COVID-19

Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has tested negative for COVID-19 after being treated for the disease. The minister made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, advising the public to comply with all COVID-19…

...Gov. directs civil servants from Grade Level 14 below to work from home Following the second wave of COVID-19 in Nigeria and increase in number of coronavirus cases in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has banned carnivals,…

A former President of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya, has died, in Paris, France, of COVID-19 at the age of 71, several close relatives said, on Friday. “President Pierre Buyoya died last night in Paris. He had Covid-19,” a member of his family…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year as a result of the vicissitudes of problems, saying the country appears on auto pilot. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of…

Razaq Bamidele The Kwara State Government, last Sunday, cautioned residents of the state against continuous violations of COVID-19 safety protocols, warning that infection rate could spike beyond control unless the rules are respected.…

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the umbrella body of all editors in Nigeria, will hold this year’s edition of its annual flagship conference, the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC), on Thursday, November 26, 2020. ANEC is…

Pfizer and BioNTech say the first vaccine they have developed against COVID-19 can prevent more than 90 percent of people from getting infected. According to the BBC, the vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no…

Last week will go down as one of the most challenging weeks, if not the most challenging, Nigeria has faced in 2020. What started out weeks before as very well-organised peaceful protests by young Nigerians campaigning to #EndSARS, was…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is under self-quarantine after a guest at a charity dinner he attended on October 24 tested positive for COVID-19, according to local media reports, on Wednesday. READ ALSO:…

By Rose Moses On October 22, 2020--the year of Covid-19 and good governance protests--the Nigerian speaking space gained additional vocab. “Speechless speech” enriched our blossoming political lexicon two clear days after the alleged…