COVID-19 pandemic

Buhari blames flood, insecurity, middlemen for rising food prices

July 19, 2021 Ebere 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has cited prevalence of excessive flooding, insecurity and unscrupulous practices of food products’ middlemen as some of the reasons for current high […]

COVID-19 historic 4 million global death toll, By Isaac N. Obasi

July 16, 2021 Editor 0

In a media briefing on COVID-19 on 7 July 2021, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, painfully announced that […]

UPDATED: NAFDAC approves Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use

July 15, 2021 Ebere 0

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved use of Moderna and AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines for emergency use. […]

Historic tax haul! FIRS rakes In N650bn in June

July 7, 2021 Ebere 0

ABUJA – The Federal Inland Revenue Service has raked in over N650 billion in June 2021, the highest revenue realised in a single month since […]

NUC approves King David University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi

July 7, 2021 Ebere 0

His determination to provide quality education not only for his people but also for humankind, the Ebonyi State Governor, David Nweze Umahi established King David […]

Kwara govt. releases N76m to start Covid-19 economic stimulus projects

July 6, 2021 Kizito Amuchie. 0

The Kwara Government has released N76 million to start the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus projects in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]

Fresh push for govt to rescind Twitter’s suspension

July 6, 2021 Ebere 0

Internet freedom lobby group Paradigm Initiative has submitted an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration seeking to rescind the ban on Twitter. […]

Nigerians now leaving offices for farms, says Buhari

July 2, 2021 Ebere 0

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that some Nigerians are now leaving white collar jobs for farming. He said this was enhanced […]

COVID-19 rapidly spreading Delta variant, By Isaac N. Obasi

July 2, 2021 Editor 0

Despite the impressive and highly commendable efforts made by scientists across the world to stem the tide of the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Uganda rugby player vanishes in Monaco during COVID-19 isolation

June 28, 2021 Ebere 0

A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated. The team was in isolation after […]

Young Australians disproportionately affected by pandemic job losses

June 25, 2021 Kizito Amuchie. 0

More than one-third of Australians lost their jobs early in the coronavirus pandemic and were younger than 25, a government study has found. The Australian […]

COVID-19 vaccine nationalism vs equity, By Isaac N. Obasi

June 18, 2021 Editor 0

National policy responses to the containment of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as it ravaged the world in 2020 varied across nations particularly more markedly between […]

South Africa agrees to privatise troubled SAA airline

June 11, 2021 Ebere 0

South Africa’s government announced Friday it would sell a majority stake in cash-strapped flag carrier SAA to a consortium that includes the operator of a […]

UNICEF ambassadors urge G7 nations to donate Covid-19 vaccine doses to poor countries or risk ‘putting us back where we all started’

June 10, 2021 Editor 0

ABUJA – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Whoopi Goldberg, Angélique Kidjo, and Liam Neeson have joined an extraordinary […]