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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has charged Nigeria and other African nations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to seek debt forgiveness from their creditors. In a statement entitled, “What Africa must do to mitigate the damaging effects of coronavirus”, the ...

 The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) yesterday said it had killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists while conducting Operation Yanchin Tapki at Tumbums in Lake Chad region. The raids, which were supported by Air Task Force (ATF), resulted in the bombardment ...

Allegations of monumental fraud perpetrated at Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), has drawn the ire of the leadership of the National Assembly. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made ...

No fewer than 585 American and Canadian citizens were airlifted from Lagos and Abuja. The evacuation was in response to requests by the nationals, who felt insecure staying in Nigeria despite the comparatively low prevalence of the coronavirus spread and ...

The Africa Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) has condemned the statement credited to French scientists that the COVID-19 vaccine should be test-run on Africans. It warned against remarks that could cause more harm to Africans during this trying ...

Medical experts and residents of Calabar in Cross River State have raised the alarm over the one million facemasks being distributed by the state government from its garment factory. The masks, meant to protect the people from the deadly coronavirus ...

Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom State Governor on Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Committee, Sampson Idiong, has donated bags of rice, hand sanitisers and cartons of Indomie to the people of Oruk Anam Local Council to assist them during the stay-at-home period. ...

Youth leaders of Ethic Nationalities in the Niger Delta, has condemned the donation of N1.045 billion by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to oil producing states to combat the spread of COVID-19. Irked by this, the group has urged the ...

Members of Anglican and Catholic and Anglican churches in Anambra State are deserting their worship places ahead of the Easter period due to the ravaging threat of Coronavirus otherwise called Covid-19. The churches shut their doors to their members last ...

The Borno State COVID-19 response team has directed the Army to screen and test drivers at three entry points into Maiduguri metropolis namely: Njimtilo, Muna and Dalori camp. Governor Babagana Zulum had ordered closure of the entry points to prevent ...