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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Singer Asa Postpones Lagos, Abuja Concerts

Village Reporter,
Afro-soul superstar, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa, has cancelled her ‘Lucid’ concert in Nigeria due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Singer, Asa Some days ago, the singer cancelled her European tour due to the spread of the virus in Europe. Also Read: Singer, Asa Reveals She Is A ‘Marlian’ Even After Yahoo Boys Emptied Her Account (Video) Asa’s decision came after… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: WHO working on supply pipeline for protective equipment and tests

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking during his regular briefing in Geneva where he highlighted latest developments in the UN agency’s support to countries facing what he described as “an invisible enemy against humanity”.  WHO has shipped personal protective equipment (PPE) to nearly 70 countries, while 120 nations have received 1.5 million diagnostic kits.    The agency is finalizing export arrangements with producers in China so that more supplies can be… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Head of UN economic and social body underscores priority of health, safety during ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 challenges

Global Author
In light of this “unpredictable and volatile situation”, Mona Juul tweeted on Thursday that she and the President of the General Assembly have decided to postpone the upcoming meeting to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Least Developed Countries (LDC).  She also gave her assurances that they would work with the LDC chair “to find… Read More
Human Rights 

Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response

Village Reporter
Lindsay Lee, a WHO Technical Officer who works on issues related to people with disabilities, was speaking during a Q&A the UN health agency hosted on its Twitter account on Thursday.  “What worries me perhaps more than anything is just the existing barriers that people with disabilities face.   I can speak for this myself, personally”, she said.    Ms. Lee, who uses a wheelchair, explained… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Still ‘early days’ to assess COVID-19 impact on women, children – UNICEF official

Global Author
UN News spoke to Ms. Luwei Pearson, Acting Director of UNICEF’s Health Programme Division, about the agency’s quick response to the coronavirus outbreak and other issues related to what is now a global pandemic, including its impact on millions of children faced with school closures.   © UNICEF/Luisa Brumana Luwei Pearson (right), Acting Head of the Health Section of UNICEF on… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health chief announces global ‘solidarity trial’ to jumpstart search for COVID-19 treatment

Global Author
Updating journalists at the regular press briefing in Geneva, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported and over 8,000 deaths. He explained that because multiple small trials of the coronavirus vaccine with different methodologies may not provide the evidence needed, WHO and partners are organizing a study… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Treat migrants with dignity and respect during pandemic: UN migration agency

Global Author
“We define migrants as workers, as displaced people, as asylum seekers, and they are a huge presence across the world, for all kinds of reasons. And of course, they are human beings: they’re our neighbours, our families, they are people that our children know from school, and they’re affected the way all of us are affected by this during this… Read More
Lifestyle Nigeria News and Headlines 

Students Discuss Witchcraft in Nsukka

Leo Igwe
I just returned from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka (UNN) where I attended an event on Who is afraid of Witchcraft? Concerned students organized the program with the support of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative and the Advocacy for Alleged Witches. At last, university students at Nsukka displayed the lion and lioness in them. They came from various departments, engineering,… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Youtube Music is joining the streaming wars in Nigeria

Village Reporter,
Do you remember a time before streaming. It feels like ages ago, but only 10 years ago, it was near impossible to stream anything in Nigeria; not music, and most certainly not hour long shows. But thanks to the internet, rapidly improving mobile technology and the technological savvy of a new generation of creators (anybody say 2 second streaming optimized… Read More
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