The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has launched a contactless digital hand-cleaning machine that uses sensor to monitor body temperature, dispenses hand sanitizer, detergent and water. Inspecting the equipment produced by the institution’s faculty of Engineering, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Charles Igwe, said that the machine was an …

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State confirmed on Monday that a pupil writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) had contracted COVID-19. Emmanuel, who made this known at a news conference in Uyo, however did not mention the name of the pupil and the school. The …

The Senate of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, is currently meeting at the Main Auditorium of the university to select an acting Vice Chancellor for the institution. The meeting is holding under tight security provided by policemen from Sabo Division of the Nigeria Police, and security men from the institution. …

The Enugu State Government says it will embark on a six-day specific-target polio vaccination to sustain the state’s decades-long polio free-status. Dr George Ugwu, the  Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu …

Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) Sagamu has shut its main medical laboratory unit after 14 more workers tested positive for coronavirus. A wave of mass infections hit the teaching hospital with 20 staff testing positive as at last Friday. One of them was said to have infected three members …

Two hundred and eight Nigerian citizens departed New Jersey for home on Thursday night in the ninth evacuation flight from the U.S. Barring any future change in plan, this is the final repatriation flight organised by the Federal Government for citizens stranded in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic. …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has urged all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration in the current recruitment of constables to go for physical and credential screening between August 24, 2020 and September 6, 2020, across the federation. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank …

The crisis arising from the conduct of the primary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to settle as a governorship aspirant, Banji Okunomo and his supporters across the state have backed out of campaign activities of Eyitayo Jegede. Jegede won the primary of the PDP and was asked …

China today announced it had suspended a Mutual Legal Assistance agreement between Hong Kong and the U.S., after Washington earlier announced it had suspended three agreements with the territory covering extradition and tax exemptions. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the Hong Kong-U.S. Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement on Criminal Justice …

Bauchi state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mohammed Al-Hassan Sadiq said has resigned. Al-Hassan Sadiq resigned after posting his resignation on his Facebook page on Wednesday evening. “Alhamdulillah, Masha Allah. Every beginning has an end. Today, the 19th day of August 2020, I have honourably tendered my voluntary resignation as …