The CEO of CHINI Africa, Nnamdi Ndu, has said that creativity is the only hope to restore, livelihoods, businesses and economies. Speaking at this year’s Pitcher Awards to recognise creative excellence in marketing communications across Africa, Ndu said that despite current challenges that threatened the hosting of the awards, “As a company that champions creativity,…
We are at an absolutely crucial moment on the discussion of reopening schools. This shebang would put to test our clear understanding and assessment of the issues that may likely be after such (reopening) action. COVID-19 changed the course of our country since its arrival four months ago; the government speedy intervention by enforcing lockdown…
‘World risks over 1m extra AIDS, TB, malaria deaths’A new report has revealed that the coronavirus pandemic and decline in donor funding for Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are derailing progress towards ending AIDS by 2030. According to the report published yesterday by the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), missed…
Warn govts against reduced funding for HIV By Joseph Erunke THE Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS, has raised the alarm that the disruptions in HIV treatment following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic could cause more than 500,000 additional HIV related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in the next one year. The organisation’s…
By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria is currently the second most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and 50th in the world after South Africa which is the most affected in Africa, and 16th in the world according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Centre. On the 5th of July 2020, 544…
.Warns against complacency as case fatality reduces to 2.2 per cent.Urges Nigerians not to repeat the mistakes of 1918.Issues guidelines for elections.Charges VIPs on obedience to protocols.WAEC to good exams between Aug. 4 and Sept. 5 By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has advised Nigerians against repeating the mistakes of 1918 when people let down their…
Chinese authorities on Monday detained a law professor who published essays criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of ruling “tyrannically”, according to friends of the man. Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government in China’s heavily censored academia, was taken from his home in suburban Beijing by more…
Saudi Arabia, on Monday, said workers would ensure there is no overcrowding or gathering during the 2020 pilgrimage, adding that pilgrims must wear face masks at all times. The kingdom has drastically curtailed the pilgrimage amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that only the few thousands who reside in the country could perform the Hajj, scheduled…
A woman wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands in front of a graffiti painted on Lviv emergency hospital wall, to thanks the medical staff and healthcare fighting against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on June 30, 2020. Genya SAVILOV / AFP. “What I miss most is the smell of my son when I kiss…
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipments (PPE) treats a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit of Lviv emergency hospital on June 30, 2020. – The World Health Organisation listed Ukraine among two dozen countries in Europe that had seen resurgences of the coronavirus for the first time in months. Genya SAVILOV / AFP. Wearing…
