The Presidency has announced the unfortunate transition of the Chief of State to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari who was aged 81. The announcement was contained in a press release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mr. Femi
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has condemned what it called “the genocide of Nigeria’s impoverished citizens by security forces enforcing the draconian lockdown measures ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari over the outbreak of COVID-19 and appealed to
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
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 and Konga to reach and deliver much-needed succour to poor and needy families
By CHUKWUEMEKA OPARA Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Thursday directed the establishment of task forces across the state to check increase in prices of goods and services occasioned by the Covid-19 lockdown. Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) disclosed
By DENNIS AGBO Worldwide Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth wing has dared the police and other security agencies to inflict further harm or death on any Igbo citizen and await its revenge The apex Igbo Youth group also frowned at what it alleged was a
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 35 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The Centre announced this on its twitter handle few minutes ago. The breakdown shows that 19 of the cases are in Lagos, 9 in FCT, 5
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
Tragedy has stroke again in the family of late environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, as Menegian Wiwa has died of coronavirus at a London hospital who waa aged 50. Sister to the deceased, Noo, made the discloses the unfortunate incident in a Facebook post
By FRED EZEH Lagos State government has confirmed three additional deaths from COVID-19- related complications. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who announced the development in a tweet, on Thursday, disclosed that the deceased were males aged 51, 52 and 62. The
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Abia State Government says there is no truth in a recently circulating video on social
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has taken a new
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant