The National Youth Service Corps has embarked on measures that would enable safe and efficient conduct of its operations after lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC said the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Orientation Course was suspended one week into the exercise as a proactive measure to avert the […]
An official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that transmission of Coronavirus by an asymptomatic patient is now very rare. Dr.Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, disclosed this during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. Preliminary evidence […]
Five persons have been killed while others were injured in a fatal accident that occurred along Upper Iweka Road in Onitsha, Anambra state yesterday June 9. The corpses of the victims have been deposited in the morgue while the injured have been taken to the hospital. more The cause of the accident as at the […]
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has died at the age of 55 after suffering a heart attack. The Burundian Government confirmed the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza in a statement published on its official twitter page. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, […]
2016 US Presidential candidate and former First lady, Hilary Clinton, has questioned why people still support US President Donald Trump despite his behavior since becoming president four years ago. According to Clinton it’s a mystery to her ‘why anybody with a beating heart and a working mind still supports him’ In an interview with the Los […]
Popular socialite, Cubana Chief Priest has reacted to the recent social media campaign which has seen many people including the rich and famous being called out for rape. In his Instagram post, the club manager stated that rape victims who wait for a rapist to get rich or famous before speaking out are gold digging. He […]
Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo has vowed to leave the pitch if he is racially abused again. The Nigerian international who is currently on loan from Shanghai Shenhua, revealed he was called ‘all sorts of names’ by an opposition player during a match in China. The former Watford striker said he reported the incident to […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to COVID-19 patients and other emergencies. The National President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, said this […]
There are strong indications that a major crisis is looming in Nigeria’s battle against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are rising compared to bed-spaces available for patients that are being treated for the disease. On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them active and 3,826 patients discharged. But the […]
A 26-year-old man, Patrick Onoja Igah, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl inside the 7th wonder church premises in Owukpa area of Benue state over the weekend. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Anene Sewuese Catherine, who confirmed that, the suspect lured the victim who was out to buy something for her parents, […]