Lockdown: Identify erring hotels for demolition, Wike orders taskforce

(Portharcourt) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has called on the Rivers state COVID-19 task force to identify hotels still operating during the lockdown for the...

Coronavirus pandemic stops NMTA ‘s chairmanship election in kogi

(Lokoja) The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Motorcycle Transport Association,Lokoja Local Governmen branch, has called off its Lokoja Local Government Chairmanship...

TODAY’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT by Prince Emma Omadivi

When you were born, you had the rare privilege of being bathed by an unknown person ( it is possible you may have been told on inquiry). When it’s time to leave...

COVID-19: Prices of pineapple up in South Africa

(JOHANNESBURG) The sale of pineapple in South Africa has gone up by a ten-fold spike, sequel to people tapping the properties of the spiky fruit to prepare a drink with...

Fire outbreak in Ghana kills 50-year-old father, daughter

(Ghana) A fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two, in Ghana, has claimed the lives of a 50-year-old man and his nine years old daughter. Three other children, two...

Fear grips Apapa residents as building faces structural integrity test

(Lagos) Residents of Apapa area of Lagos state are gripped with as a three storey building in the area has been earmarked for structural integrity test which could lead...

COVID-19:Latest figure in Nigeria

(Abuja The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 386 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Nigeria. According to a tweet via its...

Face-off between kogi govt, NCDC: Ehanire, Ihekweazu react

COVID-19 cases hit 4,012 in Ghana

(Ghana) Ghana has recorded 921 more COVID-19 cases, shooting the total number of cases to 4,012, according to the Ghana Health Service. The death toll is still 18.

AVERTING THE ROAD TO VENEZUELA By FEMI ADESINA(copied)

Let’s tell the story of Venezuela, because it bears striking similitude with that of Nigeria. Just like us, Venezuela is rich in oil, very rich. At a time, the...