Turkey starts to inoculate health workers with 3rd COVID-19 vaccine dose
Turkey on Thursday started to inoculate healthcare workers and people aged 50 and above with the third dose of COVID-19 jabs as part of the […]
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COVID-19: NCDC announces 45 new infections
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 45 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country as of June 10. The NCDC made this […]
COVID-19: WHO says there is currently no ‘hybrid’ variant in Vietnam
Days after Vietnam’s Ministry of Health said it had detected a new COVID-19 variant comprising characteristics of both the alpha and delta strains. The World […]
COVID-19:Britain likely in an ‘early’ third wave, expert says
An expert advising the British Government said on Monday that he saw the start of a third wave of infections emerging due to the spread […]
Eid-el-Fitr prayer to hold at Abuja National Mosque – Mgt
The Management of the Abuja National Mosque has announced that Eid-ul-Fitr prayer would take place at the mosque on Wednesday or Thursday by 9:00a.m., depending […]
India records 3,780 COVID-19 deaths in 1 day
India on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day death toll caused by the coronavirus since the pandemic began, as hospitals in the country continue to struggle […]
Biden: U.S. on track to give 100m jabs in first 60 days of presidency
President Joe Biden says the United States is on track to deliver 100 million jabs to Americans in his first 60 days in office. “When […]
With Adesina, Okonjo-Iweala and others, Nigeria attains human resource power house status under President Buhari
By Garba Shehu Professor Ibrahim Gambari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, international relations guru and bureaucrat does not think we should wait for historians […]
Mbappe hat-trick helps PSG thrash FC Barcelona, Liverpool win at RB Leipzig
A hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) hammer FC Barcelona 4-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions […]
Poland expects 100m doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different producers – Official
Poland has ordered 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from different manufacturers, Michal Dworczyk, the Polish government’s vaccination commissioner, told the RMF FM radio […]
Lassa fever killing more Nigerians than COVID-19, DIG Katsina warns
By Chimezie Godfrey The Chairman/CEO Musharak Esteem Nigeria Limited, DIG. Muhammed Katsina(rtd), mni has called on the government and all stakeholders to prioritize the fumigation […]
Mildred Okwo’s La Femme Anjola to bow in theaters
La Femme Anjola, the buzzy crime thriller from the stables of The Audrey Silva Company Limited, directed by Mildred Okwo and starring Rita Dominic and […]
Lagos, Police halt planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest, counter rallies
…Individuals, Corporate Bodies Inciting Destruction To Be Prosecuted, Pay Damages – State Govt …CP Reads Riot Acts To Opposing Groups The Lagos State Government has […]
China spits fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies
The BBC came under fire from Chinese official, social media on Friday in an escalating diplomatic dispute, a day after Britain’s media regulator revoked […]
Anglicans commend El-Rufai as Gov appeals for calm
Leader of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba has commended Malam Nasir El-Rufai for the developmental strides that he has recorded in […]
Russian epidemiologist calls for research into suspected COVID-19-induced blindness
A recent case, seen by doctors in the United Kingdom (UK) of an individual experiencing persistent blindness due to Coronavirus-related (COVID-19-related) complications is so far […]
Kaduna treats 4m residents of NTDs – Commissioner
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, has said the government treated more than four million residents of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in […]
As Zeenah El-Zakzaky Contracts Covid-19, By Najeeb Maigatari
It is no longer news that Zeenah Ibraheem, the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has reportedly tested […]
Ebele Obiano’s Designer Vaccination, By Azu Ishiekwene
Whether Jean-Jacques Rousseau mis-credited the words to Marie-Antionette in Confessions or not, Nigeria is happy to supply a modern-day princess who has earned the title of Her […]
Sule extols Buhari, Farouq, for Rural Women’s Grant Initiative
By Chimezie Godfrey The Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule has praised the federal government for initiating the Rural Women’s Special Cash Grant. He gave […]
2021 budget: Buhari warns revenue generating agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja issued stern warning to agencies of government saddled with generating revenue generation to work hard to meet their targets. […]
The Guest, Coro, Didn’t Come To Play, By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s true that Coronavirus is not among the top five most deadly diseases in Africa today. But it’s also correct that at this […]
What happened to Akufo-Addo? By Azu Ishiekwene
If we could cast a vote in the December 8 presidential election in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo, would have won […]
Study notes on ‘state’ and ‘state failure’, By Edwin Madunagu
This piece is dedicated to two of the surviving members of the Old Guard of the Nigerian Left: Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ) who turns […]
Lawan, Omo-Agege, Wase felicitate with Buhari at 78
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ibrahim Wase have facilitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on […]