FG urges U.S. to reverse visa restrictions on Nigeria

The Federal Government has called on the United States of America to consider the long standing relationship between the two countries and reverse its Visa restrictions on Nigeria. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, in a statement said

Buhari will not resign – Says Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari will not resign because he has the overwhelming mandate of Nigerians to preside over the affairs of the country until the expiration of his tenure in May 2023. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai

Border closure: Customs rakes in N6b daily

Nigeria rakes in between N5 billion and N6 billion daily from imports since the closure of its land borders with neighbouring countries. Prior to the closure in August 2019, daily duty collections hovered between N4 billion and N5 billon, said the Nigerian Customs

Traditional Chinese medicine effective in COVID-19 treatment- official

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been proven effective in curing patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese health official said on Monday. “For example, a TCM decoction named “Qingfei Paidutang” has been used in treating 701 confirmed cases in 10 provinces,

Nigeria prepares to contain coronavirus, gets three testing centres

As the world braces up to contain the dreaded scourge of Coronavirus having killed scores, Nigeria has taken a proactive steps to put the disease in check. It was reported that the federal government has acquired necessary reagents to test for suspected cases

WHO gives Coronavirus official name

WHO gives Coronavirus official name The World Health Organisation says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.

AU calls on member nations to ratify agrement on African Parliament

The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has urged member states to ratify the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the AU relating to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),’ to grant full legislative authority to the continental parliament. The call came as part

ISCA offers educational review of Coronavirus to Nigerians

Following the devastating effect of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the risk the spread poses, Imo State Professionals under the aegis of Imo State Congress of America (ISCA) has offered its professional advise to the people of Imo State and Nigerians

Frightening scourge of Coronavirus: Death tolls rises to 910, 40,000 infected globally

There is no doubt that the scourge of the novel Coronavirus with its devastating effect has reached a feverish peach as it has continued to spread, maiming and killing people in large numbers indiscriminately. The World Health Organisation had described the new dreaded

My drug will cure Coronavirus — Don

Nigeria scientist and inventor of medicine for curing HIV/AIDS, the Medicinal Synthetic Aluminum-magnesium Silicate (MSAMS), Prof. Maduike Onwubiko Ezeibe, says the drug would also be effective in the treatment of the Coronavirus currently ravaging China and some European countries. Ezeibe made public his