Covid-19 and coronavirus
COVID-19: Lack of hotels to quarantine stranded Nigerians abroad on arrival delaying evacuation — FG
… first set of evacuees from Dubai arrive Monday There appears to be more trouble for stranded Nigerians set to be evacuated...
Buhari’s leaked speech : Handiwork of “someone”, Presidency
The Presidency on Tuesday disclosed that the person who leaked President Muhammadu Buhari’s draft speech hours before he delivered his address to the...
Coronavirus will change our way of life – FG
targets 2m tests in three months The coronavirus pandemic is already changing Nigerians life in ways that will far outlast the...
COVID-19: We won’t put children at risk by opening schools – FG
The Federal Government has said it is not ready to put children at risk by opening schools. The Minister of State for...
Trump calls Buhari, vows to donate ventilators amid coronavirus and Chinese inroads
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, discussed with his US counterpart President, Donald Trump, on the telephone. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone...
Heritage Bank, WHO canvass COVID-19 high-tech fight, attention for malaria scourge
…want elimination of the life-threatening disease by 2030 Amid growing concerns that the current high-tech fight against COVID-19 pandemic might douse malaria...
COVID-19: 190 stranded Nigerians in UK urge urgent airlift home
No fewer than 190 Nigerians stranded in the United Kingdom amid COVID-19 pandemic crisis are frustrated and depressed following the delay in...
Vehicles set ablaze as Ibeju-Lekki youths protest against FG’s lockdown, restrictions
…Set trucks, vehicles ablaze There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents...
Journalists in Abia praise ‘timely’ Unubiko Foundation’s donation of food, supplies
In providing succour for journalists as a result of Coronavirus pandemic in Abia State, the Unubiko Foundation on Monday distributed food items...
Buhari eases COVID-19 lockdown of FCT, Ogun, Lagos from May 4, imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew nationwide
President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed an overnight daily curfew from 8.00pm to 6.00am on all the 36 states until further notice. Similarly,...
COVID-19: Kano testing laboratory reopens, commences tests – FG
The Federal Government has announced that the COVID-19 test laboratory centre at Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano, has reopened after suspending...
COVID-19 pregnant patient gives birth at LUTH
A COVID-19 patient, who was admitted heavily pregnant, has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)....
FG says States without coronavirus case aren’t running enough tests
The Federal Government said states yet to record coronavirus case have not done enough testing. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce (PTF),...
COVID-19 palliatives : One million people benefit from Refugee Zakat Fund worldwide, says UNHCR
…urges organizations, well-meaning people for more contributions The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged Muslims and other faith-based organisations...
COVID-19 : Tinubu, wife test negative, late CSO tested positive
…an aide also tests positive…says Covid-19 is a real and present threat Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader,...
Serie A clubs set to return to team training on 4 May
Italian Serie A football sides will be allowed to return to individual training on 4 May and team training on 18 May...
