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For some time now, songstress/entrepreneur Mzbel has been very clear about her stance against the whole indoctrination of people, especially Ghanaians. On numerous occasions, she has gone toe to toe against the whole idea that a supreme being exists somewhere who is also available to save people from all...

By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended President Muhamadu Buhari for the outline of measures he announced on Sunday to be taken by the federal government in the face of the global pandemic known as corornavirus. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday...

One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, the patient, a woman in her early 20s, scaled over a wall leaving behind her belongings...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  First Bank of Nigeria Limited said it has donated the sum of N1 billion towards the joint effort by the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) to rapidly expand the health facilities; especially Testing, Isolation, treatment and the provision of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, Prudential Zenith Life Insurance says it is rolling out a range of services to help customers cope with the lockdown. According to the company in a statement on Tuesday to NATIONAL ACCORD, the new services...

Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio has confirmed that the country has its first case of COVID-19, multiple media outlets in the West African country have reported. The country becomes the 48th African country to record a case as well as the last in West Africa to do so. Already...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has, on Tuesday morning, confirmed four new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 135. According to the NCDC in its verified Twitter page, “Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in...

…Speaks on FG’s plan to deal with impact of pandemic on nation’s economy   As governments and stakeholders harness resources to contain the spread of Coronavirus and tackle its fallouts, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that confronting the pandemic is a joint effort that requires the cooperation of all...

The price of oil has sunk to levels not seen since 2002 as demand for crude collapses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude fell to $22.58 (£18.19) a barrel at one point on Monday, its lowest level since November 2002. Meanwhile the price of US West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...

South Korea will kick off the new school year with online classes, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Tuesday as the country recorded 125 new cases of coronavirus over the past day. After being postponed three times that left schools running five weeks behind schedule, the school year was...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (NEITI) said Nigeria earned a total of 32.63 billion dollars from the oil and gas sector in 2018. NEITI disclosed this in the Oil and Gas industry Audit Report released in Abuja, on Monday. It said that the amount represented a 55 per...

By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – In a bid to stem the spread of the Coronavirus, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will enforce to the letter, the cessation of movement order placed on the Territory by President Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said this...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 20 new cases of Covid-19, and 131 confirmed cases as at late Monday. The NCDC, which had earlier in the day confirmed one new death, tweeted that “Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the deadline for filing of Annual Returns for Individual taxpayers including self-employed persons for two months from April 1 to May 31, 2020. The announcement came on Monday in a release signed by Monsurat Amasa, head of...

The Ogun State Government has postponed the total lockdown schedule to commence today (Monday by 11pm) in the state till Friday. The State governor, Dapo Abiodun made the announcement at the commissioning of the 128-bed Isolation Centre located at HID Awolowo Model College, Ikenne in Ikenne Local Government Area the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Following the lockdown directive by President Muhammadu Buhari on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered shutdown of Driver’s License database in Abuja with immediate effect. This was contained in a release issued by the Corps Public Education...

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the Covid-19 Regulations, 2020, which declared Covid-19 a...

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has confirmed that a second coronavirus-related death has been recorded in the country. The Minister, who made the disclosure at a media briefing in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Monday, however did not provide details. The first COVID-related death was that of...

The postponed Olympic Games will now begin on July 23 next year and run until Aug. 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee said on Monday. Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, said this was inevitable as the coronavirus pandemic has made it...

Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as TB. Joshua, the renowned Nigerian televangelist has subtly responded to those who were anticipating a heavy rainfall last week to signal the end of the deadly coronavirus in the world. Many were those who were expecting a heavy downpour to wash away...