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By BARBARA KALU, Abuja – Nigeria’s 43 Cabinet Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support the Federal Government’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, quoted...

The war against coronavirus in Nigeria is being fought on all fronts. Various governments – federal, state and the local councils; corporate organizations and private individuals, etc., are involved. The aim is to ensure that the disease, which has already entered the country, does not escalate, or will have...

Nigerian celebrity and founder of the Tonto Dikeh Foundation, Tonto Dikeh, has pledged free sanitisers, face masks and hand gloves to some communities. Tonto announced this via her Instagram account@tontodike on Friday. She wrote: ”The Tonto Dikeh Foundation @t_d_foundation will be joining in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. ”We...

Ace Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, says he has decided to go into self-isolation as his fiancée,  Chioma, has tested positive to the coronavirus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Davido  disclosed this in a series of tweets on Friday  evening on his...

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno  state Governor, Professor Babagana  Umara Zulum has  announced cash donation of N23.5m as support to families of 47 soldiers killed by Boko Haram last Sunday in Yobe state. Each family  is to receive N500,000 not as compensation for losing their bread winners but...

By SUFUYAN OJEIFO – He is no less a child of providence, wielding power and privilege with fetching humility and exemplary focus.  He has demonstrated with his life’s trajectory that royalty, economics, philanthropy and politics fundamentally address transformation of the human condition for good. As yet, he unabashedly maintains this...

The Covid-19 pandemic has created several tragi-comic double jeopardies which are peculiar to Nigeria – the politician or elite who previously felt too “big” to attend local hospitals, but is now forced to either eat humble pie or die; the doctor whose job puts him at the greatest risk...

Ethiopian Airlines, the Pan-African carrier, has delivered medical supplies donated by Jack Ma, the founder of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, to 39 African Countries within 5 days. Ethiopian has transported Jack Ma’s support including testing kits, masks and protective suits. Following its historical track record of serving Africa in...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) today received a N500M donation from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to fight the COVID 19 pandemic in Abuja. Receiving the cheque of N500M from the Vice Chairman of UBA, Ambassador Joe Keshi, who led a delegation of the Bank on a...

The United States now has the most coronavirus cases in the world with more than 86,000 confirmed infections after overtaking both China and Italy as the global pandemic continues to spread. Italy was set to pass China’s more than 81,000 infections later on Friday. The US, Italy and China now account...

…it is critical that leaderships, and their populations, don’t take the wrong long-term message from this. It is important not to double-down on isolation. Don’t use this opportunity to wriggle out of overdue economic reforms. The world faces an unprecedented crisis. The full health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has made an intervention of $30 million (N11 billion) to help combat the Coronavirus Disease pandemic and its attendant impact on the Nigerian economy. The NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, announced the intervention initiative on Friday in Abuja. The GMD said the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Central Bank of Nigeria, Dangote Foundation, Access Bank and other stakeholders in the private sector have come under an umbrella called the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against Covid-19, to raise nothing less than N120 billion to provide support to the Federal Government in procuring equipment...

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has announced the closure of all land borders with neighbouring states and Niger Republic, as part of measures to contain possible spread of Covid-19 to the state. NAN reports that Katsina State shares borders with Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna and Zamfara, and with the...

With over 40 African countries currently battling with confirmed COVID-19 cases, South Africa tops the chart of the deadly virus within the continent as shown in data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the John Hopkins University tally indicates that South Africa holds the...

Boko Haram extremists have killed at least 92 Chadian soldiers in the deadliest attack on the nation’s forces, Chad’s president, Idriss Deby said The attack took place overnight Sunday into Monday in the village of Boma in the Lac province near the border with Nigeria and Niger. President Idriss...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  In a clear response to recent happenings across the globe, President, Loveworld Incorporated, Reverend (Dr) Chris Oyakhilome and Pastor Benny Hinn, have declared a Global Day of Prayer. This special prayer program is slated to hold (today) Friday, March 27, 2020 at 7pm GMT+1 or 2pm...

South Africa’s president appeared in full military uniform for the first time since the end of apartheid and told troops to be a “force of kindness” as a three-week lockdown begins at midnight and they ensure that 57 million people stay home. The mission is the “most important in...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed all eateries to withdraw all eat-in arrangements in their premises and make use of takeaways packs, as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Abuja. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, gave the directive on Thursday in...

The world is on total lockdown. Everything is at standstill. The world economy has collapsed. There is confusion. Uncertainty pervades everywhere. This is because of a strange disease called Coronavirus, specifically named COVID-19, that is ravaging the world, and spreading like wildlife across the globe. At the last count,...