The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”, the chief of UN Women said in her message for International Women’s Day (IWD) at UN Headquarters.  As a “massive year for gender equality”, Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said 2020 was […]

The latest numbers: The novel coronavirus has killed more than 3,500 people, and infected over 105,000, according to CNN’s tally — the majority in mainland China. China hotel collapse: Search and rescue efforts are continuing after a hotel that was used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapsed in Quanzhou, China. Ten people have died and 23 are still unaccounted for. Italy […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded N36.152 trillion as value of total trade in 2019, representing a 14.05 percent increase over 2018. As was published in VON,  the bureau said this in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics, Quarter Four, 2019” adding that this was lower than 36.86 per cent recorded in […]

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, has partnered with Dettol Clean Naija to take hand washing advocacy to public primary schools across the State with the aim of containing the deadly COVID-19 infection. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, Mrs. Solape Hammond, […]

The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) West Africa chapter has called on the Governments in affected countries in the region to impose an international travel ban on government officials until further notice as the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. The Executive director of TIEMS in charge of Nigeria/West Africa, Ismail Sani in […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and Kano states, out of which one was confirmed positive “index case” with no death. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, adding that as of […]