The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an outbreak of yellow fever in the southern part of South Sudan. The UN health agency said, in a statement, that two cases were identified in Kajo-keji, a region bordering Uganda, where an outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease was detected early...
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British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital, but to continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Chequers, his official country residence, A report from Reuters stated, quoting a statement from his Downing Street office on Sunday. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London...
The Ogun Police Command says it has arrested 15 more suspected cultists terrorising Ifo and its environs. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota on Sunday. Oyeyemi said that the police...
Mr. Timothy Owoeye, the Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, has urged the Christian faithful and Nigerians to keep hope alive in spite of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Owoeye in an Easter message on Saturday said that the end of the world was not yet here...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Saturday, implored residents of the state to be prayerful, while imbibing Christlike sacrifice this season of Easter. Makinde said that residents, especially those of the Christian faith, should use the opportunity of the Easter season to engage in more prayers for the...
One confirmed COVID-19 patient in Oyo State Isolation Centre, was on Saturday discharged after a second test result proved negative. The state’s COVID-19 Taskforce said on Saturday in Ibadan that the discharge brought the number of discharged cases in Oyo State to six. “Another confirmed case requested a transfer...
Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, has called on Nigerians, especially Christians to dedicate themselves to God and service to humanity. Ezeokafor made the call in his 2020 Easter message on Saturday in Awka. He said the prevailing global health challenge should not affect the faith...
Following is a list of English Premier League clubs that have furloughed staff after professional football in the country was suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Some clubs are using the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where employers can claim for 80% of furloughed employees’ monthly wage costs, up...
The U.S. now has now overtaken Italy to have the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, according to data from multiple sources. Tallies by Johns Hopkins University, New York Times and Reuters news agency, all show that the country had no fewer than 20,506 COVID-19-related deaths. With this, Italy, which...
A lawmaker in Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Paul Nnajiofor, has tasked Christians and all Nigerians to trust in God in spite of current coronavirus pandemic ravaging the World. Nnajiofor, who represents Nkanu East Constituency in Enugu State, said this in an Easter message on Sunday in Enugu....
A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has issued an appeal for him to be released from a British prison. Stella Morris said there were now genuine fears for the health of the WikiLeaks founder due to the coronavirus and his isolation in prison, Britain’s Press Association news agency reported...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday reported 13 new cases of the COVID-19 infection in the country. It also reported that Kano State recorded the first case of the coronavirus infection. Now, the Federal Capital Territory and 19 other states of the federation are...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Minister of State, Mines & Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, has felicitated with Christian faithful in Nigeria and the people of Abia stae, as they celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In a goodwill message he sent out on Saturday, Dr. Ogah also...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has urged Christians in the Territory to use the occasion of the celebration of Easter to pray fervently for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic which has so far claimed thousands of lives across the world. The Minister...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos In an historic effort to power the oil and gas industry out of its worst tailspin in its 100-year history, the United States, Canada and other G20 nations are said to be backing the OPEC+ group of countries in a broad effort to reduce global oil...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the “Stay-At-Home” order placed on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states since March 31 as part of measure to check the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria. The lockdown of the two states...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) have remain open throughout the country, including states with a lockdown order, Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, stated in a release on Friday. According to Dr Shuaib, the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country should...