The Nigerian Medical Association, Cross River chapter, on Wednesday, embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnapping of its members, Dr Godwin Udo of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.
A renowned Professor of virology and former Vice-Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University Nigeria, Oyewale Tomori, says emerging indices show that Nigeria is not winning the war against COVID-19.
The United States says it is not backing former Nigeria finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to be the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
Nigeria's top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to "reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters" after days of peaceful demonstrations over police abuses and then violent unrest that left at least 69 people dead.
Nigerians on Tuesday evening watched in horror as soldiers fired on a peaceful crowd of mostly youthful demonstrators singing the national anthem in the country's largest city, Lagos, with Amnesty International reporting at least 12 killed.
The Lagos State Government has said that it had arrested and will be prosecuting 229 persons, who took advantage of the unrest in the state to commit arson, murder, and stealing.
![Lagos streets were mainly empty on Saturday morning [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/normal_size/public/media-image/k.jpg?itok=NnGz6vYH)
