NCDC lauds Airtel for support towards COVID-19 response
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday lauded Airtel for its role and support towards the COVID-19 pandemic response in Nigeria. Airtel in […]
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Catholic Archbishops urge govt to restore peace, alleviate poverty and improve lives
The Catholic Archbishops of Abuja have has urged government and the law enforcement agencies to do all that is necessary to tackle national insecurity and […]
Ginger oil production, the growing green gold in Nigeria
By Agbaji chinedu Ginger is a perennial herb’s rhizome used as a spice, preservative, and medicine. Ginger oil, extracted from the Zingiber officinale herb plant […]
COVID-19: Bangladesh receives 5m doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China
Bangladesh has received a new batch of five million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China, the country’s health ministry spokesman, Maidul Islam Prodhan, told […]
COVID-19: Nigeria logs 168 additional infection, 1 death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 168 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the total number of cases in the country since […]
Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of […]
NCC calls for digital upskilling of females
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) , Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, on Thursday called for the upskilling of females as […]
Electoral Hub calls for sustained efforts to promote democracy
By Chimezie Godfrey The Initiative for Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD) and The Electoral Hub has urged governments around the world to make […]
Nigeria surpasses 200,000 coronavirus infections since Feb. 2020 –NCDC
Nigeria has surpassed 200,000 cases from the coronavirus pandemic 18 months after the first positive case was identified in an Italian traveller on Feb. 27, […]
AfCTA implementation: Association urges FG to refrain from making Nigeria a dumping ground
The Commerce and Industry Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (CICAN), Abuja, has advised the Federal Government against making Nigeria a dumping ground as a result of […]
Covid vaccine: Public Safety and the limits of individual freedom
By Osmund Agbo In the early 1900s, Mary Mallon worked as a domestic cook for many of the New York’s uber elite families. She was […]
Buhari to Doctors: Strike not best action to take now
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on health workers to return to their duty posts, urging others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of […]
COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave
The World Health Orgainsation (WHO) says that weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 per cent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two […]
International Beauty Day: Google reveals Nigeria’s top beauty, fitness searches
Google on Thursday revealed that how to grow natural hair’,reduce belly fats’ were top beauty and fitness searches as the world celebrateed International Beauty Day. The News […]
China to host Vietnam in World Cup Asian qualifiers in UAE
The 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group B match between China and Vietnam on Oct. 7 will be held in Sharjah, the United Arab […]
Financing critical for climate change targets in developing countries – OPEC
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), says financing remains critical, in meeting any climate change target for developing countries. Dr Mohammad Barkindo, OPEC Secretary […]
Okowa felicitates Boss Mustapha at 65
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has felicitated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, as he clocks 65 years. The governor’s message […]
Lagos COVID-19 cases surpass 73, 000
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state stands at 73,182. Abayomi made the disclosure […]
8 in 10 African countries to miss crucial Sept. COVID-19 vaccination goal – WHO official
Africa is likely to miss the urgent global goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of each country’s population against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
UNECA calls for policies to facilitate migration, protect migrants’ rights
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has urged Africa to find the right policies and processes to facilitate migration and protect the rights […]
WHO monitors new variant of Coronavirus
A new Coronavirus strain, named Mu, has been designated a variant of interest by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records 626 new cases, 14 deaths
Nigeria recorded 626 new cases of COVID-19 with 14 casualties on Tuesday, Aug. 31, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The public […]
COVID-19: 2.9 million Nigerians fully vaccinated, says NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2, 897, 201 eligible persons had taken the jab across the 36 […]
COVID-19 3rd wave: Death toll rises to 11 in Edo
Edo has recorded three more COVID-19-related deaths with 92 new confirmed cases, the state COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, said on Monday in Benin. Obi, […]
Striking the Soul of the Nation, By Dakuku Peterside
Omoni Oboli’s “Wives on Strike” is a blockbuster Nollywood movie where four semi-illiterate market women eagerly protest a child marriage anathema. Amina’s dad has compelled […]