirmed the release of four coronavirus patients after testing negative twice in line e with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol. This is as the state lost a patient in her late 60s to the cold hands of death. A statement issued by the […]

Declares use of face mask compulsory By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state government has relaxed the closure of markets in the state for three days in a week. Emmanuel who announced this in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday morning, while giving an update on the ongoing lockdown imposed to […]