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Pope Francis has offered one million euros for a new charity fund targeting people in Rome left in dire straits by the coronavirus economic crisis. The fund, called “Jesus Divine Worker,” will be managed by the Roman branch of Caritas, the Catholic charity, the Diocese of Rome said in a Tuesday statement. As well as […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 663 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. NCDC disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 13,464. According to the health agency, Lagos State recorded the highest number of infections for the day […]

The son of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Adamu Abubakar, has said his father plans to contest the 2023 presidential election. “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an […]

Serena Williams sat down with husband Alexis Ohanian for an interview session on Instagram Live where they discussed the current climate surrounding race relations in the United States. The 23-time Grand Slam champion decided to speak out following the death of African American George Floyd, who died on May 25 after former Minneapolis officer Derek […]

Electricity consumers would pay more for the pre-paid meter as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has increased the price of the asset to N82,855.19 for three-phase and N44.896.16 for single-phase meters, respectively. The development was contained in a memo signed by the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Professor James Momoh, pegging […]

Germany on Monday announced the donation of €26m to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, Punch reports. The German Missions in Nigeria in a statement said the donation was in demonstration of its solidarity and cooperation with Nigeria amid the pandemic. It noted that the funds would provide humanitarian assistance in the North East, especially in Borno, […]

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has hinted that schools may reopen in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted. The minister stated this during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. While restating that the government has not published any date for […]

Odion Ighalo has revealed he was racially abused by a former teammate in China and that he will walk out of the pitch should that happen again. Ighalo recalled that he was abused while he was playing for former club Changchun Yatai. “The guy called me all those kind of names. I got angry and […]

Ramatu Aliyu, minister of state for the federal capital territory (FCT), has called for castration of persons convicted of rape. Aliyu made the call while presenting palliatives to the FCT chapters of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Football Association of Coaches. She said the punishment will serve […]

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 […]

Activists filled public spaces in huge numbers for the second consecutive weekend to commemorate the death of George Floyd and demand an end to systemic racism — staging “die-ins” outside US embassies and even tearing down a statue of a former slave trader in the British town of Bristol. In London, Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, Sydney, Hong Kong […]

The presidency has released the statement below accusing an outlawed separtist group of working to discredit the Nigerian government internationally, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wants an independent country of Biafra, made up of the Igbo-speaking part of Nigeria, largely in the South-eastern part of the country. The group was […]

The Lagos state government has accredited three private hospitals for the management of COVID-19 cases. Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner of health, made this known at a media briefing. He said the accredited hospitals have passed the biosecurity compliance test. A biosecurity test is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission […]

The Federal Government has lamented that even with fatality rate of three percent, COVID-19 related deaths in the country were too high. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this in Abuja during the Presidential Task Force (PFT) on COVID-19 100th day briefing. He said: “Because of the large numbers involved, even the 3 percent […]

There is no fixed date for reopening of schools shut over the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government has declared. It said despite the agitations for reopening of schools, it would continue to monitor situations with a view to preventing a spike in the infection rate. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this in […]

A COVID-19 patient who refused to receive treatment after testing positive for the disease has been arrested at “Oja Oba” market in Akure, capital of Ondo state. According to Wahab Adegbenro, commissioner for health, the patient, a female, tested positive for the virus in Imo state but escaped to Ondo. Adegbenro said after her escape, both Imo […]

With the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic still unraveling, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 42 per cent of employed Nigerians have lost their jobs on account of the disease. The bureau, in a report just published, said the economic shock imposed on Nigerians by the pandemic exceeds whatever they may have experienced […]