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Nigeria international and Enugu Rangers striker Ifeanyi George has died in a car accident at the age of 26, Goal.com has reported. According to the medium, the ill-fated incident occurred at Abudu on Benin-Agbor expressway after his car bumped into a parked truck on his way to Lagos after...

The World Health Organization is considering “airborne precautions” for medical staff after a new study showed the coronavirus can survive in the air in some settings. The virus is transmitted through droplets, or little bits of liquid, mostly through sneezing or coughing, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s...

Fuel stations at the outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory  (FCT) were yet to comply with the N125 new pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)  also  known as petrol. A correspondent of  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who went round Abuja on Sunday reports that while most  stations...

The world is now almost in a total lockdown. Many countries have placed travel bans on people from other countries. International flights have been grounded. No more movement of people, presidents, diplomats, businessmen, etc., out of their home countries. No more movement of goods and commodities across the globe....

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says one new case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Oyo State. By this, Nigeria now has a total of 26 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. On it official Twitter page, NCDC tweeted, “As at 08:05 am on the 22nd...

The Lagos State government has confirmed the discharge of Nigeria’s index Coronavirus patient. The patient, who is an Italian, has been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, after testing positive to COVID-19 on February 28. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirmed the development in a series...

Pressure from the VC made me hurriedly come up with a title as strange as this! However, it is a title that gives rise to many thoughts, particularly so as we look at our world, and more specifically, our nation, today.    The notion of time is philosophy or...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE “We must make sure about two things, namely: that our principles are just and that are methods are practical; for nothing destroys her own ends as unjust principles and impractical methods and approach.” – Obafemi Awolowo Twenty three years ago, yours sincerely authored an article on...

Amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Oyo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of schools and inauguration of emergency operation centres, among other measures. Governor Seyi Makinde, who addressed newsmen late on Friday, after the inaugural meeting of the State’s COVID-19 Task Force, held at the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Federal Road Safety Corps has cautioned against the overloading of vehicles with passengers to sustain ongoing campaigns at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus. According to the FRSC, all drivers of vehicles should carry only one person at the front and not more than three...

Country music legend Kenny Rogers who had a series of hits, including Coward of the County and The Gambler, has died at the age of 81. The Grammy-winning star, whose career spanned six decades, “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded...

From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has inaugurated a high-powered Response Team for prevention and control of coronavirus in the state. The committee is headed by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Umar Kadafur, with the State Commissioner of Health as Secretary. The inauguration took...

Based on the advice and guidance of public health authorities, the Presidential Task Force for the  Control of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19), as well as the outcomes of the National Economic Council  meeting, held on Thursday, 19thof March 2020, the FCT Administration held a meeting with religious leaders across the...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Jumia Nigeria has announced a price slash offer for customers in its upcoming Tech Week campaign which is scheduled to run from March 23rd to the 29th. A statement by its Head, PR & Communications, Olukayode Kolawole, said the campaign will run in parallel with its...

Congolese music star Aurlus Mabele has died in hospital in France’s capital Paris, aged 67. Posts on social media from friends and relatives say he died of coronavirus but this is not confirmed, according to bbc.com. His fans called him the king of soukous – a high-tempo Congolese dance...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Senator Ben Murray- Bruce from Bayelsa State over the loss of his wife, Evelyn. Senator Murray-Bruce announced on Friday on his Twitter handle that he had lost his wife of 41 years [sic] to cancer....

By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has announced plans to carry out 19 transactions in 2020. Director-General of the Bureau, Mr. Alex A. Okoh, made this known when he received members of the Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization led by its Chairman, Chief...

A group representing U.S. states on Friday asked lawmakers to provide them with at least 150 billion dollars in federal aid to address the coronavirus outbreak. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who are the chair and vice-chair of National Governors Association, said in a...

A Public Health Specialist, Dr Oyewole Oyerinde, says people should not bathe with a particular sponge for more than a month. Oyerinde, who is of the Department of Public Health, School of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo in Ogun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, said it has put in place proactive measures to control the spread of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and protect its employees, customers and general public. A statement by the Bank’s Group Head, Marketing & Corporate...