PREMIUM TIMES As the Delta State Government intensifies efforts at stemming the spread of COVID-19 in the state, it announced on Friday that one of the children of the Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has tested positive to the virus. A statement…
By Owei Lakemfa (Back Issue) It is not unusual for me to receive messages asking that I address particular issues in my twice weekly columns.. Sometimes students ask that I write on particular topics they are being taught or conducting…
By Owei Lakemfa, THE victims of the coronavirus, COVID-19, are not only those who contracted it. Not just those who lay helpless in hospitals, homes and isolation centres hoping to survive or waiting for death. They are not only the…
Mystery deaths in Bonny Island, Rivers State, are giving the House of Representatives sleepless nights. In effect, the house at plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday enjoined relevant authorities, including the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THE Northern governors in their collective wisdom a week ago, decided against a lockdown of the region. The reasons for this, according to their Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, include that the people are…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa The World Health Organization (WHO) which is coordinating and leading humanity’s war against the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, is ironically under attack by the United States (US) itself, the country most devastated by the virus. US President Donald Trump sees…
VANGUARD Akwa Ibom Core Oil Bearing Community Vanguard has called on ExxonMobil affiliates in Nigeria operating in Akwa Ibom state to name what it has contributed to the fight against Coronavirus in the state. The group in a state on…
PREMIUM TIMES The Cross River State government has said it would quarantine for 14 days the staff of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) expected in the state to begin the collection of samples. Betta Edu, the commissioner for…
REUTERS The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of U.S. oil futures, which had never dropped below $10 a barrel in its nearly 40-year history, plunged to…
Dr Inodu, Akpoku, Chairman Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force implementation Committee says Bayelsa has recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Akpoku who confirmed the development in a telephone interview on Monday assured that there was no cause for alarm as…
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