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U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday and accused the world body of failing in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. He said U.S. taxpayers provide between 400 and 500 million dollars a year to the organization. However, it...

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar, says urban poor dwellers with an account balance of N5,000 or less will be among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. The minister made this known when she fielded questions from State...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a new advisory to guide Nigerians on the use of face masks to prevent themselves against new coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (D-G) of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, issued the advisory on Tuesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19. Ihekweazu...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government to take urgent steps to address the concerns being expressed by Nigerians in the overall determination to check the spread of the pandemic in the country. Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary,  gave this advice in a statement on...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night announced an additional  11 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos State. This brings to 373, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC made the disclosure in a tweet at 11.00 p.m. on...

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday called on leaders of Tiv and Jukun to work together to draw up a road map for lasting peace. Sule made the call in Lafia during a mediation meeting between Benue and Taraba. The meeting had in attendance , Sule’s deputy,...

Mr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, on Tuesday, commended some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for donating items to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The corps members, serving in Lagos State, presented items such as gloves, hand...

Israel is nearing 12,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 11,868 Israelis positive for the virus as of Tuesday morning. Since the virus arrived in Israel, 118 patients have died of it, while another 181 patients are listed in serious condition. Of the serious cases, 136 are on ventilators. Another 168...

By Anthony Harwood Plans for African nations to get all their qualifying matches finished in time for the 2022 World Cup are the least threatened by the coronavirus outbreak, it has emerged. A new blueprint for a post-Covid-19 world shows that while some continents have to start their qualifiers...

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja commended the European Union for donating the sum of N21 billion (50 million Euros) to support Nigeria’s efforts at controlling the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Receiving the EU delegation to the country, led by Ambassador Ketil Karlsen,...

COVID-19, though a dangerous pandemic is equally an independent international standard world-wide country governance assessor. It has exposed the strength or lack of it of institutions of countries world wide:  Some have been found weak, non-resilient and some completely dysfunctional. No sector of the economy is immune to the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Following extension order by President Muhammadu Buhari on the current lockdown in Lagos, Ogun states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory Abuja for another 14 days effective from 11:59 Monday 13 April, 2020; the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered...

EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna Members of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWDs) Kaduna State chapter have appealed to the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai, to include them in the ongoing distribution of relief materials to vulnerable in the state. State Chairman of the Association,...

The Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), on Tuesday, urged persons with asthma to take extra caution to prevent them from contracting Coronavirus. The Chairman of the Foundation’s Board, Dr. Chiwuike Uba, gave the advice in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Uba noted that people with asthma might likely have...

A network of women leaders and NGOs headed by women has called on the Federal Government to provide food and essential commodities for IDP shelters and host communities across the nation as palliative measures during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. The network, under the auspices of Women in Humanitarian Response...

Residents of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Tuesday came out in droves to utilize the two-day window granted by the State Government to restock their homes. State Government had on March 26 announced a 24 hours total lockdown with a two-day window of Tuesdays and...

By Omoshola Deji The novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ravaging the earth as economic and social restriction continues with no end in sight. As of April 14, Covid-19 has infected over 1.9 million persons and killed almost 200,000 globally. In Nigeria, the confirmed cases are still fairly low – but...

A Sociologist, Prof. Lai Olurode, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to involve Social Science Researchers (SSR) in the distribution of foods and other palliatives during the two weeks extension of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Olurode, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, said when these researchers...

JOHN ONAH, Abuja The COVID-19 first confirmed case in Benue State, Mrs Susan Okpe,  has taken to her social media account to castigate the Federal Government for keeping her for treatment against her will. It would be recalled that on March 28, Governor Samuel Ortom in line with the...

JOHN ONAH, ABUJA National Center for the Control of Diseases (NCDC) has advised former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, to immediately go into self-isolation, sequel to a successful Covid-19 test in Kano. Officials of the NCDC advised the former governor, via text messages published in his facebook page,...