Ecuador, a country already facing a crisis from the collapse of oil prices, has seen a “sharp drop” in both exports and imports due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Daniel Legarda said on Thursday. “There is a sharp drop. By the end of the year,...
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Corona virus is a law, yet lawless unto itself. As of yesterday it has claimed 183,424 lives worldwide and 28 Nigerians. One of those lives lost was Malam Abba Kyari’s, Chief of Staff to the President. Malam Abba succumbed to complications after contracting and recovering from Corona Virus a...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could return to governing the country as early as Monday after recovering from the novel coronavirus, according to a media report. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday morning tjat Johnson would be returning to office in London at a critical stage of the...
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Americans to “enjoy the sun” after unveiling a study that supposedly showed that the novel coronavirus dissipates more quickly with sunlight and at higher temperatures. “I hope people enjoy the sun, and if it has an impact that’s great,” Trump said during his daily coronavirus...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the government to gradually lift the lockdown measures due to an improved COVID-19 situation. In a message delivered to the nation, Tebboune congratulated Algerians on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which starts on Friday, saying, “I have issued instructions...
Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health in Australia said that the blood pressure lowering effects of salt substitutes could prevent around 460,000 cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths annually, including 208,000 due to stroke and 175,000 due to heart disease. Cardiovascular disease accounts for roughly 30 per cent of...
…commends him for bringing peace, devt to Ilorin Emirate All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, on his 80th birthday, commending him for his role in engendering peace, stability and development in Ilorin Emirate since his ascension to the...
PUBLIC NOTICE UPDATE ON PALLIATIVE MEASURES TO CUSHION THE EFFECT OF COVID – 19 ON TAXPAYERS – 22nd April 2020 Further to my statement on Monday 6th April 2020, on the palliative measures put in place to cushion the effects of COVID – 19 on Taxpayers and my assurance...
Amid shuttering of social activities especially commercial services, through various lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, FirstBank has proven that as long as its customers require services, the Bank will be waiting right in front of them. As key enablers of the economy, banks are providers of essential services to...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The Police in Lagos have arrested a woman, Mrs Nene Fortune Stephens, for allegedly beating to death her house maid. The housemaid, Miss Joy Okom Adole, 19, from Igede Ukpa Ochodu in Oju local government area of Benue State, was said have been killed for...
By JEROME- MARIO UTOMI Like every new invention which comes with opportunities and challenges, the lock-down directive by the Federal Government occasioned by the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic(COVID-19), has arguably brought to the fore two opposing but important developments in Lagos state. Not all of these developments are however fully recognized by the majority of the...
The cruise ship solely responsible for about 10 per cent of all coronavirus cases and more than a quarter of COVID-19-related deaths in Australia has finally left the country. The ill-fated Ruby Princess, owned by British-American operator Carnival Cruiseline, had been moored at Port Kembla, 100 kilometres south of Sydney, since April 6...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel doubled down on her country’s rejection of joint European Union (EU) debt issuance, or “coronabonds,” in comments to lawmakers in Berlin ahead of an EU leaders’ video summit. She argued that there was no time for such a measure, adding that each EU member state...
The Lagos State Government has started giving free meals to some vulnerable residents of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of the state. The free meal initiative commenced on April 21, at Fish Palace, Araromi in Shogunle ward. The residents came out in their numbers to appreciate the government new palliative...
Whitney Houston is headed back to the big screen in a feature film about the singer’s life that took her to the heights of fame but ended in drug addiction and tragedy. Taking its title from one of Houston’s biggest hits – “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” – the...