THIS DAY The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have rejected the plan by the federal government to invite Chinese doctors to assist in tackling the COVID-19 scourge in the country. This development is…
THE GUARDIAN Telecommunications operators globally have denied any link between the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving 5G technology. The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) yesterday advised the citizenry to disregard the news making the rounds that the…
THE NATION THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed eight Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases last night. Of the eight new cases, five are in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and one in Kaduna State, bringing the…
THIS DAY With over 60 percent regression in the price of crude oil per barrel between January and March, the Nigerian economy has started experiencing major shocks similar to what it went through between 2016 and 2017. Consequently, this has…
THE GUARDIAN Since plastic is non-biodegradable, recycling it is a part of global efforts to reduce plastic in the waste stream, especially as it has been estimated that approximate eight million metric tons of waste plastic enter the ocean every…
PUNCH NEWSPAPER Five new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Three of the cases were recorded in Bauchi State and two in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. “As at 10:10 pm…
THIS DAY These are not the best of times for Nigeria. Indeed, it is the worst of times. We live in what Charles Dickens defined as “an epoch of incredulity, a season of darkness and a winter of despair.” A…
NIGER DELTA NEWS FEED Residents along Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa have reported sighting dead fishes littering the shoreline. Some of the residents who spoke on the development said the occurrence was noticed since March 15…
PUNCH Editorial NIGERIA’S moribund refineries have purportedly gulped $396.33 million in the professed efforts by successive governments to fix them for optimal production. But vacuity in the desired result has provoked an inquest in the House of Representatives. Despite being…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa WE have gone just a quarter into 2020. Yet we have lost at least 43,000 souls to a tiny virus that has become an unseen and unwelcome guest which forces itself on us. Some 900,000 humans…
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