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On a good day, Abimbola Adelakun is a compelling read. But writers do have dry days, when the muse fails the quill abysmally. Such must have been the misfortune of the columnist in her April 23 outing. The tragedy was however not her failure to deliver; the real catastrophe was actually the pedestrian intellection unwittingly […]

…Proffers solutions, calls for opening the economy without spreading the virus*The South East South South Network (SESSNet) has expressed concern over the lack of coordination between the governors of the South-East and South-South region in tackling the coronavirus pandemic in the region and the consequent lockdown measures. The Group said the lockdown measures was not […]

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st,2020, showing double-digit improvement across all its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver an impressive 8.5 percent […]

Member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as the coordinator of the sub-regions’ response to the coronavirus. “ECOWAS leaders at an extraordinary summit held by video conference have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as Champion that will coordinate the COVID-19 response in the sub-region,” Nigeria’s presidential spokesman […]

As Muslims all over the world begin Ramadan today, President Muhammadu Buhari; the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad III, have urged Muslims to keep observing social distancing in order not to aid the spread of COVID-19. Buhari, who noted that the disease had spread […]

The Lebanese who advertised a Nigerian woman for sale on Facebook, identified as Wael Jerro, has been arrested. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, stated this on her Twitter handle yesterday.   She noted that the suspect, who was arrested by the Lebanese government, would be prosecuted. “The Lebanese Government just announced […]

More than 40 health workers have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. This was disclosed by Health Minister Osagie Ehanire at a press briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja; as Nigeria’s coronavirus cases increased to 981 on Thursday with a single-day discovery of 108 new cases confirmed by […]

There is hope for a cure for the deadly coronavirus as the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany, in separate studies, yesterday announced the commencement of human trials of potential vaccines against the novel Covid-19. The German regulatory body, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), yesterday gave the green light for human trials of the vaccine. According to a report […]

An independent report by the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets (MANTRA) yesterday disclosed that N23.7 billion of the recovered $322.5 million Abacha loot had been disbursed to better the poorest households in the country.   According to the document, 703,506 vulnerable homes of the enrolled 834,948 figure on the National […]