Nigeria’s total public debt rises to N27.4tn –DMO
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja The Federal Government and the 36 states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, owed a total N27.4tn as of December 2019, according to latest figures…
175,911 PoS transactions fail as lockdown begins
Point of Sale transactions recorded 175,911 failure rate or 15.55 per cent of total transactions on Tuesday, as the movement restriction directive of the Federal Government commenced. According to the…
Former Somalia PM dies of coronavirus in UK
FILE: Nur Hussein Former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hussein died on Wednesday in Britain, about a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Hussein’s family confirmed the death at King’s…
Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world’s worst crisis since WWII
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed Wednesday, in what the head of the United Nations has described as humanity’s…
Israel converts missile production lines to ventilators making centre
ventilators Israel on Wednesday said it was switching some missile production lines to ventilators making in efforts to counteract national shortages of the medical equipment used to treat COVID-19…
COVID-19: Man tests positive after 14 days quarantine
The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are now 5,406 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the African continent. This is as a 37-year-old…
UK records over 500 coronavirus deaths in a day
A hospital ward with Coronavirus patients Britain reported 563 daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the first time the national toll has exceeded 500, bringing the total fatalities to 2,352,…
COVID-19: China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern
A staff member of the health authorities of the southern federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg demonstrates on a negative sample the test for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, in a laboratory in Stuttgart,…
[BREAKING] Coronavirus: American evacuated after testing positive in Lagos
Sodiq Oyeleke The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that an American who tested positive for coronavirus has been evacuated to the US. He made this…
Villager fakes death to avoid COVID-19 lockdown
Emergency medical personnel carries a patient affected with coronavirus (Covid-19) from a military hospital to an ambulance before being transported aboard a medicalised TGV (high-speed train) to be evacuated towards…
Gunmen murder three persons in Plateau midnight attack
James Abraham, Jos Three persons have been confirmed killed in a fresh attack by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Ancha community, Miango District, Bassa Local Government Area…
MOMENT OF DEEPER REFLECTIONOUR FEET ARE NOW SET AT THE EDGE OF THE STARTER’S BLOCK
MOMENT OF DEEPER REFLECTION OUR FEET ARE NOW SET AT THE EDGE OF THE STARTER’S BLOCK “Immediately after the TRIBULATION of those days the sun will be darkened, and the…
COVID-19; Social Services,Social Responsibility As A Way Of Life Of Rt Honourable Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa Of Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency
COVID-19; Social Services,Social Responsibility As A Way Of Life Of Rt Honourable Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa Of Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency. The humanitatian ideas and ideals of Rt Honourable Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa…
COVID-19: ISRAEL ALONGE IMPLORES INDIVIDUALS, COOPERATE ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL LEADERS NOT TO RELENT IN BEING HELPING HANDS.
APRIL 1, 2020. Comrade Israel Femi Alonge, the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, has implored well to do individuals, business moguls, cooperate organizations and political leaders…
#AprilFoolDay: Don’t add panic to global pains, COVID-19 volunteers warn Nigerians
Sodiq Oyeleke A group, COVID-19 Incident Volunteers, has warned Nigerians to ignore April Fool Day jokes amid the raging coronavirus pandemic affecting many countries. The April 1 tradition sees families,…
Beijing 2022 Olympics face ‘special situation’ after Tokyo delay
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 a man wearing a face mask walks in front of the Olympic Rings in Tokyo. – Japan has asked for…
Stop feeding children with sanitisers, Ogun warns parents
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta The Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, Dr Tomi Coker, has warned mothers to desist from giving their children sanitisers to drink as a way of combating…
Obasanjo, ex-African leaders demand action against COVID-19 spread
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 11 other African leaders on Tuesday called on the African Union, United Nations and World Bank to help combat the spread…
When politicians pressurise judges to give conflicting orders
With its internal squabbles, the ruling All Progressives Congress seems to be reenacting the 2016 experience when the Peoples Democratic Party caused confusion in the land through the procurement…
Novel coronavirus update
, 08033347231 At the end of February, I had published an article titled ‘Corona Virus Urgent Precautions,’ giving strong warnings on the need to take precaution in our Country…