How coronavirus infection humbled me – NIS chief
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, in a video said coronavirus infection is a humbling experience. According to a report,…
Rwanda’s poor confront further hardship as shutdown extends
Out of work, with prices soaring and police on the streets, life for many Rwandans has become immeasurably harder under coronavirus lockdown, and the pain looks only set to deepen. Traders have warned of food shortages in the tiny…
Akwa Ibom in total lockdown
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Thursday announced total lockdown of the state for a period of 14 days to halt spread of Coronavirus. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,…
Ayodele Fayose tests negative for coronavirus
A former governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, said on Thursday that he had undergone voluntary testing for the coronavirus and had turned out negative. Fayose, in a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, said he was delighted…
Covid-19: Healing Process Begins Next Week – Oluwo Of Iwo
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has said Coronavirus will soon be history, insisting the deadly infection will naturally be castrated next week. He described the pandemic as a strong warning of God’s supremacy above…
Buhari appoints new medical directors
President Muhammdu Buhari has appointed two new medical directors for Federal Government owned hospitals. They are Dr Bassey Eyo Edet and Dr. Aisha Adamu. While Edet will head Neuro-Psychiatric…
COVID-19: IATA projects US$23bn revenue loss by airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), on Thursday, projected a potential revenue loss by airlines in Africa and the Middle East to have reached US$23 billion (N8.74…
Women who love PMB
They are patriots who love their country dearly, and also love its President. Very dearly. To use the local parlance, ‘dem’ love President Muhammadu Buhari scatter. Through thick and thin, they have been with him, and I…
Oprah Winfrey donates $10m to U.S. coronavirus relief efforts
Oprah Winfrey on Thursday splashed $10 million in donations to coronavirus relief efforts in the United States. The food fund set up by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lauren Powell Jobs is one of the…
Coronavirus threatens liquidity of states – Nigerian Governors
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has called for urgent fiscal measures to safeguard liquidity of state governments as the country continues with efforts to curtail the spread of Coronavirus…
Face masks from China intended for France ‘hijacked’ by US at the last minute
Coronavirus masks that France ordered from China were bought at the last minute by the United States as they waited to be loaded onto cargo planes, French officials have said. "Americans pay three or four times the amount we pay,…
Trump passes second coronavirus test
U.S. President Donald Trump has passed a second coronavirus test taken Thursday. He was tested with a rapid diagnostic tool that produced a result in less than 15…
PMS price: PDP rejects N123.5 price tweak, insists on N90 per litre
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the new N123.50k pump price of fuel and tasked the federal government to settle for no more than N90 per litre. This is even as the party…
Coronavirus: Buhari’s daughter steps out of isolation after 14 days
One of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari has stepped out of isolation after spending 14 days to prevent spread of coronavirus. Buhari’s daughter, who returned from the UK went into isolation immediately in line with…
Those behind Abba Kyari’s death rumour are heartless – Fani-Kayode
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed out at those peddling rumour that Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari was dead. Reports on social media suggested that Kyari, who is currently being treated for…
Sanwo-Olu, family test negative for Coronavirus
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his wife, Ibijoke and other members of his immediate family have tested negative for Coronavirus. There have been fears that Sanwo-Olu needed to…
Does a woman really mean yes, when she says ‘no’?
IT was late M.K.O Abiola who once said, ‘Whenever a woman says ‘no’ she says maybe she mean ‘ yes’. Funmi and Bode enjoyed a blissful relationship. They were seen and known as a couple in…
Tinubu: A penchant for producing leaders
Femi Salako extols the virtues of All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who clocked 68 on Thursday. The political space of Nigeria has over the…
COVID-19: China won third world war without firing missile, says Moses Inwang
Moses Inwang, a Nigerian film producer, has given his takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic, saying China won the third world war without firing a missile. The 42-year-old, who is also a screenwriter, took…
Lagos Assembly crisis: suspended members resume
Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Midashiru Obasa has lifted the indefinite suspension on two lawmakers, Lanre Oshun (Mainland) and Raheem Adewale (Ibeju-Lekki). However, the removal of…
I’m like mother of gays… I’ve nothing against people’s sexuality – Toke Makinwa
Toke Makinwa, media personality, has likened herself to the “mother of gays”, adding that she has nothing against the sexuality of people around her. The 35-year-old actress-cum-author disclosed…
Uproar over Amokachi’s rating of Mikel
Former Nigerian internationals are divided over the choice of John Mikel Obi as the greatest Nigerian player ever and varied opinions cut across all divides writes MORAKINYO ABODUNRIN with additional…
CDD FACT CHECK: Can camel urine, lime cure coronavirus?
CLAIM: A post on Facebook on Tuesday, March 30, 2020, suggests that a blend of camel urine and lime can cure the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The post which was published in Hausa said…
Coronavirus suspect dies in Omole, Lagos
Residents of Omole Estate, Phase II, Lagos are now in perpetual fear following the death of a patient suspected to have died of Coronavirus. Report said the patient who was down with Coronavirus symptoms…