ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THESE are times people are burdened. When many, with the future appearing bleak due to partial or full lockdowns, need help to get by. This is when religious leaders should be praying for all, or at…
By Owei Lakemfa Imagine you are in a cruise ship with 681 others and then discover that some of them have contacted a highly infectious virus that has neither cure nor vaccine. Even, if there were a cure, it was not within…
PREMIUM TIMES A Nigerian man who returned to the country from London has allegedly assaulted some health workers who insisted he must observe self-isolation as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus. The man had not yet been tested to confirm…
LEADERSHIP In an effort to support the Federal Government’s feat to whittle down the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria, Dana Air and Air Peace and Arik Air have concluded plans to suspend flight operations. Dana Air on its…
TODAY.NG The Federal Government on Wednesday received a cargo aircraft load of commodities for prevention and testing for coronavirus, from Jack Ma. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdullahi Mashi received the items on behalf of the Nigeria Government…
CHANNELS TV The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of all markets except those selling essential commodities such as foodstuff, water, medical supplies, amongst others. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the announcement on Tuesday during a press briefing,…
CHANNELS TV Two new cases of the coronavirus disease have been confirmed in Nigeria, taking the total number of cases in the country to 44. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Tuesday March 24, 2020. According…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa. In the war against the Coronavirus Covid-19, the television screens show various countries fumigating public places and streets. I have not seen nor heard of a single case of fumigation in our country. I commuted between the Murtala…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa Humanity, despite its giant strides in knowledge, and over the planets, lies prostrate before an almost invisible enemy, the Coronavirus (Covid-19) The nuclear weapons, stealth jets, sophisticated weaponry and armies of the human race are no match for…