COVID-19: Economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children this year
Hundreds of thousands of children could die this year due to the global economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and tens of millions more could fall into extreme poverty…
Coronavirus: China will have to answer hard questions on outbreak – UK foreign minister
China will have to answer hard questions on how the coronavirus outbreak happened and on whether it could have been prevented, British foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday. “There…
Lockdown: Nigerian security forces worse than coronavirus; kill 18 persons, Covid-19 kills 12
Nigerian security forces are proving deadlier than the dreaded Covid-19 as they have killed 18 people in two weeks while enforcing lockdowns imposed to halt the spread of the new…
AfDB: Why Adesina Deserves a Second Term
During Akinwumi Adesina’s tenure, the bank has seen its fortunes rise on several fronts, including the largest general capital increase in its history with a capital base of $208 billion…
COVID – 19: Govt, rich Nigerians should copy Zinox Group strategy to feed the poor – Atedo Peterside
Rich and influential Nigerians as well as state and local governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) have been urged to borrow a leaf from the strategy deployed by the Zinox Group…
TCN dismisses report of free electricity to NigeriansÂ
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has dismissed the claim that the Federal Government was providing free electricity to Nigerians as government does not own all sections of the power sector….
Teenager narrates ordeal of how she was defiled by her father, his 3 friends for 2 yearsÂ
A teenage girl has narrated how her father and his three friends defiled her at Orji community in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. The victim, 15, said…
NCoS says Maryam Sanda still in custody, debunks report of Presidential pardon
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS)Â has dismissed report that Maryam Sanda had been granted presidential pardon. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO), Mr Chuks Njoku, in a statement on Thursday in…
WHO: Trump’s decision will affect Africa in the fight against COVID-19 – NIMR DG
Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has said that the U.S. decision to cut funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) would have great implication on…
Late Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son dies of coronavirus in London
Menegian Saro-Wiwa, son of late environmentalist, activist and playwright, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died from coronavirus complications in a London hospital. Menegian’s sister Noo Saro-Wiwa, disclosed this in an instagram…