FG urges vigilance, says another lockdown possible
As some states recalled students of primary and secondary schools back to classes, the federal government on Monday called for more vigilance to avert a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Millions Of Children At Risk Of Measles, Polio, Due To Vaccination Disruptions
Millions of children in Nigeria are at the risk of measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases due to disruptions of routine immunisation and other vaccination programmes as a result of the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Daily Trust reports…
IOM announces migration reporting initiative
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), through its regional office for West and Central Africa, has launched a call for contributions to its “Reporting Migration” initiative. The Reporting Migration initiative promotes journalism on migration in West and Central Africa…
COVID-19: Uncertainty as Nigeria’s cases cross 10,000 line
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria hit the 10,000 mark on Sunday, May 31, 2020, three months after the country recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 case, and keep increasing by the day, with experts calling for more…
Ethical considerations for reporting on COVID-19
Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic, more and more journalists around the world have been pulled in to report on the frontlines of the global crisis. The origins and spread of the virus, the…
Covid-19: How reporters should investigate herbal solutions
By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Today, Covid-19, as they say, is the elephant in the (news)room – it is perceived from diverse angles, and hundreds of hands are in the pot, cooking the antidote to it. Without a cure (a recurring…