Tag: coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccine delayed because of politics, logistics – FG
Nigeria said the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and…
Oyetola calls for adherence to COVID-19 protocols
Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has advised residents of the state to always adhere strictly to COVID-19 guidelines to…
Ex-police commissioner dies of COVID-19
A retired Commissioner of Police, Yomi Onashile, has died of coronavirus complications while receiving treatment at the Olodo Isolation Centre,…
Famous Lagos DJ, Babus bows to COVID-19
Famous Lagos disc jockey, Babatunde Bello aka DJ Babus, has died of the dreaded COVID-19.
NGO distributes fertilizer to Kaduna poor communities
Development and Peace Initiative (DPI), an NGO, has distributed 160 bags of fertilizer to indigent households in eight communities of…
UK suspends flights with UAE, Burundi, Rwanda over COVID-19
United Kingdom bans flights to and from United Arab Emirate, Burundi and Rwanda over the spread of the Coronavirus.
NOA takes COVID-19 campaign to Ibadan public schools
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo, on Thursday took sensitisation campaign on COVID-19 to some public primary and secondary…
Red Cross urges frontline health workers, others to observe COVID-19 protocols
Mrs Adebola Kolawole, the Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State branch, has called on frontline health workers and…
COVID-19: Buhari tells agency to bridge research, technology gap
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to work towards…
COVID-19, an advancement of malaria – Kogi speaker
Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, said Gov. Yahaya Bello’s insistence that COVID-19 was a ruse was to…
COVID-19: No Cross River corps member tested positive – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River said no corps member has tested positive to COVID-19 in the…
COVID-19: Reopening of Ugandan schools on hold
Schools and institutions of higher learning in Uganda still remain closed as the country grapples with a surge in Coronavirus…
New, more ‘virulent’ COVID-19 strain from U.K. – Expert warns
Dr Anthony Fauci, a U.S.’s top infectious-disease expert, on Sunday said authorities should assume the worst about a new strain…
COVID-19: Ethiopia reports 469 new cases
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday said the country registered 469 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours,…
Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Sunday on Twitter that he had tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).