Tag: coronavirus
ACF suspends 20th anniversary celebration
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Tuesday announced the suspension of its 20th Anniversary celebration earlier slated to hold in…
Panama, Mongolia join countries with confirmed coronavirus case
Panama and Mongolia have each confirmed their first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, others report more cases
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt have recorded more cases of the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Malta stops all travel links with Italy
Malta on Tuesday stopped all travel links with Italy after confirming its fourth Coronavirus case since Saturday.
Second Coronavirus patient transferred to Lagos
The Lagos State Government has said that the patient who recently tested positive for Coronavirus will be managed at the…
Coronavirus pummels US stocks, worst day on Wall Street
US stocks suffered their biggest one-day loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Monday as recession worries loomed large in…
5 French lawmakers, culture minister infected with coronavirus
France’s culture minister has become the latest politician to be infected by the coronavirus, a government colleague said on Monday,…
COVID-19: Nigeria’s response excites WHO – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the World Health Organisation (WHO) is impressed with the Federal…
Coronavirus: Why you should avoid attending ‘Owambe’
Agege residents have been cautioned against attending parties and other social gatherings because of the threat of Coronavirus and LASSA…
Coronavirus kills Asian World Cup qualifying matches
FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and…
Nigeria records second case of Coronavirus
Nigeria has confirmed its second case of coronavirus.
US cancels first major tennis event over coronavirus fears
The ATP and WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, has been cancelled over concerns about the outbreak of the…
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bans flights, visitors from UAE, Italy, Lebanon, six others
Saudi Arabia has temporarily built a coronavirus shield around itself by stopping air and sea links between it and nine…
Cristiano Ronaldo calms nerves in the midst of storm
There is no doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the finest and funniest players in the world of football…
Reno Omokri queries Lagos Govt on Coronavirus
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has queried the Lagos State Government for keeping the identity of…
Coronavirus latest: 400 put under surveillance
At least 400 people were put under surveillance Monday in Indian-controlled Kashmir after a suspected case of COVID-19 was detected,…
Iran ‘exports’ coronavirus back to China
China reported four new cases of coronavirus outside the epicentre Wuhan province on Sunday. The cases recorded in Gansu province…
Coronavirus: US Senator Ted Cruz makes important statement on his status
US Senator Ted Cruz(R-Texas) was one of the people who mingled with the man who attended the Conservative Political Action…
Coronavirus: Why we must be safety conscious – DG
The Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, has appealed to residents of Lagos to be safety conscious and…
Trump attacks media as US Coronavirus death rises
President Donald Trump has defended the “perfectly coordinated” US response to the coronavirus epidemic Sunday amid heavy criticism over health…
German who refused quarantine dies in Egypt
Egypt’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first death of a German citizen from the new coronavirus in the country.
Coronavirus: Buhari sends sympathy message to Italy, Iran, South Korea leaders
Nigeria's President President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday sent messages to Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Moon Jae-in of Iran and South Korea…
Europe in trouble: Thousands of Italians escape quarantine in last train
The coronavirus epidemic may stay with the world longer than expected as thousands of Italians in the most hit region…
Video: Khafi encounters homeless man with coronavirus
Big Brother Naija season four ex-housemate, Khafi Kareem, simply known as Khafi has narrated her encounter with a homeless man…
Coronavirus battle: 16 million Italians quarantined
At least, 16 million people have been under quarantine in Italy, as the nation battles the deadly Coronavirus disease.
Coronavirus: Britain fears 100,000 could die
Officials in the UK fear that up to 100,000 people could die before they could contain the spread of the…
Coronavirus: Bayelsa Govt deploys health workers on surveillance
Bayelsa State Government has deployed health workers across the eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for coronavirus surveillance,…
5 Nigerian states where 23 suspected cases of coronavirus have been identified
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos,…
Third case of coronavirus confirmed in South Africa
The South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday confirmed the third case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
Coronavirus: Italy puts 15million people under lockdown
About 15 million people, a quarter of the Italian population were locked down Sunday as the government takes drastic steps…