Tag: coronavirus
Time for thought: Tinubu’s sends special message to Buhari, Nigeria
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos and national leader of the All Progressives Congress will be 68 tomorrow. In…
COVID-19 and the Ecology of Death
In the past two weeks, the Coronavirus pandemic has produced many paradoxes to give Nigerians a life time of anxiety…
Why social distancing will be hard – Burnaboy reveals
Award-winning singer, Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy has spoken on the plights of the average Nigerians as the…
Coronavirus: Lagos suspends closure of Marine Bridge
The Lagos State Government has suspended the impending decision to close Marine Bridge till further notice
Coronavirus: Taraba Governor Ishaku slams ban on travels
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Saturday announced a ban on travels in and out of the state with effect…
Coronavirus: Gombe suspends minimum wage, slashes salaries
Gombe State Government has suspended payment of the N30,000 minimum wage following dwindling finances due to the effect of coronavirus…
Coronavirus: Putin takes drastic action, dons hazmat suit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin got people on social media talking after he was captured in a hazmat suit and breathing…
Instagram Comedian shares horrible experience with NCDC
Instagram Comedian and Skit Maker, Egere Sydney popularly known as Sydney Talker or Towel Guy has shared his alleged experience…
Ireland Tate catches coronavirus after mocking social distancing
A 21-year-old Instagrammer identified as Ireland Tate from Nashville is down with the novel coronavirus after she shared a video…
Turkey halts intercity trains as coronavirus cases surge
Turkey halted all intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as coronavirus cases jumped by a third in a…
Coronavirus: Makinde imposes curfew in Oyo, shuts markets
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew as part of stringent measures to halt…
Juventus’ Dybala opens up on Coronavirus battle
Juventus forward, Paulo Dybala has opened up on his struggle with coronavirus (COVID-19), saying that he could hardly breathe.
Coronavirus: VIO cautions drivers
The FCT Directorate of Roads Traffic Services (DRTS) popularly known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), has told private and commercial…
COVID-19: MURIC commends FG moves to release prisoners
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the announcement by the President Muhammadu Buhari government that it would release some…
Coronavirus: China donates medical equipment to Nigeria
Chinese Government has donated medical equipment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the fight against COVID-19 (Coronavirus)…
Tonto Dikeh pledges support in fight against coronavirus
Nigerian actress and founder of the Tonto Dikeh Foundation, Tonto Dikeh, has pledged free sanitisers, face masks and hand gloves…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus toll rises to 81 with 11 new cases
Nigeria has now recorded 81 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, as eleven new cases were recorded on Friday night.
AfDB launches record breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic…
Coronavirus: Troubled U.S. announces N2.6bn aid to Nigeria
The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria…
U.S. coronavirus cases top 100,000
Confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 100,000 on Friday, the highest number in the world, various tallies of…
Coronavirus: Wike leads taskforce against churches Sunday
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will on Sunday, lead the Taskforce on the enforcement of ban on public gatherings…
Oshiomhole gets coronavirus clean bill
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has tested negative to coronavirus
Coronavirus: Wike signs Executive Order for closure of land, sea borders
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has formally signed an Executive Order for the closure of all land and borders into…
COVID-19: Edo working out stimulus package for vulnerable persons
Edo State Government says it is working out stimulus package for vulnerable persons in the state to cushion the effect…
Coronavirus: Obasanjo donates former Hilltop residence for Isolation centre
Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, announced that his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases jump to 70, with 5 new cases
Nigeria has now recorded 70 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, as five new cases were recorded on Friday.
Covid-19: Kogi to enforce total lockdown from Saturday
In its bid to prevent spread of Coronavirus, (COVID19), the Kogi State Government on Friday announced that there will be…
Coronavirus: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu donates N50m
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday announced the donation of N50m to fight Coronavirus…
Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu rolls out economic stimulus for 200,000 households
Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unveiled economic stimulus package for about 200,000 indigent and the most vulnerable in the society to cushion…
Italy: Huge rise in coronavirus deaths, cases
By Reuters/NAN Italy recorded 919 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the highest daily toll anywhere in the world, while the…