Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson sees parallels between how coronavirus and HIV/AIDS have been handled. Johnson specifically called out how much “bad information” exists regarding coronavirus, according to ESPN. Johnson, 60, urged others to try and be educated on Read more…
The Anambra State Government has ordered the closure of private and public motor parks in the state. This followed the announcement of the state’s COVID-19 index case on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Our correspondent learnt that Read more…
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Friday named a member of the External Advisory Group constituted by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. The group of prominent individuals from around the world are Read more…
Today I met with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria on the disturbing allegation of ill treatment of Nigerian citizens in China. I showed him the video clip that had made the rounds. He promised to look into it and get Read more…
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has relocated to the north-east to join soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents, according to the army. In 2015, following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, the military command centre was relocated to Maiduguri in Borno state, Read more…
The Nigerian Government appears to have ignored leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria in its latest pardon of prisoners in the country. On Thursday, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said government was freeing 2,600 inmates in various prisons in Read more…
Coronavirus turned 2020 from a very exciting and hopeful year, to one of staying at home and adhering to the sedentary life of a lockdown all over the world. In Nigeria, as most people continue to work from home and Read more…
