The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged the sum of US$500m to support global efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced in a press statement on…
It was some years ago when my organisation was hiring new staff. Part of the recruitment process was a writing exercise to test the applicant’s ability to spot some basic…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported the 13th death and 35 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The 35 new cases recorded yeaterday bring…
Menegian Saro-Wiwa, a son of the late Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of COVID-19 at a London hospital. Menegian, who was 50 at the time of his death, was…
The government did not extend the lockdown by two weeks to punish us. But the unintended consequence of the extension for a poor country such as ours will be just…
The government of Kano has announced its first death from the coved-19 pandemic. The state in a matter of five days has seen the number of cases climb from one…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 34 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of cases to 407. It also reported that 12 people have now…
The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, has said that the church has made available the pastoral centre in Yola to Adamawa State government in support of…
Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has said that the world needs World Health Organisation (WHO) now than ever and that starving the organisation of funds at this time is dangerous. Gates,…
Delete, delete, delete. That’s what I have found myself doing a lot of lately, since coronavirus started being linked to 5G technology. The preponderance of fake and often preposterous suggestions…