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The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a corrosive, debilitating, murderous pathogen known as new Corona Virus. The fear of a World War III was fuelled by tensions and differences among key super powers dictating contemporary geo-politics notably: the US, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, South Korea and the entire Middle East. But while relationships with the world’s power axis will always have implications for global peace, security and stability, the biggest and the most urgent threat by far is the outbreak of a new strain of…
A global research and innovation forum led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) was launched on Tuesday to mobilize international action in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The forum co-hosted by the WHO and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A 2-day forum kicked off at 9 a.m. Geneva time (0800 GMT) on Tuesday and is expected to end on Wednesday. The forum gathers roughly 400 participants, both live and online, including leading scientists from virus-related disciplines around the world. Others are representatives of countries with confirmed novel…
ABUJA – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again injected the sum of $210 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to boost liquidity in the sector. Sources at the Bank on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, disclosed that authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market received the sum of $100million, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment received the sum of $55 million. Similarly, customers seeking foreign exchange for Invisibles such as tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, were allocated a total of $55 million. Confirming the figures, the Director, Corporate…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Mayor of Brampton City in Ontario, Canada, His Worship, Mr Patrick Brown, on Tuesday, discussed ways to collaborate using technology. Brown led a delegation to Lagos State House, Ikeja, on a courtesy visit to Sanwo-Olu. The governor said that leveraging technology would facilitate the ease of doing business in the state. Sanwo-Olu said there was no point requesting Nigerians abroad to come back home to invest if the local business environment was not made to support their aspirations. He said the Canadian city shared similar history with Lagos as both cities…
The First Lady Aisha Buhari, has met with her predecessor, Mrs Patience Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and shared experiences on issues relating to women’s development in the country. Mrs Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday on her tweeter handle. The first lady said, their discussion centred on issues affecting the growth and development of women in the country, especially girl-child education, women’s participation in politics at the local level. “Yesterday, I received my predecessor, Her Excellency Dame Patience Jonathan at the State House.“We discussed my efforts with regards to the greater involvement of women in politics and participation of…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said that no vessel had been diverted to the Eastern port 16-days after a joint decision was taken to decongest the ports The General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Mr Adams Jatto made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, what we have now based on the decision reached on the decongestion of the port has to do with diversions within terminals. “We have not had precisely any vessel going to the Eastern port. “Any terminal that is vacant and is…
China’s coronavirus outbreak may peak soon, a prominent Chinese expert said on Tuesday, as the death toll soared past 1, 000 Worry has also arisen about the true extent of economic disruption to the world’s second-largest economy. Companies struggled to get back to work after an extended Lunar New Year holiday, while hundreds of Chinese firms said they would need loans running into billions of dollars to stay afloat. Layoffs also began, despite assurances by President Xi Jinping that widespread sackings would be avoided. The government’s top medical adviser on the outbreak, Zhong Nanshan, held out hope that the epidemic…
A Psychologist, Dr Irene Ofordile on Tuesday advised youths to embrace dialogue as a way of resolving their grievances and frustrations rather than take to violence or suicide. Ofordile, who works with the Anambra State Polytechnic, Mgbakwu in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that suicide was a major cause of premature deaths among youths in the society. She lamented the increasing rate of suicide among Nigerian youths. According to her, research by the Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN) and the Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative (SURPIN), indicated that about one-fifth of suicide cases occur among…
A Women’s Rights Campaigner, Mrs Anisa Ari, has called on Nigerian youths to celebrate valentine in a healthy way. Ari, Senior Programme Coordinator, Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. She described valentine as a period when people express love towards one another, adding that it is sometimes misused for negative ends. “Valentine is a period where people reaffirm their love for each other. However, there are different ways this is demonstrated. “The most important thing is that it must be in a healthy…
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, rescued four kidnapped victims from a notorious kidnappers’ den located at Sauni Hills, Lambata, along the boundary between FCT and Niger State. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri Manzah in a statement said the victims were rescued following a special operation launched by the command. He said the victims were rescued after police operatives had dislodged the criminals from their hideout located in a remote mountainous area. Manzah said the operation was sequel to a distress call received at Gwagwalda police Division that two persons, a male,…