Pandemic Used As ‘Pretext’ To Crush Dissent —UN Chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday criticised countries that are using the pandemic to justify cracking down on dissent, reining in the media and suppressing criticism. Speaking at the opening…
COVID-19: No Guarantee Current Lockdown Will Be The Last, Minister Admits
Foreign Office minister James Cleverly says it is impossible to give people “100% certainty” as “viruses don’t work like that”. The government cannot guarantee that the current coronavirus lockdown in…
NAFDAC Approves Astrazeneca COVID Vaccine For Use In Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria. Mojisola Adeyeye, the director-general of NAFDAC, disclosed this during a…
Arsenal Investigate Aubameyang Over Possible Covid-19 Rules Breach
Arsenal will remind captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of his responsibilities after a video emerged of the forward getting a tattoo, which could be a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Tattoo artist Alejandro…
WTO: APC congratulates Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Stephen Godonu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). It said the confirmation of the…
Valentine: Sex Toys, Cakes Top Purchase Charts
Barely 24 hours to the St. Valentine’s Day, an increase in the purchase of adult-themed toys, lingerie (women’s underwear), cakes and wigs have been recorded, a survey by the News…
How Ex-Lagos Governor LK Jakande Died, By Sons
Second Republic Lagos State Governor Lateef Kayode Jakande passed on peacefully on Thursday. He was never ill, his children and family members who relived his last moment said. Jakande, first…
101-Year-Old Woman Survives COVID In Osun
Victor Adetiloye, the chief medical director of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), says a 101-year-old woman survived COVID-19 after receiving treatment at the facility. In a statement issued…
How My Father Died-Jakande Son
Statesmen, politicians, monarchs, top government officials and other eminent Nigerians have paid tributes to the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on Thursday. The…
I Was Scared Of Dying – Edwin Clark Narrates COVID-19 Experience
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has disclosed that he, alongside nine of his family members tested positive for COVID-19. Clark made this known while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in…
