As the debate continues on re-opening of schools in Nigeria, amid a spike in COVID-19 infections across the country, unions in the nation’s education sector have given conditions for... Read more »

UK prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce tomorrow a reduction in the two-metre social distancing rule. Labour has said that “under certain circumstances” they would support moving... Read more »

The drug, dexamethasone, reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen. Scientists in the UK have discovered a cheap... Read more »

In a week the nation recorded its highest daily COVID-19 confirmed new cases of 681, the Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said... Read more »

The Nigeria Governors Forum has agreed to declare a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence against women and children. They also renewed commitment to ensuring that offenders... Read more »

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat turned the world’s attention to the immune system, the body’s defence mechanism against disease-causing bacteria, viruses and other organisms that we touch, ingest and... Read more »

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has discharged all of its coronavirus patients, as the nation reported only three new cases and no new deaths.... Read more »

By May 4, there will be a phased and gradual easing of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states, as announced... Read more »

The city of Miami in the US has allegedly gone a month and a half without a homicide, the absolute first time that has occurred since 1957. As indicated... Read more »