The World Health Organization held a media briefing on 13 May to update the public on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Lockdowns are not one-size-fits-all, nor a comprehensive solution for fighting coronavirus, the WHO warned. The word “lockdown” has become a…
The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , is in a meeting with the service chiefs , The PUNCH reports . The meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa in Abuja . The meeting is not unconnected…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said that the revised version of the 2020 budget a paltry difference of N71 billion was grossly insignificant to heal the ailing economy. It will be recalled that the Federal Executive Council, FEC chaired…
A bus driver nabbed with 3,000 catridges and a woman transporting marijuana and cocaine have been arrested by the Delta State Police. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa paraded the suspects before newsmen on Wednesday May 13. He said…
La Liga officials are exploring ways to make up for the absence of fans when football returns, and one such idea is to show tweets from fans in the stadium during the game. League president Javier Tebas recently admitted that…
The collapse in oil prices linked to the coronavirus crisis has seen Nigeria’s revenues from crude dry up and left Africa’s largest economy more threatened than ever by its dependence on black gold. The crude market may have rebounded in…
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has asked the national assembly to suspend the infectious disease bill. The bill prescribes, among other provisions, compulsory vaccination of citizens against infectious diseases. This has sparked public outcry over possible human rights violation. In…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria’s oil output, excluding Condensate, at 1.78 million barrels per day, m/bd, in April 2020. According to data collated from secondary sources, this indicated a decrease of 68,000 bpd when compared…
Scores of workers on essential duties in the Federal Capital Territory FCT were on Tuesday night held by soldiers manning a check-point at the Karu Market on the Old Karu Road, on the grounds of breaching the presidential curfew. The…