Yinka Odumakin: A part of me is gone – Wife weeps
•Yinka Odumakin LAGOS – Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, wife of the Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, has confirmed the death of her husband from complications arising from […]
COVID-19
Obituary: Afenifere spokesman Yinka Odumakin dies of COVID
•Yinka Odumakin LAGOS – Spokesman of pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere Yinka Odumakin has died of complications from COVID-19. The activist had been on ventilator at […]
Africa Check wins $3m Google funding award to counter COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
LAGOS – The Google News Initiative (GNI) has named Africa Check as the only African recipient, among a total of 11 projects, to benefit from […]
Covid-19: Many European countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears
Several European countries have suspended all or part of their AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out as a precaution while they investigate concerns relating to blood clots, but French and EU […]
Okonjo-Iweala: Can this grandmother save the world? By Azu Ishiekwene
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally announced the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General this week, a Swiss newspaper received her with […]
COVID-19: Ondo rejects NCDC figure, says state not ‘severely affected’
The Ondo State Government on Tuesday faulted the figure for the COVID-19 situation in the state released by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control. The […]
COVID-19: Anambra State Govt Introduces Curfew
Following the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Anambra state government has placed a curfew in the state, to curb the spread of the […]
Senate intensifies action on N6.3b NDDC palliatives scam
The Senate yesterday gave a commitment to probe the N6.25 billion allegedly spent on COVID-19 palliatives by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2020. […]
Governor Samuel Ortom Recovers From COVID-19
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Wednesday disclosed that he tested negative for the COVID-19 virus. The Governor said this while addressing journalists at […]
Panic in NYSC hqtrs, camps as resident officer dies of COVID-19
There was panic among staff of the National Youth Service Corps on Tuesday after a resident officer died of COVID-19. The PUNCH gathered that the […]
Real Madrid’s President contracts COVID-19
Real Madrid’s President Florentino Perez has tested positive for coronavirus. On its official website, the club said: Real Madrid C. F. would like to inform […]
COVID-19: PTF Declares Kogi State A High Risk State, Warns Against Visitation
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has listed Kogi, Kebbi, Jigawa, Zamfara as high-risk state for failing to give the daily COVID-19 reports. National […]
IGP Orders Police Officers To Enforce COVID-19 Regulations
Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has given a directive to police officers in the 36 states of Nigeria to carry out full enforcement […]
COVID-19:NCDC confirms 676 new cases
By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 676 new cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria. The 676 confirmed […]
Beyond the politics of Covid-19 vaccines
By Edwin Uhara Since the Federal Government made it’s intension to acquire and inoculate Nigerians with Covid-19 vaccines was made public, I have read several […]
18 Nigerian Army Generals test positive for COVID-19
ABUJA – At least 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), military sources told Channels Television on Sunday. The infected military officers […]
Sam Nda Isaiah, Leadership Newspapers Publisher dies @ 58
ABUJA – The Publisher, Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda Isaiah, has died. He was aged 58 years. Reports reaching The Boss say the leading political columnist, […]
Janet Yellen: A monetary mind at the US treasury, By John B. Taylor
Former US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s forthcoming appointment to lead the Department of the Treasury is good news for advocates of rules-based monetary policymaking. […]
Africa and the Covid-19 vaccine, By Dakuku Peterside
The year 2020 will forever be synonymous with Covid-19, a pandemic that brought the world to her knees. For the first time in more than […]
Making sense of sky-high stock prices, By Robert J. Shiller, Laurence Black & Farouk Jivraj
Many have been puzzled that the world’s stock markets haven’t collapsed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn it has wrought. […]