archiveJuly 10, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 499 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s coronavirus case load to 30,748. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on its official twitter handle late on Thursday. The NCDC said that as at the July 9, some 499 new confirmed cases and five deaths...

Oil prices fell on Friday, adding to steep losses from the previous session, and were headed for weekly declines on worries that renewed lockdowns following a surge in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere would suppress fuel demand. Brent crude was down by 25 cents, or 0.6 per...

Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has spoken and denied the purported raid allegedly carried out by the personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his property in 2017. In a statement signed by his military assistant, J. Mfon, Abubakar, he said operatives from the...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa has joined immunisation experts in urging the international community and countries to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, as researchers around the world race to find effective protection against the virus. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this on its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. The WHO also said that here are nearly 150 COVID-19 vaccine candidates. “South Africa is the first...

The lawmaker representing Kosofe Counstituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Tunde Braimoh, is dead. Mr Victor Akande, representing Ojo Counstituency I, confirmed his demise to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Akande noted that his death was shocking because the late Braimoh...