archiveMay 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says hand hygiene is one of the most effective actions to reduce the spread of pathogens and COVID-19 virus. WHO made this known on Tuesday in a statement posted on its website to commemorate the Global Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated yearly on May 5. According...

A  Lagos-based human  rights campaigner, Mr Femi Falana (SAN),  has advised the ECOWAS Court of Justice located in  Abuja to facilitate online filing processes. He saud that they could use Skype or Zoom to improve access to justice for victims of human rights’ violations. Falana made the request in a...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described his late boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of the country. Many believe that Yar’Adua, a former Katsina Governor was best leader of Africa’s most populous nation since the return to multi-party...

  Kano State taskforce on COVID-19 pandemic has distance self from the preliminary report of investigation disclosed by Presidential Taskforce on mass deaths in Kano. Team lead of Presidential committee on COVID-19 Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo told journalists on Sunday that the prevailing mass deaths in Kano can be traced...

South Korea on Monday began paying out emergency disaster relief funds totaling 14.3 trillion won (US$11.65 billion) to all households to cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The government plans to provide one  million won each to households with four or more members, 800,000 won to three-person...

The Sokoto State Government has announced the death of the second civilian governor of the state, Dr Garba Nadama. According to a statement by the state government, Nadama died at the age of 82 years after an illness of natural cause. The government said that Gov. Aminu Tambuwal had commiserated...

  The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 250,000 on Friday – increasing by over 100,000 deaths since April 17 – according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. continues to outpace the rest of the world in reported deaths at 68,689 – nearly doubling since...

  The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) has put the figure of new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases i the country to 245. Lagos, which earlier announced the discharge of 14 more patients, recorded the highest number cases of 76. The others are: Katsina (37); Jigawa (32); Kano (23); FCT (19);...

The Katsina State Government has shut down the palace of the Emir of Daura as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Aminu Masari, who made the disclosure in Katsina while giving update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, said there was no ulterior  motive to...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has donated two motorised fumigators to the Bauchi State Government. Ogunwusi, who was represented by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Moses Olafare, made the donation on Monday at the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife. “Coronavirus is a deadly pandemic disease which can...