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Former Ecuador President, Rafael Correa, was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption while in office, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Correa, who was president from 2007 to 2017 but now lives in exile in Belgium, where his wife was born, was one of 18 people convicted of bribery, the office […]

The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays to mark the Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Georgina Ehuriah. He urged Christians in the country to emulate the outstanding characteristics of Jesus Christ amongst which are tolerance, […]

President Buhari on Monday ordered the distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service to the 36 states of the federation in a bid to cushion the effect of the coronavirus. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at a briefing in […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the circulation of fake 250mg tablets of chloroquine phosphate. Chloroquine is an oral artemisinin-based monotherapy (oAMTs) used for malaria treatment. In a statement, Mojisola Adeyey, director-general of NAFDAC, said the agency was notified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of […]

The Lagos State Police Command said Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley is now in its custody. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, made this revelation on Monday. The singer, actress Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, were at a party in contravention with the lockdown order of the government as part of […]

The World Health Organization chief angrily slammed recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as “racist” and a hangover from the “colonial mentality”. “Africa cannot and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference, […]

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says more than one million masks are about to be received into the country from China. Addressing reporters on Monday in Abuja, he explained that the masks were being sent by a Chinese construction company, CCECC, as parts of its corporate social responsibility efforts to help Nigeria combat the […]

President Buhari has approved the temporary employment of 774, 000 people who will engage in sweeping of streets, markets and clearing of gutters for a period of three months. The initiative will be funded from the N60bn COVID-19 Intervention Fund and will last from October to December 2020, according to the Minister of Finance, Budget […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital last night with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. It is said to be a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor. The […]

Doctors and medical personnel who are in the front-line of the battle against coronavirus are fast becoming victims of the pandemic. Three doctors have tested positive for the virus – two in Akwa Ibom and one in Edo State – three others are in quarantine, President of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Dr. Sukomba […]

China has sold nearly four billion masks to foreign countries since March, officials said Sunday, as they tried to stem widespread fears over the quality of medical exports. Despite Chinese cases dwindling, Beijing has encouraged factories to increase the production of medical supplies as the pandemic kills over 60,000 globally and parts of the world […]

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has kicked against a plan by the Federal Government to invite an 18-man Chinese team of medical experts including doctors, nurses and those with sundry expertise to assist Nigeria in the fight against COVID-19. President of the association, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, in a statement made available to Channels […]

The federal government says it has not issued any licence for the deployment of 5G technology in the country. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, said any any measure being taken regarding the technology will be based on informed decisions. There have been rumours on the social media that the 5G technology is […]

Members of the House of Representatives are set to consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure that Nigerians get free electricity supply for two months to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Speaker of the House of Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued on Saturday, noted that the proposed Bill will […]

A new study has adduced reasons why people may have to wear face masks whenever they are with others, especially in public places. The researchers state that COVID-19 could be spread through mere breathing and not just by large droplets emitted in a cough or sneeze, hence the need for regular wearing of face masks. […]