GOVERNOR WIKE DECLARES THAT TOTAL LOCKDOWN ON PORT HARCOURT AND OBIO /AKPOR LGAS WILL NOW RESUME ON SUNDAY 17th MAY, 2020

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas will resume from 8.00 p.m. Sunday 17th May 2020 until…

Enugu, Ebonyi Record New Covid-19 Cases

Enugu and Ebonyi continue to be the two states to watch in the South East region as both again recorded single cases of Covid-19, according to the latest report from…

Delta State Records New COVID-19 Death

The death involved a patient who was reported to have been infected in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The State Ministry of Information confirmed that the patient…

Gunmen Kidnap Kaduna APC Deputy Chairman, Daughter

The politician and his daughter were said to have been kidnapped by armed men on Wednesday in the Zaria area of the state. APC Chairman in Kaduna State, Retired Air…

Dortmund braced for ‘most unusual derby in history’ as Bundesliga returns

Borussia Dortmund’s young stars Erling Braut Haaland and Jadon Sancho will be hunting more goals on Saturday in “the most unusual derby in history” against Schalke as the German Bundesliga…

‘A lot of regrets’ – tennis star Osaka says shyness is holding her back

Los Angeles (AFP) – Former world number one Naomi Osaka has admitted having “a lot of regrets” and said she’s soul-searching during the coronavirus lockdown for ways to become more…

Worry, as FG spends N679m daily on feeding schoolchildren during lockdown

Insistence by the Federal Government to continue its homegrown school feeding programme, even when schools in the country are currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, may not only…

RIVERS STATE INAUGURATES A NEW PDP CHAIRMAN

Ambassador Desmond has been inaugurated as the new PDP chairman of Rivers State. The new Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Executive Council has been inaugurated in Port Harcourt. Speaker…

Australian media group wants tech giants to pay $400m a year

A leading publisher called Thursday for Google and other tech giants to pay Australian news outlets some A$600 million (US$400m) a year under a mandatory code of conduct ordered by…

Harvard and MIT researchers are developing a face mask that lights up when it detects the coronavirus

For the last six years, bioengineers at MIT and Harvard have been developing sensors that can detect viruses like Zika and Ebola. Pandemics were top of mind for Jim Collins years before…