Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. Israel closed schools and kindergartens in mid-March, worsening an economic lockdown as parents were forced to stay home to mind children. With unemployment peaking at […]

Says COVID- 19 is real, warns against stigmatization NCDC in contact tracing The National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his wife, Oluremi have tested negative for deadly COVID-19, while his aides, tested positive. The media aide to Tinubu, Mr. Tunde Ramon, who announced this in a statement on Monday, added that […]

By Gabriel Olawale – Benin Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin, Professor Friday Orumwense has commended federal government efforts to halt the spread of rampaging Coronavirus, covid19 pandemic in Nigeria. Orumwense who made the statement in Benin City appreciated the federal government of Nigeria for the efforts and approaches taken so far to halt the spread […]

Demand clear policy interventions on agriculture By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic continues to ravage the country, two non-governmental organizations, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, and Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria, SWOFON, yesterday, urged the Federal and State Governments to lift the restriction of movement on women farmers under the lockdown […]

By Jimitota Onoyume – Warri Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has accused the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs,  of allegedly sidelining the Niger Delta region in its palliative to cushion the effect of COVID 19, demanding for attention for the region. Secretary transition committee of the body and Chairman IYC Western zone, Comrade Frank Akiefa enjoined President […]

Indonesia’s number of reported cases of the coronavirus has risen by 214 to 9,096, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Monday. UK PM Johnson thanks Britons for abiding by lockdown on return to work Death rose by 22 to 765 while 1,151 people have recovered, Yurianto said. More than 59,000 people have been tested […]

Relieved Spanish parents welcomed on Wednesday a decision allowing children out on short walks for the first time in more than a month as the government voted to extend Spain’s lockdown until May 9. With Europe’s second highest death toll of 21,717 and the world’s second most infections at 208,389, Spain’s tough restrictions have included […]

Thailand will extend a state of emergency over the coronavirus until the end of May, but will consider easing some restrictions on businesses and public activities as the number of new cases has eased, a government spokesman said. Thailand on Monday reported nine new coronavirus cases and no new local virus transmission in Bangkok for […]

Russia reported 6,198 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday versus 6,361 on the previous day, which took the national tally of infections to 87,147. READ ALSO: Russia’s confirmed coronavirus cases surge past 52,000 The Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said that 50 more deaths of coronavirus patients were confirmed in the last 24 hours. In the […]

By Chioma Obinna Few hours to the end of the second lap of the Lockdown in Lagos, the Ogun States including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja, the Minister of Health, Prof Osagie Ehanire has said that the decision to extend COVID-19 lockdown was tailored according to the needs of every country. The Minister who […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 30,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Sunday. “Over 30,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent with over 9,000 […]

The suspected COVID-19 patient, who fled from the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, has returned to the hospital. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Hospital, Dr. Oluwole Ige, told newsmen in Ondo town on Sunday that the patient with symptoms of the novel coronavirus fled the hospital on Saturday while the result […]

The Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, recently in Abuja, distributed face masks and sanitizers to some media houses. Speaking to journalists at the occasion, Runsewe said the time has come for someone to make special provision for journalists who are also on the frontline in the fight against the […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Farmers under the auspices of Concerned Members of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, CMAFAN, Sunday, wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, which the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, was accused of alleged interference and antagonism. The letter with the subject ‘The Need To Check The […]

By Bilesanmi Olalekan Senator Ali Ndume is Chairman, Senate Committee on Army and represents Borno South, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency. In this interview, Ndume speaks on the recent claim by Chadian President Derby that he led his country’s troops against insurgents on the Nigerian soil while Nigerian soldiers were missing in action […]