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The United Kingdom government is to evacuate more nationals from Lagos tomorrow and next Tuesday.The batch follows this Tuesday’s evacuation of 185 Britons from Nigeria via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The British High Commission disclosed that no fewer than 1,100 nationals had been repatriated since the international gateways were closed due to […]

Unnamed workers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) who may compromise the forensic audit of the commission have been placed on mandatory leave pending the conclusion and outcome of the exercise. NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement yesterday, hinged the move on the advice of the lead consultant on the forensic […]

Even as his country leads the world with over 1,012,535 confirmed Coronavirus cases as well as 58,303 deaths, United States President Donald Trump has promised to send some unspecified numbers of ventilators to support Nigeria in the fight to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.   President Trump made the pledge to […]

From all indications, there appears to be no love lost between Imo State Governor Hope Odidika Uzodinma, a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, guber candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 governorship election, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, and Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu. While Okorocha replaces Uzodinma in the senate (Imo West […]

The arthritis drug tocilizumab has shown early promise in preventing extreme inflammation in gravely ill COVID-19 patients, according to a French clinical study. The treatment, which suppresses the body’s natural immune response, was found to reduce “significantly” the number of deaths or life support interventions compared with a control group of patients.   The study, […]

Nigerian Government has declared Friday, May 1, as public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day Celebration. Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, who declared the holiday in a statement, commended Nigerian workers for their resilience, patience and understanding, particularly in their support of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration’s efforts at stemming the spread of COVID-19 […]

With the coronavirus ravaging the earth, doctors now warn that anxiety symptoms can often be very similar to that of the virus. According to Dr. Sarah Jarvis, clinical director of “Patient Access”; “Some of the symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks – feeling short of breath, palpitations and dizziness – are sometimes also seen in […]

The Rivers State Government through the Ministry of Social Welfare has profiled and evacuated 150 vagrants to Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, some states in the north and Niger Republic.   The state Commissioner for Social Welfare, Mrs. Inime Aguma, Tuesday led other officials of the ministry to profile all the vagrants before they were evacuated to […]

The Chairperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that the woman who was offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, has been rescued. She said the victim, Busari Peace, was with the Nigerian Mission in Beirut, Lebanon.   Jerro had advertised the victim with her Nigerian passport […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the country’s capital city Abuja by a week. “The lockdown in the FCT, Lagos & Ogun States shall subsist remain in place until these new ones come into effect on Saturday, 2nd May 2020 at 9 am,” Buhari said in his national […]

To curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced new nationwide measures, including dusk-to-dawn curfew and mandatory use of masks in public, from May 4.    In his third national broadcast on the COVID-19 pandemic, President Buhari said “There will be an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am. […]