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Yearly Archives: 2020

Christians Mark Easter Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

Billions of Christians worldwide, are commemorating Easter today, despite the catastrophic impact of coronavirus. Following the exponential spread of the virus, codenamed COVID-19, World Health...

FG, states, LGs record N413.3bn allocation shortfall

The three tiers of government suffered a shortfall of N413.3bn in allocation from the federation account within a two-month period covering January and February...

Hockey star, Colby Cave is dead

Popular Canadian Ice Hockey star, Colby Cave has died. Cave died at the age of 25 after suffering a brain complication, his family confirmed. The family...

COVID-19 lockdown: Buhari’s Minister, Farouk under fire over alleged delay in payment of NPower stipends

Beneficiaries of one of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Social Investment programmes, NSIP, N-Power, have lamented the delay in payment of their stipends since...

COVID-19: European Commission reveals when vaccine for Coronavirus could be ready

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen has said that a vaccine against Coronavirus (COVID-19) could be ready by the end of this year. She...

New COVID-19 cases doubles to 99 in China as imported infections jump to record

Mainland China reported 99 new coronavirus infections on April 11, more than doubling from the previous day to reach a one-month high, as the...

Qatar to pay private sector salaries as virus cripples business

Qatar will temporarily pay some private sector salaries as policies meant to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus keep most businesses shuttered. Privately owned...

COVID-19: Ebonyi gov’t threatens to shut markets over lockdown non-compliance

The Ebonyi Government has warned that it would close markets in the state over non-compliance with the state’s lockdown order. Gov. David Umahi said this...

Coronavirus: Doctors, nurses demand life insurance as cases hit 318

In the light of the increasing spread and casualties arising from the coronavirus disease, the Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors...

Defy lockdown, harvest corpses like US, Europe, APC Govs Forum warns Nigerians

Director–General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has warned that Nigeria would record worst casualties than America and Europe if the...

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