By SOLOMON ELUSOJI The board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the sum of $3.4 billion to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight. The emergency financial assistance to Nigeria is the highest so far to any member country. The assistance, facilitated via the
A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan, died of
Following the devastating effects of covid – 19 on human health and dislocations of human activities, Imo State Congress of America (ISCA) has cancelled its annual convention. The cancellation was in statement signed by its National President, Engr. Sampson Udeh and National Secretary,
Imo State has joined the growing list of states with coronavirus cases as the southeastern state entered NCDC’s register with its very first case. This came to light as the NCDC updated its log with 87 new cases in the country. With 33
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that renowned economist, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Business mogul, Sir Andrew Witty, have accepted to work as Special Envoys overseeing access to covid-19 tools across the globe. “I would specially like to thank Sir Andrew Witty and
Two Chinese doctors who were critically ill with COVID-19 have seen their skin turned dark after being brought back from the brink of death. Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu Weifeng, both 42, caught the novel coronavirus while treating patients at the Wuhan
A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned, Chad’s chief prosecutor announced Saturday. Speaking on national television, Youssouf Tom said the 44 prisoners
COVID-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial
The United Nations today, Thursday, April 16, 2020, received and handed over to Nigeria vital health supplies to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on a flight funded by APM Terminals. The supplies, made up of 10,000 test kits, 15
A group of irate youths has set ablaze a yet to be identified Chinese company in Ogun State for allegedly locking its workers inside their facility despite the stay-at-home order of the federal government following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. The
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
As the world steps into 2025, Mr. Okwuosa Charles Chinedu, CEO of Birotojob, has called
As the dawn of a new year brings renewed hope and aspirations to homes across
In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ