Tag: coronavirus
Coronavirus: Lagos residents decry lockdown extension
Some residents of Isolo in Lagos State, on Tuesday, expressed dissatisfaction with the extension of the Federal Government’s lockdown of…
One third of hospital staff test positive for coronavirus
A startling one-third of hospital staff in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data from the…
Coronavirus: Feed your flocks, Cleric tells religious leaders
Religious leaders in the country and the world over have been charged to feed their flocks, rather than fleecing them.
Coronavirus: Ogun citizens demand responsive governance
Worried by the current pandemic in the world, concerned citizens of Ogun state have appealed to the state governor, Prince…
NYSC member Ondo’s 3rd coronavirus case
The third confirmed case of coronavirus in Ondo state is a National Youth Service Corps,NYSC member, a medical doctor
Uzodimma fetes inmates, extends palliatives to orphanage homes
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has extended palliatives to inmates of Owerri and Okigwe Correctional Services to alleviate their…
COVID-19: Buhari’s speech very disappointing – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Monday’s COVID-19 Pandemic speech by President Muhammadu Buhari as very disappointing.
Coronavirus: Elektron Energy Supports Ogun govt
As part of efforts to bring relief to the vulnerable and the less privileged in the society, Elektron Energy has…
How Youth Corps member contracted Coronavirus in Ondo
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving at the Nigeria Army Clinic in the Army barracks, Akure…
Not Trump’s call: U.S. governors band together to re-open their states
U.S. Governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast on Monday announced separate state compacts to coordinate one of…
Buhari signs COVID-19 lockdown extension
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the extension of the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the FCT, using the…
Coronavirus: Lulu-Briggs Foundation distributes rice, sanitizers to communities (Photos)
The O.B. Lulu Briggs Foundation on Monday began to distribute 5,000 bags of rice and 5,000 bottles of 500ml hand…
More trouble: Lagos records 13 new cases of Coronavirus
Lagos State has recorded 13 fresh cases of Coronavirus, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, reports on Monday.
Coronavirus: Kano residents laud Nigerian govt’s efforts
Kano residents have commended the efforts of the Federal government to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the…
Coronavirus: Buhari alerts over new community infections
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted the nation over a reported large proportion of new infections of Coronavirus in communities across…
Nigeria records 20 new cases of Coronavirus
Nigeria has recorded 20 new cases of Coronavirus, taking the national total to 343, according to the Nigerian Centre for…
JUST IN: Kano hit with two new Coronavirus cases
Kano State Government on Monday announced two new cases of the deadly Coronavirus in the state.
Coronavirus 10 times deadlier than swine flu – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Coronavirus (COVID-19) is 10 times deadlier than swine flu which caused a global pandemic…
Coronavirus: France extends lockdown
French President Emmanuel Macron has extended the anti-coronavirus lockdown in France until May 11, in a televised speech to the…
Lockdown: IGP Adamu sends intervention squad to Lagos, releases DIG’s hotline
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed an intervention squad to Lagos, Ogun states as they begin a new…
No fee charged on COVID-19 loan application — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on COVID-19 loan application as claimed…
Coronavirus: Nigeria not expecting fatality upsurge – FG
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, says the Federal Government is not expecting an upsurge…
Lockdown: Lawyers want govt to expand security arrangements
Some lawyers in Lagos on Monday called on the authorities to expand security arrangements to protect the people against attacks…
Coronavirus: Ex-gov appeals to wealthy Nigerians on palliatives
A former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has pleaded with affluent people and salary earners in the country…
Coronavirus cases in Africa rise to over 14,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in…
Coronavirus Lockdown: Policemen off Ilorin roads
Uniformed Police personnel have reportedly kept off the roads of Ilorin metropolis as part of the enforcement operation of the…
Buhari extends lockdown of Lagos, Abuja, Ogun by 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday extended by 14 days the lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun as a result of…
Coronavirus death toll in New York surpasses 10,000
Coronavirus death toll in New York, has surpassed 10,000, accounting for more than half of the death in the United…
Coronavirus: U.S. Supreme Court to hold virtual hearings
The United States Supreme Court on Monday announced plans to hear cases by teleconference in May, a move described by…
Coronavirus: NURTW calls for palliatives for members
The Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) says its members are in need of palliatives from the government since…