archiveApril 22, 2020

The Federal Ministry of Education has urged parents to disregard the fake news being circulated on social media on the reopening of schools in November. A statement signed by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ben Goong, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the fake news originated from...

The Authority of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Head of State and Government will on Thursday, April 23, hold an extraordinary session through video conferencing. According to a statement, “the Head of State will be discussing the situation and impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the West African...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 70-bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center located within the premises of Landmark Exhibition Centre in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 70-bed Eti-Osa Isolation Centre was constructed by the Young President Organisation (YPO), Lagos...

The regional German airline LGW, owned by the Berlin-based Zeitfracht  company, on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy owing to the coronavirus crisis. “The insolvency is a direct consequence of the travel restrictions and the general economic situation during the coronavirus pandemic,’’ a spokesman said of the filing at Dusseldorf’s district court....

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa had risen to over 24,000 in the past 24 hours. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account, @WHOAFRO on Wednesday. “More than 24,000...

In the evening of Saturday, 28 March 2020, I was notified that I had tested positive for COVID-19. I immediately made a public disclosure of this sad news and proceeded into isolation under the strict supervision of our healthcare professionals. I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four...

Amnesty International (AI) has said that Saudi Arabia executed 180 persons in 2019, the highest in a single year in the country despite an overall decline in executions worldwide. According to AI in a report released on April 21, Saudi Arabia defied the usual trend of decrease in executions by...

  Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai, has recovered from COVID-19. El-Rufai in a statement on Wednesday, April 22, disclosed that after nearly four weeks of observing a strict medical regime, he tested negative twice for the virus. “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four weeks of...

 The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says accelerated global health and economic effort are the actions needed to be able to overcome the coronavirus pandemic in the continent. President of the group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said this on Wednesday during a global Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) via webinar (web-based...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reacted to the order of President Muhammadu Buhari that withheld salaries of lecturers in federal universities be paid. The President had initially ordered the stoppage of February and March 2020 salaries over the lecturers’ refusal to register in the Integrated Payroll and...