Omicron: Nigeria, South Africa should issue reciprocal travel restrictions on UK, others —Moghalu

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has said African countries including Nigeria and South Africa should issue reciprocal travel restrictions on the United Kingdom,…

Omicron: Hours After Adding Nigeria To Red List, UK Announces Plan To Suspend Processing Of Visitor Visa Applications

The British High Commission has said it will pause making decisions on visitor visa applications from all red list countries including Nigeria. The commission announced the decision in a statement…

FG faults British travel ban, alleges most infected travellers from UK

The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and…

Don’t award doctorate like chieftaincy titles, Wike cautions varsities

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has cautioned state varsities to stop indiscriminate conferment of doctoral degrees on all manner of questionable candidates and people of material influence. He stated…

4 side effects of being a virgin for too long, according to research

Many choose to be virgins until marriage or until some goal is achieved but little do they know there may be some side effects to this decision.  So here are…

Prepare for likely spread of Omicron, WHO warns countries

The World Health Organisation, on Friday, urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant as scientists continue to study it. Speaking…

Omicron: FG reviews international travel protocol

The Federal Government has reviewed the international travel protocol to reduce the risk of importing and exporting the Omicron variant. In a statement on Friday by the Chairman, Presidential Steering…

South Korea Confirms Omicron Variant, Records 5,000 COVID-19 Infections In One Day

The health authorities in South Korea has announced the presence of Omicron, the new variant of Coronavirus in the country. It announced on Wednesday that more than 5,000 new Coronavirus…

British Armed Forces To Recruit HIV-positive Persons Into Troops

Britain’s armed forces are to recruit HIV-positive troops for the first time in their history, a report by Daily Mail said on Wednesday. Announced to coincide with World Aids Day,…

World AIDS Day: AIDS killed 460,000 people in Africa in 2020 — WHO

On this year’s World  AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation,  WHO  has disclosed that a total of 460 000 people were killed by AIDS, meaning that a shocking 1,300 people…