Tag: coronavirus
PDP counsels APC, links reduction in petrol price to Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has counseled the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to play politics with the Coronavirus (Covid-19)…
Coronavirus hits U.S. Congress, Rep Diaz-Balart tests positive
U.S. Rep Mario Diaz-Balart from the Republican Party said he has tested positive for coronavirus, the first congressman to do…
NFF shuts down activities including street football
The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday announced the cessation of all forms of football activities in the country for the…
U.S. restaurants ask Trump, Congress for $455b bailout
U.S. restaurants on Wednesday asked President Trump and congressional leaders for at least $455 billion in aid to help them…
Coronavirus: Lagos shuts all schools indefinitely
The Lagos State Government has announced the indefinite closure of all schools from Monday 23 March.
Pastor Adeboye postpones Sunday program
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), postponed a program that would have attracted…
American dies of Coronavirus in Nigeria
An American has been suspected to have died of Coronavirus in Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria, the Ekti State Government disclosed on…
Banky W speaks on Coronavirus
Nigerian singer, actor, and politician, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has urged people entering Nigeria from countries affected…
Lagos private schools shun ministry of education, announce closure
Some private schools in Lagos have taken the bull by the horns by announcing closure from Thursday-without instruction to do…
Tonye Cole in self-isolation after contact with coronavirus patient
Tonye Cole, Former Executive Director of Sahara Group, has self-isolated after being on the same flight with Nigeria’s third index…
Ogun bans all gathering above 50 people over Coronavirus
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday banned all high-density gatherings that would bring together 50 or more people in the…
Coronavirus: Northwest schools shut for 30 days
Northwest governors met on Wednesday and took a decision to shutdown all schools in the region for 30 days to…
All schools across UK shut over coronavirus
As Britain desperately tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, all schools across the whole of the United Kingdom will be…
NCDC announces new guidelines for self-isolation
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Wednesday, developed new guidance for people advised to stay in self-isolation.
Coronavirus: Lagos bans religious gathering of over 50 people
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday banned all religious gathering of over 50 people within the state in a bid…
Lagos mulls stoppage of Juma’at, Sunday services over Coronavirus
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday mulled stoppage of Muslim's Friday Juma'at and Christian's Sunday services in a bid to…
Coronavirus kills three Ghanaians
The deadly Coronavirus has kill three Ghanaians, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwag said on Wednesday.
Lagos confirms 4 new coronavirus cases
The Lagos state Ministry of Health has confirmed four new cases of coronavirus, one short of the five announced by…
Cardi B: Coronavirus making me lose my mind
Cardi B, American rapper and mother of one, has lamented that the coronavirus outbreak is slowing down activities in the…
South Africa’s coronavirus cases jump to 85
The coronavirus cases in South Africa has increased by 23 to 85, state-run South African Government News Agency reported on…
Pope Francis blames tax dodgers for Italy’s coronavirus woes
Pope Francis has backed a prominent journalist’s complaint that tax dodgers were partly to blame as Italy’s health facilities struggle…
Australia upgrades travel ban to Level 4
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on Wednesday, announced that the government had issued an advisory banning international travel for all…
UK, US export coronavirus to Nigeria, six-week old baby positive
Nigeria is increasingly exposed to the deadly coronavirus virus. That is the stark reality that confronted Nigerians on Wednesday as…
Nigeria records five new coronavirus cases
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday revealed that the nation has recorded five new cases of the deadly Coronavirus.
President Bolsonaro‘s second Coronavirus test negative
Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro has revealed that his second Coronavirus test was negative.
Coronavirus: Nigeria imposes total travel ban on US, UK, others
The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries as a new precautionary measure adopted to curtail the…
Coronavirus: Those at high risk of getting infected revealed
Scientists have identified the various classes of people at high risks of getting infected with the raging coronavirus, which as…
T.B. Joshua reveals when coronavirus will end
Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua, on Tuesday, declared that coronavirus, which has caused worldwide panic will vanish before the end of…
NYSC suspends on-going orientation course, shuts camps nationwide
The management of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme has suspended the ongoing orientation exercise in all camps nationwide. In…
Shame on Buhari for not shutting out Italy, China – Fani-Kayode
Nigeria's ex-Aviation chief, Femi Fani-Kayode is angry with President Muhammadu Buhari for opening the nation's borders to Italians, Iranians, Chinese…