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Religion has killed more people in the last 500 years than atomic bomb, shark attacks, snake bites, plane crashes, wild animals and COVID-19 combined ―Daddy Freeze says

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Media personality and Free The Sheeple leader, Daddy Freeze has decried the increased number of religious temples found in most streets in Africa. Daddy Freeze who asked Africa to wake up as “5 to 10 religious temples on every street is not our salvation”, also claimed that religion has killed more people in the last 500 […]

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US war hero, Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications

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Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, has died of complications from Covid-19. He was 84. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family said […]

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WHO accuses medical world of hiding the race of a black woman, Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used to achieve breakthrough researches in cancer, HIV, COVID-19, etc

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has honoured Henrietta Lacks, recognising the world-changing legacy of the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken out without her consent, and has provided the basis for life-changing medical breakthroughs. In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of five who was dying of cervical cancer, went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment. […]

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Ex-Nigerian President, Shehu Shagari’s wife, Hadiza dies of COVID-19

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Hajiya Hazida, the wife of late Nigerian President, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (Turakin Sokoto) is dead. Shagari’s grandson, Bello Bala Shagari, who announced her death on his Facebook page on behalf of the family, said she died of COVID-19 complications around 3:00 am on Thursday, August 12, in Gwagwalada Isolation Centre. She was aged 80. He […]

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Doctor dies of COVID-19 in Nigeria

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A  senior registrar in the department of anaesthesiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has died of COVID-19 complications. UCTH’s association of resident doctors announced the death of Odii Stanley. A statement released by the group reads: “On behalf of the entire membership of ARD UCTH, I regret to bring to your notice the untimely demise […]

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Nigeria Diaspora remittances strong despite COVID-19, contribute 40% of Sub-Saharan Africa ―W’Bank

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Remittances by Nigerians in the Diaspora declined by 27.7 per cent in 2020, the World Bank has said. A report by the World Bank titled ‘Defying predictions, remittance flows remain strong during COVID-19 crisis’ said Nigeria contributed 40 per cent of the remittances into Sub-Saharan Africa. It put remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa at $42bn. Forty […]

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Prophet Joshua Iginla releases 2021 prophecies, speaks about the President, Biafra, COVID-19, Governors, Nnamdi Kanu

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Founder and Senior Overseer of the Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla has warned of something devastating to happen concerning the agitation for Biafra. The cleric, in his 2021 prophecies, said that the plot for the actualization of Biafra will get stronger in 2021 leading to a bloody confrontation with the Nigerian government. The cleric […]

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COVID-19, Democracy and Task of Nation Building, By Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about great changes globally, leaving varying effects in different parts of our world. From health, economies to education, politics and sports, the effects of the pandemic come with currents and tides that claim many lives and threaten the livelihoods of many people and the nationhood of some states. People-oriented programmes […]

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COVID-19: The Wicked State, Kano and the Age of Citizen Action, By Jibrin Ibrahim

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The most important universal shock that has flowed from the COVID-19 pandemic is that most governments in the world were unable and often unwilling to address the crisis in a manner that protected peoples’ health, welfare and lives. They have shown very poor governance abilities but demonstrated great skills in lying to the people. Their […]

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COVID-19: Soludo’s Voodoo Ideas, By SKC Ogbonnia

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Any objective analysis of a long-winded essay, “COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns?”, by Chukwuma Soludo, would wonder if the renowned economist is suddenly cast with a voodoo spell. Mr. Soludo needs no introduction. A distinguished professor of economics, with advanced degrees—both academic and honoris causa—from the prestigious University of Nigeria, he was a former Governor […]

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COVID-19: Turning adversity into opportunity, By Kayode Fayemi

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Never in our lifetime have we endured the kind of socio-economic disruption the world is currently experiencing, as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ravages people, and continues to cause massive economic displacements across the globe. Since the virus was discovered, it has infected two million people, and caused over 131,000 confirmed deaths in 213 countries, areas […]

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COVID-19: When Nigerians wish their leaders dead, By Azuka Onwuka

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The cowardly nature of Nigerians against their leaders manifested with the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. When some political leaders or their relatives announced that they had contracted the coronavirus disease, many Nigerians, especially on social media, were jubilant. Their argument was that God was punishing Nigerian politicians for their corruption, mismanagement, greed, insensitivity, […]

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COVID-19: And Here We Go Again…, By Olusegun Adeniyi

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“From 1 January through 9 February 2020, 472 laboratory confirmed cases including 70 deaths have been reported in 26 out of 36 Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory. Of the 472 confirmed cases, 75% have been reported from three states: Edo (167 cases), Ondo (156 cases) and Ebonyi (30 cases) …Fifteen confirmed cases have […]

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