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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced to commit $10 million in emergency funds and technical support to help frontline responders in China and Africa accelerate their efforts to contain the global spread of novel Coronavirus. The foundation in a statement released on its website on Monday said...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Presidency says the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s New Vision for the Niger Delta has thus far made significant progress with the ongoing Ogoni Clean-Up project, and that it has started receiving both local and international commendation.   In response to media inquiries over the weekend, Laolu...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to support local Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with the introduction of the ‘Zenith Bank SME Digital Workshop’ to provide free digital training for business owners. In a statement on Monday by Ayoola Kusimo,...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  As part of its Employee Give-Back initiative, employees of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recently donated funds to support the initiatives of the Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) in Lagos during the Christmas holidays. According to the NSE in a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on...

OLA MODUPE, Lagos Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, 36 state governors and their deputies to “make public details of their assets, specifically property and income, contained in their...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever with one recorded death at the facility in the last one week. Dr Bernard Ododo, Head of Clinical Services of the medical centre, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted persistent dry atmosphere and dust haze condition for Monday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Sunday in Abuja predicted dust haze with visibility of 2km to 5km to prevail over northern states with day and night temperatures of 30 to 36 degree Celsius and...

Holders Manchester City served up an attacking masterclass as they thrashed Fulham 4-0 in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday, with Gabriel Jesus scoring twice within three second half minutes. Any hopes of Championship side Fulham causing an upset at the Etihad Stadium were dented in less than...

A 100-level student of Zoology of the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) Borno State, Miss Lillian Daniel Gyang, who was abducted alongside others two weeks ago, is still in the custody of Boko Haram terrorists,according to PRNigeria. Quoting intelligence sources, the medium also reported that contrary to reports, Ms Leah Sharibu,...

By KATOR KATYO Many people sometimes can develop bad eye sight without actually knowing until an orthomologist diagnoses and tells them what their visual status is. For those who have had the opportunity of having their eyes examined by an orthomologist, the main purpose is to correct the problem so...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE It bears repeating that Nigeria’s continued existence will be at risk if the rich and the wealthy are not receptive to the clear warning of anger and poverty-induced disillusionments in the land. First, Aisha Buhari’s warning that most of Nigeria’s leaders, “as a result of a...

These days, it is becoming increasingly difficult, risky and dangerous to openly admit of being a Christian, in a society where religion plays pivotal roles in determining the course of events. Similarly, it requires a lot of courage, bravery, sacrifices, forbearance and self denial to be able to withstand...

EHIME ALEX, Lagos  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed its Patrol teams to henceforth impound flatbed trailers on transit not proper latched before leaving the port to avert crashes. Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi gave the directive according to a statement on Sunday by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps...

Financial experts on Saturday said that the upward review of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by the Monetary Policy Committee  (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was necessary to tame inflation. They spoke  with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the outcome of...

Today’s re-run election for Kaduna State House of Assembly in Sanga Local Government Area, witnessed voter apathy, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). On the other hand, the supplementary/re-run elections in two Local Government Areas of Bauchi state recorded large turnout of voters, reports the News Agency...

Ugandan health minister Ruth Aceng on Friday confirmed that three people have been killed in a yellow fever outbreak in the midwestern and northwestern parts of the country. Two adult men, who were 18 and 21 and dealing in cutting and trading timber between Uganda and neighboring South Sudan,...

Emeka Abugu, a 37-year-old visually impaired mechanic, describes himself as the most reliable mechanic in his community at Enugu Ezike, south-eastern Nigeria. He lost his sights during childhood to measles, but has not given up in life since then. Reportedly, there was no drug for measles in his community...

Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, has apprehended another 9 girls being trafficked. The girls were reportedly on their ways to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai and India on Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines, according to a statement by the service...

Days after Nigerian singer Davido and his lover (Chioma) unfollowed each other on social media over an alleged extra marital affair, the singer has come hot on rumour carriers who claimed that he (Davido) has questioned if Ifeanyi is truly his biological son. According to Naija News, the saga...