CORONAVIRUS
After 40 days, ex-VP Atiku’s son, Mohammed, bounces back from COVID-19, discharged
After spending about 40 days in isolation, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, COVID-19 patient and son of Nigeria’s former Vice-President, has recovered from...
2 more people die from coronavirus in Osun state
Two people died from coronavirus in Osun, the State Government announced on Sunday. According to the state Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, 1 in Ede...
Where we went wrong with preparing for COVID-19 – Lindsey Allen
By Lindsey Allen, author of ‘The Psychology of Pandemics’ Although some aspects of the novel coronavirus remain unknown, research on past pandemics...
Nigeria hits 981 COVID-19 cases with 31 fatalities
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 108 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, spiking it to...
Domestic violence against women grows during coronavirus lockdown
As people across the world scramble to buy toiletries and food, millions of women have an additional set of stress: worrying about...
After 14-day quarantine: Chinese experts to undergo COVID-19 testing before deployment– FG
…patients to be treated in states of diagnoses henceforth The 15 Chinese medical professionals, who arrived in Abuja on April 8 with medical...
After 25-day COVID-19 lockdown, treatment, Kaduna Gov. El-Rufai tests negative
After about 25 days of self-isolation and treatment for testing positive, Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, says he has fully recovered...
CNN’s Richard Quest Says He’s Tested Positive For Coronavirus
CNN host Richard Quest of the network’s Quest Means Business and economics reporter, said that he has tested positive for coronavirus “I am...
As Covid-19 spreads, WHO says the worst of it has not hit us yet
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the...
Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus cases reach 627; 21 deaths
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases and the related death toll continued to mount Sunday in Nigeria as the NCDC reported...
Coronavirus Kills Top Nigerian Official, Chief of Staff Abba Kyari
A top government official in Nigeria has reportedly been killed by the coronavirus, becoming the most high-profile victim of the outbreak in the...
COVID-19 Lockdown tragedy: Two deviant teenage boys drown in Lagos beach
In defiance of the lockdown order to curtail COVID-19 in Lagos State, two teenagers have reportedly drowned in a community beach...
COVID-19 Presidential Task Force dismisses N500, 000 daily sitting allowance for members – Lai Mohammed
…says it’s fake, distracting news …coronavirus not a hoax The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has denied...
COVID-19 Lockdown violation: Funke Akindele, hubby convicted
… to serve 14-day community service …fined N100,000 each for flouting social distancing law For flouting the Lagos State Infectious Disease (Emergency...
Ogun CDAs reject Gov. Abiodun’s one bag stimulus package for each CDA
…a bag for 56 households ridiculous, miserable, dehumanizing, they say Some Community Development Associations in Ogun State have rejected the one bacco...
