Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO, has called on the Federal and State Governments to take necessary measures to halt community transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Mr Isah Ibrahim, its Nutrition Advocacy Advisor, Kaduna State Field Office, made the appeal in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. According to...
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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), says the country needs more women and girls to build careers in the ICT sector for fair representation and socio-economic development. Mrs Hadiza Umar, NITDA Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja to...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI In the London Sunday Times (22 August, 1965), Richard Hughes wrote, Singapore’s economy would collapse if the British bases-costing more than 100 million pounds sterling-were closed. I shared these fears but did not express them; my duty as a leader was to give the people hope, not demoralize...
South Korea’s health authorities said on Thursday that it would prepare medical resources for a possible second wave of the COVID-19 infections this autumn and winter in conjunction with the flu season. Yoon Tae-ho, an officer of disinfection at the Central Disaster Management headquarters, told a news conference that...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the state recorded its first COVID-19 death on Wednesday. Makinde made the death public on his Twitter handle at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. He said that the deceased died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, before his COVID-19 test result...
Eurpean Union (EU) leaders are to convene for a video summit on Thursday in a bid to agree on a shared fiscal response to a recession looming as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, though there is little hope of a breakthrough. The best case scenario would be for...
Brasil’s new health minister Nelson Teich on Wednesday proposed easing restrictions on movement currently in place to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Speaking in capital Brasilia, he said the government intended to present a directive for cities and states within a week. “It is impossible for a country to survive...
U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his new executive order that temporarily suspends immigrant visas. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday evening at the White House, Trump said he took the decision to protect American workers as the country prepares to reopen for business after a shutdown that cost millions their...
Amid wrangling with creditors to reach an agreement on restructuring of some 68 billion dollars in foreign loans, Argentina has failed to pay a key installment. Argentina’s government failed to meet an interest payment on government bonds of around 500 million dollars, the Ministry of Commerce said in Buenos...
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday said human rights “must be front and centre” of the coronavirus crisis response and recovery. In launching a UN policy brief on the matter, Guterres said human rights could highlight who is suffering most. “We have seen how the virus does not discriminate,...
A New Zealand judge, Mary Peters has dismissed a man’s claims that the country’s coronavirus lockdown is keeping him unlawfully detained. In a judgement released on Thursday, Justice Peters said the man and his family were not subject to detention and dismissed the case. The man, who cannot be...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 91 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. In a tweet, on, Wednesday night the NCDC said the 91 new cases were reported from nine states. The states are Lagos (74), Katsina (five) Ogun (four), Edo (two), Delta (two),...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday reported 91 new cases of coronavirus. This was contained in the official daily report of NCDC as showed on it verified Twitter page. By this figure, Nigeria now has a total of 873 confirmed cases in the country....
OLA MODUPE, Lagos Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “the blatant intimidation, harassment and attacks on journalists and media houses by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, and the illegal banning of the Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper, Peter Okutu, from...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has joined family, friends and business associates of Chairman of Globe Motors Holdings (Nigeria) Limited, Chief Willie Anumudu, to mourn his passing. The former Lagos State Governor’s condolence message was contained in a statement sent from his media...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ethiopian Airlines said it has completed the flight and delivery of the second round shipments of life saving medical supplies to fight COVID-19 donated by Jack Ma to all African countries. The airline stated this in a release made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Wednesday. “Ethiopian...