Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 276 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country, bringing the total to 8,344. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 26, 16 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. It explained that most of...
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“An elderly man, who blames the younger ones of leading others by bad examples, says so not simply because he desires correction of the mistakes, but regrets that he himself is no longer in a position to cause more of the bad examples.” Evidently, a discerning mind could adduce...
d Olori Janet Afolabi, Queen of Apomuland and Publisher of Scroll Report online magazine, has donated 100 face masks to Government Special School for the Blind, Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti State. The school Principal, Omojala Adewale, received the face masks from Mercy Aderiyi, who volunteered to deliver them. Olori...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Emeka Ozoani, on Tuesday donated food items worth N2 million to cushion effects of COVID-19 lockdown on some lawyers in Lagos. Ozoani said that the palliatives were for distribution to members of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, particularly young lawyers and...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja (with agency reports) – As of May 26, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 116,045. With 229 new cases recorded by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country...
A leading Online Publisher, Femi Soneye, has commended the Federal Government for the stimulus package being initiated to cushion effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian media and the creative industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also received a pat on the back for the expected intervention....
A new book on how Nigeria can avert the looming threat of implosion arising from growing discontent over current political system has been released. The book, which serves as a blueprint for the government and people of Nigeria on the way forward, highlights various political options to steer the...
Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Kwame Nkrumah, has explained why there is bad blood between him and his siblings – Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah and Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah. According to him, his siblings never communicated with him on any decision they intended to take regarding reviving their father’s political...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – With 313 new cases of of the novel coronavirus (COVID) recorded on Sunday, Nigeria now has 7,839 cases of the disease, with of 2,263 discharged and 226 deaths. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), released these figures on its twitter handle Sunday night....
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the Ramadan. In the minister’s Eid-el-Fitr message, contained in a press statement signed by his Special Assistant (Media), Sufuyan Ojeifo, he urged them to take the opportunity provided...
As of May 24, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 107,747. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 3,257 and recoveries 42,924. South Africa has the most reported cases – 21,342, with deaths numbering 407. Other most-affected countries include Egypt (16,513 cases), Morocco (7,406), Algeria (8,113),...