Raymond Ozoji, Awka The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra state has officially debunked the news that COVID-19 drug was discovered in the institution. Although the management admitted that a team of researchers from the university have embarked on the process of drug development for the novel Covid-19, it maintained its position that no drug has been developed yet, ...

A health worker collecting sample test kits from a nurse during a community COVID-19 testing campaign in Lagos. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Obinna Onwujekwe, University of Nigeria; Charles Orjiakor, University of Nigeria, and Prince Agwu –, University of Nigeria Since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in Nigeria in 2015, anti-corruption has been at the heart of ...

Coronavirus test kits used in Tanzania were dismissed as faulty by President John Magufuli on Sunday, because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. Magufuli, whose government has already drawn criticism for being secretive about the coronavirus outbreak and has previously asked Tanzanians to pray the coronavirus away, said the kits ...

By Casmir Igbokwe The nationwide curfew declared by the Federal Government of Nigeria will take effect from Monday, May 4, 2020. This is in addition to lockdowns already imposed in some parts of the country and across the world. Coronavirus disease is the cause of these restrictions. But at the end of the pandemic, our leaders may discover that they have ...

Novel coronavirus deaths in the United States climbed by 1,450 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Sunday, bringing the total number of fatalities to more than 67,600. The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.15 million cases in the country as of 8:30 pm Sunday (0030 GMT Monday), with 67,674 deaths. The United States ...

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse his decision on the easing of  COVID-19 lockdown,  which takes effect today (Monday). The NUAHP made the call in a statement signed by its National President, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, and its General Secretary, Martin Egbanubi. As health workers advised the President, members of the Presidential ...

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, over the weekend made donations worth millions of naira in cash and items to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, to help them, as an isolation centre, to strengthen their ability to combat the COVID-19 pandemic raging through the globe. Presenting the ...

By Joe Anatune The flair for developing creative messages that translate marketing communications briefs into creative communication solutions that influence human behaviour remains a big challenge to advertising professionals. I have experienced many professionals struggle, muddle through and in the process cause much industry advertising spends go down the drain. More often than not, the brief gives you the logic ...

On the occasion of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has congratulated all journalists in the country and across the world, especially those in the frontline covering the Covid-19 pandemic. The Guild urges media owners to provide special protective equipment for these journalists, in order for them not to be infected.  The NGE stated ...

…Markets to open for three days weekly in alternation …Governor releases numbers for whistleblowers to report erring companies  The five-week lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State and two other states to combat Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will be eased on Monday (tomorrow), but Lagos State Government has asked all its civil servants not to resume for work immediately. ...