Thousands of demonstrators marched on the New Zealand parliament to protest against Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday, prompting a major police deployment at the Wellington building known as the Beehive.About 3,000 people, most not wearing masks, made...

 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says G20 countries have received 15 times more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita than countries in sub-Saharan Africa.UNICEF disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, where it quoted a new analysis con...

 The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 1,149 cases of COVID-19 in sixteen states across the country.The health agency made the revelation on Thursday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page.In the latest development, L...

 President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Nigeria for the United Kingdom for a medical check-up, on Tuesday.Femi Adesina, the Presidential Spokesman, made this known in a statement on Monday night.According to Adesina, “President Muhammadu ...

 Nigeria on Saturday recorded One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Three (1883) new cases of COVID-19.This was announced on the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Twitter page on Saturday night.It confirmed that Nigeria now has 130,557 case...

 The Lagos state government has scheduled the second term of the 2020/2021 academic session to run for 61 days for public and private schools in the state.Recall that the Lagos State Government earlier confirmed that all public and private schools ...

 As the University of Lagos (UNILAG) prepares to resume academic activities, the management of the institution has denied asking students to pay N50,000 for online classes.The university management had recently announced Monday, January 25, 2021, a...

 The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Cross River State Branch has blamed the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria on inadequate Isolation/treatment centers across the country.The Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, Cross ...

 The FCT Administration has directed all schools in Abuja to resume on Monday January 18.Leramoh Abdulrazaq, Acting Secretary and Director, Administration and Finance, made the announcement on Friday.Abdulrazaq issued the directive at a stakeholder...

 PUBLIC NOTICE This is to notify the general public that CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY will resume academic activities on the 18th of January, 2021.The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Greg Nwakoby has directed that all students from all campuses be ...

 The United States, US, President-Elect, Joe Biden has promised to ensure the provision of COVID-19 vaccines.Biden said his administration would “move Heaven and earth” to allow more people to get vaccinated.In a tweet, the President-Elect promised...

 Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 749 new coronavirus infections in the country.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in a tweet via its Twitter account, said the new infections were recorded in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....

 Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has gone into self-isolation after one of his close aides tested positive for Coronavirus on Thursday.The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday...

 Public and private schools in Kwara State are to resume academic activities on Monday, October 5, 2020.A statement by the state Commissioner for Communications, Afolabi Oshatimehin, announced in Ilorin, on Wednesday.Tertiary institutions are, howe...

 The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned against another COVID-19 explosion in the country, following deliberate refusal by some states to carry out adequate testing.NCDC’s Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, stated this while...

 The Ebonyi State Government has announced that it will re-open schools in the state on Oct. 5, 2020, with the exception of kindergarten and crèches.The Commissioner for Education, Onyebuchi Chima, announced the plan on Thursday while briefing news...

 Before 2020’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) was finally allowed to commence on August 17, it was postponed twice.The annual exam, usually conducted between May and June, was first postponed when Nigeria shut down scho...

 The Government of Ogun State has finally reopened schools, five months after they were shut down to prevent community transmission of coronavirus.The state government said schools should reopen on September 21 for the first term of 2020/2021 sessi...

 A Russian delegation has delivered samples of Sputnik V, the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.Last month, Russia became the first country to approve a vaccine for the virus that has infected ov...