Year: 2020
Curfews in Senegal, South Africa over coronavirus
Senegal and South Africa issued curfews Monday as part of measures against the novel coronavirus, which has claimed more than…
Coronavirus: 5th minister, US ambassador Andrew Young test positive
Burkina Faso's Minister of Trade and Industry Harouna Kabore and Ambassador Andrew Robert Young tested positive for coronavirus
Messi, Eto’o join FIFA campaign against coronavirus(Video)
FIFA and the World Health Organisation have launched a joint video campaign aimed at spreading the message of how to…
No cure yet for COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros
There is currently no treatment that has been proven to be effective against COVID-19," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health…
Coronavirus: FG shuts land borders totally
Nigeria's Federal Government has ordered a total shutdown the nation's land borders indefinitely as the deadly Coronavirus pandemic bites harder.
Coronavirus: Wike shuts parks, night clubs, cinemas
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday announced the closure of all public parks, night clubs and cinemas indefinitely…
U.S., Italy break the coronavirus charts for the second day
For the second day, United States and Italy broke the tragic coronavirus records, by registering more infections and deaths than…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases soar to 40
Nigeria has recorded four new cases of the deadly Coronavirus in Lagos and Abuja as the number of those affected…
Coronavirus: Nigerian govt orders civil servants stay home
The Federal Government has ordered civil servants to stay at home from Tuesday, 24 March, as the battle against Coronavirus…
Coronavirus: ASUU tells FG to use Nigerian scientists against pandemic
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, urged the Federal Government to use Nigerian scientists and other critical…
Boris Johnson toughens stay-at-home order(Video)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has toughened his stay-at-home order to Britons to halt the spread of coronavirus, by imposing curbs…
Coronavirus: Plateau to purchase ventilators for isolation centers
The governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong has promised to get eight ventilators for the three isolation facilities in the state,…
Coronavirus: Mediacraft issues work-from-home order
Nigeria’s Public Relations firm, Mediacraft Associates, has directed all its staff to begin working from home in view of the…
Ehanire warns violators of coronavirus self-isolation rules
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health has threatened to publish the names of those who failed to isolate themselves…
Slovakian bishop battles coronavirus by using old rituals
Slovakia’s influential Catholic Church on Monday piloted a novel method of using old rituals to fight off the coronavirus pandemic…
Coronavirus: FCTA inaugurates emergency response committee
The Federal Capital Territory (FCTA), on Sunday in Abuja has inaugurated Emergency Epidemic Response Committee as part of measures toward…
Coronavirus in Edo: Obaseki urges calm, bans large gathering
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday urged members of the public not to panic following outbreak of Coronavirus…
Coronavirus: U.S. Senate to strike deal on relief package
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate were pushing toward an agreement on a far-reaching 1 trillion dollars coronavirus stimulus…
After 4 miscarriages, Tinsel actress shares motherhood’s journey
Award-Winning Actress and singer, Tomi Odunsi Fadina, who welcomed her child three weeks ago, has shared her struggles on the…
Benue: 3,460 local govt ghost workers uncovered
Benue Local Government Service Commission has uncovered 3,460 ghost workers on the payroll of the 23 local governments in the…
Coronavirus: Airtel commences awareness campaign
Airtel Nigeria on Monday said that it had donated 40 mobile phones complete with a Closed User Group (CUG) to…
Coronavirus: 3 confirmed negative in Jigawa
The Jigawa Government on Monday confirmed three persons who have just returned to Nigeria from Lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia…
Coronavirus: Access Bank shuts branch after customer tested positive
Access Bank Plc has shut down one of its branches after a customer who visited the bank tested positive for…
Coronavirus: 300,000 cases worldwide – WHO
The coronavirus is spreading ever faster, and there are now over 300,000 confirmed cases recorded worldwide, the World Health Organisation…
Coronavirus: East Libya government imposes curfew
A parallel government in eastern Libya, which is allied with Commander Khalif Haftar, will impose a 24-hour curfew for 10…
Video: Mayorkun marks 26th birthday with Davido
Nigerian singer, songwriter and pianist Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel, known professionally as Mayorkun, clocks 26 today, March 23rd 2020.
Engineer Kareem to court: My mother-in-law led NSCDC officers to beat me
An engineer on Monday prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve his three-year-old marriage, alleging that his mother-in-law…
Coronavirus: UAE, Saudi Arabia take drastic steps
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have ramped up measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.
I am mad at China – Toke Makinwa
Nigerian On-Air Personality Toke Makinwa has aired her displeasure against China, accusing it of inflicting the novel coronavirus pandemic on…
Nigerians bash Naira Marley over coronavirus tweet
Nigerians have bashed Naira Marley over his tweet that he did not believe in the coronavirus pandemic.