Tag: coronavirus
Lockdown: Food, liquor stores looted in South Africa
A number of food and liquor stores have been looted in South Africa amid a strict national lockdown that was…
India to ease lockdown in rural areas
India will permit several activities in rural areas starting next week, including manufacturing and infrastructure building, to provide relief to…
Coronavirus: NYSC pledges support to Oyo govt
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Oyo State has said that the capacity and capabilities of corps members deployed…
Coronavirus: Lagos records another death
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the death of another COVID-19 related patient, barely 24 hours after the sixth…
Coronavirus lockdown: Kwara police warn against wandering
The Kwara Police Command has warned residents in all the 16 local government areas of the state to desist from…
Coronavirus: No Nigerian has tested positive in Singapore – NIDO official
Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Singapore Chapter, said on Wednesday said that no Nigerian in that country had tested…
Coronavirus in Nigeria: A Look at the Logicality of a Lockdown
There is an alarming increase of cases of broad daylight robberies across Lagos. Everything from money to pots of stew…
Coronavirus: Ogun to begin total lockdown Saturday
Ogun state government has decided a total lockdown the state starting from Saturday 18th of April, 2020 instead of the…
COVID-19: Why Buhari extended lockdown – BMO
Akinsiju pointed out that no one has more information on the trajectory of the virus or the capacity of the…
Thailand reports 30 new coronavirus cases
Thailand reported 30 new coronavirus cases and 2 deaths on Wednesday.
Covid-19: Daura gets fully-equipped Isolation Centre
The National Lottery Trust Fund has built and handed over a fully-equipped Isolation Centre to the Katsina State Government as…
2 Brazilian state governors test positive for coronavirus
Two Brazilian state governors tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday. They are Governor Wilson Witzel of the tourist…
NCDC announces 11 fresh Coronavirus cases, total now 373
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced another 11 fresh cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, with all cases…
PDP member remanded over Facebook post on coronavirus
An Osun State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo has remanded a 32-year-old Akinloye Saheed, for allegedly posting false information on…
No laughing time: Lagos Coronavirus cases surpass 200
It is no laughing time in Lagos as the deadly Coronavirus keeps surging, with the state surpassing 200 infection rate.
Immigration boss, Babandede survives Coronavirus, discharged
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, has survived Coronavirus after he tested negative twice.
Nigeria hits 362 in coronavirus cases, NCDC confirms 19 more
The confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria crept by another 19 to 362, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Coronavirus: Ganduje locks down Kano for seven days
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday ordered total lockdown of the state for the next seven days.
Amazon to hire 75,000 employees amid coronavirus
E-commerce company, Amazon is set to hire 75,000 employees to cope with the increase in demand of household goods due…
Lockdown: Lagos launches ‘Food Kitchen’ to feed 100,000 youths daily
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced a programme, tagged: "Food Kitchen" aimed at feeding 100,000 youths daily to…
Ex Man Utd star recovers from coronavirus in China
Former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Maraouane Fellaini has left hospital after testing positive for the novel Coronavirus almost a…
Coronavirus strikes Sosoliso Airline Chairman dead in UK
Chief Victor Ikwuemesi, Chairman, defunct Sosoliso Airline, has reported died of Coronavirus in London, United Kingdom.
Lagos discharges eight more Coronavirus patients
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday disclosed that eight more Coronavirus patients have been discharged in the state.
No respite for UK: Coronavirus deaths surge to 12,073
There is no respite for the United Kingdom as Coronavirus continues to surge, killing 744 people in England alone in…
The dynamics of COVID-19 interventions
The world is passing through hard times and all eyes can see it! Like a trainee actor, waiting for a…
Coronavirus: U.S-based Nigerian music promoter gives out cash
A popular United States-based Nigerian Promoter, Tunde Seriki has doled out cash to residents of Ogun and Osun states so…
Coronavirus lockdown: Obaseki warns against diversion of relief items
Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has warned those saddled with the distribution of relief materials as part…
Coronavirus: Bayelsa reinstates total lockdown after Easter celebration
Bayelsa State from midnight Monday reverted to its earlier order on lockdown of the state as part of measures to…
Fake News: Kano didn’t record seven new coronavirus cases
Kano State Government on Tuesday denounced reports on social media that it recorded seven new Coronavirus cases in the State.
Coronavirus: Desist from fake prophecies, Clergy tells Nigerians
A clergyman, Prophet Samuel Oseni, on Tuesday urged Nigerians and other men of God to desist from fake prophecies, advising…