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COVID-19: Trump says airline rescue plan coming soon
US President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration would present a plan this weekend to save the flagging airline industry, which is facing vastly reduced business as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As is his style, the US president did not offer many details about the package during his daily coronavirus taskforce press briefing.
91 recovered patients test positive for COVID-19 again – KCDC
More than 90 people who fully recovered from the novel coronavirus have tested positive for COVID-19 again, health authorities Seoul said on Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a total of 91 people had tested positive for the new coronavirus after they were released from quarantine. KCDC Director-General Jeong Eun-kyeong said
The Beatles’ legend lives on, 50 years after break-up
When The Beatles went their separate ways in the early 1970s, few thought that half a century later the pioneering band would still influence pop music culture. But, with Friday marking 50 years since their unofficial break-up, the so-called “Fab Four” are still popular and present, in spirit if not in the flesh. “The Beatles
We should not go back to business as usual after COVID-19
Today, there is an eerie silence across the globe. Bustling cities have gone quiet and highways that were once jammed with bumper to bumper traffic, are empty. In homes, thousands of families are anxiously awaiting a phone call from a hospital about their loved ones. Many have already received the devastating news that their mother,
World Bank predicts sharp fall in Nigeria’s GDP
•Says sub-Saharan Africa heads for recession Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja The World Bank has predicted a sharp fall in Nigeria’s real gross domestic product growth as countries in sub-Saharan Africa head towards recession as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region,
Kwara nurses begin strike over lack of protective wear
Tunde Oyekola Members of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives working at the General Hospital, Ilorin on Thursday downed tools in protest against what they described as poor and risky condition of work. They also complained of non supply of Personal Protective Equipment to safeguard them while treating suspected COVID-19 patients brought to the
Boom, loss for telecom, tech firms as COVID-19 rages
For some technology and telecommunication companies in Nigeria, the coronavirus pandemic is a period to increase their market share but the same cannot be said for others. IFE OGUNFUWA in this piece examines the opportunities and negative impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s telecom sector As the head of digital innovation for an education technology firm
Wike relaxes restrictions on religious gatherings
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Rivers State Government has temporarily relaxed the restrictions on large religious gatherings to enable Christians to carry out their religious obligations during the Easter period. Governor Nyesom Wike said in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the directive also permitted the Muslim community to observe their Jumaat prayers within the period.
FG mourns 13 Nigerians who died of coronavirus in UK, US
Kayode Oyero The Federal Government has released a list of Nigerians who died of coronavirus abroad since the outbreak started some four months ago, The PUNCH reports. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Thursday evening via a video containing the names, pictures and countries of residence of the departed compatriots. In the
We’ve no power to punish UITH professor — NCDC
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control says it will not mete out punishment on Prof. Alakija Salami, a senior consultant in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for alleged unethical conducts. Dr Alihu Adebara, NCDC Team Teader to Kwara, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Thursday, said the NCDC was
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