Author: PM NEWS Editor
Trump under fire for calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese virus’
US President Donald Trump has found himself being dragged on Twitter after calling the raging coronavirus the Chinese virus.
NOUN bows to coronavirus, postpones convocation
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has announced the postponement of its 9th convocation ceremony slated for Saturday, March…
China’ s Wuhan introduces compulsory 14-day quarantine for returnees
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first began in late December, said it will require all overseas…
Massive jailbreaks in Brazil ahead of coronavirus lockdown
Hundreds of prisoners broke out of four Brazilian jails on Monday, the day before their day-release privileges were due to…
2 Nigerians arrested in India, forced to do coronavirus tests
Two Nigerians, arrested at the weekend in India, for crossing illegally from Bangladesh, were kept in the isolation ward of…
26 African countries have coronavirus cases: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, said there are now Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 26…
US rolls out stringent measures to contain coronavirus
With 983 new coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the United States began restricting citizens' movements Monday and…
Amazon to recruit 100,000 as coronavirus expands online orders
Amazon.com Inc said it would hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States to deal with a surge…
Abuja warns car wash businesses to stop using piped water
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has banned the use of piped water for car wash business, its spokesman, Mr Segun…
Nigerian woman from hell violates 2 year-old girl with finger
A middle-aged Nigerian woman, probably from hell has been remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCC), Benin for allegedly inserting…
Ex-Ekiti governor Segun Oni dumps APC
Chief Segun Oni, a former governor of Ekiti and also former National Deputy Chairman of APC, on Monday confirmed that…
Oshiomhole chairs NWC of APC tomorrow
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress will on Tuesday chair a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC)…
CureVac working on coronavirus vaccine denies Trump offered money
CureVac, the German company working on a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus denied reports Monday that the U.S. government…
Idris Elba tests positive for coronavirus
British actor, Idris Elba said he has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 and has isolated himself. But the actor…
Sporting events worldwide hit by coronavirus(Full List)
Coronavirus pandemic has had a grave effect on major sports events around the world, making also doubtful the 2020 Olympics…
Victor Giadom the APC coup plotter that failed
Victor Tombari Giadom, the All Progressives Party(APC) deputy national secretary, ended up with eggs on his face on Monday.
Francisco Garcia 21 year-old footballer killed by Coronavirus
Francisco Garcia, a 21-year-old youth football coach in Malaga, Spain , has died few days after catching coronavirus.
Appeal Court dribbles Oshiomhole
The Court of Appeal played the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, like football today, 24…
Senator tests positive to coronavirus
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri a senator in the Philippines confirmed today that he has tested positive for COVID-19. He is…
Saudi Arabia orders workers to stay at home
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the suspension of attendance at workplaces in all government agencies for 16 days against COVID-19…
It’s elbow shake for Biden, Sanders; handshake gone
Joe Biden smiled and reached his elbow out to touch his rival Bernie Sanders’ arm on Sunday, an unusual greeting…
Coronavirus death toll reaches 6501, cases 170,000 worldwide
Coronavirus global death toll reached 6,501 Monday morning, with Italy accounting for 1,809 deaths, more than 50 percent of the…
Coronavirus vaccine: Trump offers $1b to German firm
The Trump administration offered as much as $1billion to a German company working on a coronavirus vaccine to make it…
Gas explosion: Navy hospital treats 55 injured victims
Fifty-five victims of Sunday’s gas explosion at Abule Ado in Lagos were treated at Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Ojo, Western…
17 dead, 25 injured in Lagos gas pipeline disaster
Seventeen people have died and 25 injured in the Abule Ado gas pipeline explosion in Lagos on Sunday, Dr Olufemi…
Qatar shuts out foreigners, rolls out stimulus package
Qatar announced an entry ban for foreigners on Sunday and also unveiled a $23.35 billion stimulus package to shield the…
Coronavirus: US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate to zero
The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates back to near zero, restarted bond buying and launched other measures from its crisis-era…
Tinubu: Anti-Oshiomhole forces have Virus 2023 (Full Statement)
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's full statement on the crisis over Adams Oshiomhole's chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress. In the…
Explosion: Kyari, NNPC big guns head to Lagos
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari and other top managers have departed Abuja to Lagos for an…
It was gas: NNPC speaks on tragic Lagos explosion
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Sunday said that the explosion which rocked Abule Ado Area of Lagos State in…