Nigeria news today headlines : Thursday 14th May 2020
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AbdulRazaq Fires Driver, Queries COVID-19 Team For Unethical Conduct
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, directed the sack of a government driver that unilaterally attended to and evacuated an unkempt person with a COVID-19 ambulance in Ilorin, the state capital. The Number One citizen of the state also directed the issuance of queries to top officials of the state Ministry of Health for …
Journalists: Umahi’s Costly Gaffe
Over four decades of active journalism practice in the media industry where I served in the 80s as executive member of the Dapo Aderinola-led Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), as well as the banking industry where I served as Head of Corporate Affairs and member of the iconic Association of Corporate Affairs …
COVID-19: The Nexus Between Health And Poverty
For too long, the education and health sectors in Nigeria have attracted great criticisms, apathy and intervention funds from global institutions. These two sectors are the most vital sectors of any economy because on these two lie the soul of any economy and the performance of all other sectors depend on a healthy population and …
Education And Economy In The Post COVID-19 Africa
JEROME-MARIO UTOMI This piece stems from two separate but similar opinion articles. The first titled; Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step, No One Will Be Safe Until the Whole World Is Safe by Professor Ngozi Okojo, a former Minister of Finance in Nigeria, and currently, the Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, …
Emperor Wike And The Executive Order
CARL UMEGBORO Rivers State governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has made history. The history is spectacular in the sense that the dramatis persona is not a layman, but chose to act like one. The governor by his actions has become the lawmaker, accuser and the judge by the demolition of citizens’ property merely by Executive bill …
Gombe COVID-19 Protesters: Need To Caution Nigerians
The recent protest by Covid-19 patient in Federal Teaching Hospital and kwadon Isolation Centre in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area all in Gombe state has again underscored the unseriousness with which Nigerians are treating the ravaging and life threatening disease called Covid-19. From the live videos aired in most TV Stations, the protesters complained of …
Serie A Clubs Vote Date To Resume Season
Serie A clubs have voted to resume the season on June 13, pending approval from the Italian government. Sixteen Serie A clubs voted in favour of that date during a league assembly on Wednesday, while the remaining four voted to resume the season the following weekend, on June 20. It comes after confirmation by Italian …
Dele Alli Held At Knifepoint In Robbery At North London Home
Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli was robbed at knifepoint after burglars broke into the north London home he was at in the early hours of Wednesday morning. There were understood to be five people in the house – including the 24-year-old England international – at the time of the robbery, with Alli’s brother, their girlfriends and …
BREAKING: Nigeria Nears 5,000 COVID-19 Cases As NCDC Reports 184 New Infections
The number of persons infected with COVID-19 in Nigeria is now close to the 5,000 mark after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 184 new cases to take the country’s total to 4,971. The NCDC, in its daily update via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Wednesday night reported that Lagos has 51 new …
French COVID-19 Vaccine Likely To Arrive US First
The US will likely get a promising French COVID-19 vaccine before the rest of the world — because it was first to pour millions into the drug’s research, according to a report Wednesday. The pharmaceutical giant Sanofi — which has vowed to rapidly create the vaccine — will send doses to the US before the rest of …
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