Teaching hospital suspends eye clinic for fear of Covid-19 infection
Health workers at the Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki have stopped treating patients with eye problems for fear of contracting the Covid-19 disease. Mr Calistus Okoronkwo, the Director of…
Ramadan: Suspend sermons, congregational gatherings – Muslim Council
Ahead of Ramadan which may start on April 23 or 24th, the Chairman of Kwara Muslim Council, Justice Salihu Olohuntoyin-Mohammed, has urged Muslim clerics in the state to suspend sermons,…
Covid-19 will ease off in Nigeria before the rest of the world – Adeboye; urges prayers to avert huge fire and flood
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has said that the Covid-19 pandemic will ease off first in Africa, especially Nigeria, before the…
COVID-19: Africa has 19,000 cases, 4,416 recoveries, 991 deaths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 19,000. Compared to Europe and…
Covid-19 allegation: Ndume is a discontented politician – Presidency
The Presidency has advised politicians to avoid politicising the battle against the Coronavirus but partner with all tiers of government and relevant authorities in the ongoing fight against the spread…
Covid-19: Kaduna Labour unions reject 25% salary deductions
Labour unions in Kaduna State have rejected plans by the state government to deduct 25 per cent of workers’ salaries to contribute to the state’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The state…
Covid-19: Ezekwesili calls out China in Washington Post essay
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili is the former vice president for the Africa region at the World Bank and the former minister of education for Nigeria. She is the co-convener of Nigeria’s…
Lockdown: Nigerian security forces worse than coronavirus; kill 18 persons, Covid-19 kills 12
Nigerian security forces are proving deadlier than the dreaded Covid-19 as they have killed 18 people in two weeks while enforcing lockdowns imposed to halt the spread of the new…
COVID – 19: Govt, rich Nigerians should copy Zinox Group strategy to feed the poor – Atedo Peterside
Rich and influential Nigerians as well as state and local governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) have been urged to borrow a leaf from the strategy deployed by the Zinox Group…
Covid-19: US investigates the big cover-up by China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded that China ‘come clean’ following reports that coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory, not as a bioweapon, but as part of bungling experiments…