Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria needs to address the matter of restructuring now. He said failure to do this might lead to grave consequences. Obasanjo spoke in Lagos on Saturday at the first memorial lecture of the founder of Oodua People’s Congress, Dr Fredrick Fasehun. Obasanjo lamented the increasing rate of insecurity in the country, saying Boko Haram ...

•Lagos tracks 120 other passengers on Turkish Airlines flight with patient •28 workers quarantined in Lafarge’s Ogun factory Following the detection of the first case of novel Coronavirus disease in Nigeria, and the placing in quarantine of the patient, identified as a 44-year-old Italian, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos (formerly, Infectious Diseases Hospital), a health worker at the hospital ...

Italy based Nigerian footballer, King Paul Akpan Udoh, has become the first footballer to be infected with coronavirus. King Paul currently plies his trade with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. The Pianese forward was diagnosed of the disease on February 27, and he has been quarantined. The 22-year-old started his career with Reggiana before moving to Juventus in 2011, ...

The Senate on Friday urged the Federal Government to place a temporary ban on Ethiopian airline flights to curb further spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) to Nigeria. The call, according to the Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, became necessary because the airline operates flights between China and Nigeria for up to 35 times every ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has cautioned participants in the 12th edition of the Nigeria Police Sports Festival holding in Anambra state, to shun all forms of enhancing performance drugs but use their God-given potentials to win medals and laurels in the games. State commander of the agency in Anambra, Mr. Mohammed Idris, gave the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party may have abandoned plans to seek a review  of  the Supreme Court judgment  dismissing  its case against the election of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The PDP and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar challenged the Independent  National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Buhari of the All Progressives Congress  as the winner of the 2019 presidential ...

Joe C. Anatune The setting was in Awa in Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, four years ago. The event was the final Ofala of HRH Igwe Charles Chukwunwike Mbadugha who the entire Awa community and her friends were paying their final homage for the uncommon transformations he ignited in the once rustic community for the 39 years he ...

The Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has berated the Senate for saying there are no thermal scanners at the airports. Ogunlesi said this in a series of tweets on Thursday. He said the lawmakers should have reached out to the Federal Ministry of Health or the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to find out the efforts ...

A British man has died from coronavirus on the Diamond Princess which was hit by an outbreak of the disease. The latest death brings the total number of passengers who have died on the cruise ship to six. Japanese news agencies made the announcement following a statement from their ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at around 1pm UK time. On ...

…Health Workers On The Trail Of Victim’s Contacts …Gov: How Lagos Govt Diagnosed Patient Lagos State Government has raised its level of response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) incident, following a reported case of a patient diagnosed with the infectious viral disease in the State in the early hours of Friday. This is coming, just as the Chief Incident Commander and the ...