NIGERIAN health officials have warned members of the public against travelling to the UK and four other countries as well as receiving visitors from there because of the high risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus.
Like most African countries, Nigeria has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the country...
WORLD Bank officials have approved a sum of $12bn to help developing countries like Nigeria and other African nations purchase Covid-19 vaccines when they become available most likely by the end of this year.
As soon as the pandemic struck in early 2020, scientists in several countries stepped up work to produce a vaccine...
REMITTANCES from Nigerian diasporans fell to $3.3bn during the second quarter of this year representing their lowest level since 2008 as the Covid-19 pandemic affected the income of many Nigerians living abroad.
Historically, Nigeria has always been one of the top six nations when it comes to global remittances alongside the...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ratified Nigeria's Bilateral Air Services Agreement (Basa) with four partnering nations in the aviation industry aimed at opening up their airspace to Nigerian carriers.
Since assuming office, the government has entered into Basa agreements with the US, India, Morocco and Rwanda and today,...
FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala moved a step closer to being named the new World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general yesterday after she was named as one of the two shortlisted candidates.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, 66, was one of seven candidates seeking to be named as the next WTO boss through a process whereby...
CIVIL society organisation Save Democracy Coalition (SDC) has called on the US and European Union (EU) authorities to extend their visa travel ban on Nigerian politicians who participate in electoral fraud to unscrupulous judges who commit judicial tape too.
Last month, the US government imposed visa restrictions on...
NIGERIA'S federal government has directed all schools reopening on Monday next week across the country to conduct a weekly Covid-19 risk assessment tests on its pupils and staff to help prevent the spread of the virus.
Like most other nations, Nigeria shut down all her schools when the coronavirus pandemic broke out but with...
WASHINGTON has said it is re-evaluating its ban on some categories of migrant visas for Nigerians having been satisfied with the country’s level of compliance with information sharing and other concerns.
In January this year, the US said it would suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for...
EGYPT and China have announced plans to sign a cooperation agreement on the production of a Covid-19 vaccine that would guarantee that the Arab giant will become the African manufacturing hub of any cure developed by the Chinese.
Across the industrialised world, there is a frantic race on to produce a coronavirus vaccine,...
NIGERIA'S health minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has revealed that the country will benefit from a proposed allocation of 2bn doses of any new Covid-19 vaccine meant for poorer countries when it becomes available.
With more than 22m confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, out of which more than 700,000 deaths have been recorded,...
