Covid-19 and coronavirus
COVID-19: FG worries about precipitous rise of cases in Kano, nationwide
…fears about community transmission …PTF commences door-to-door testing in Lagos, FCT …no total lockdown yet The Federal Government has described as worrisome the...
Nigeria sees jump in coronavirus deaths with 117 new cases
Nigeria is seeing an unsettling rise in coronavirus deaths, as comparatively lax restrictions across the country are coming under scrutiny. The number...
Probe Chevron’s violation of COVID-19 protocol, HEDA tells FG
…circumventing the rules, an insult to govt, Nigerians The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) wants the Federal Government to...
Madagascar launches Covid Organics, CVO for infection cure
Dubbed “Miracle Drink’’, Madagascar has launched a drink that it brands as a cure and prevention of coronavirus infection. ...
COVID-19 palliatives: NGOs deploy 1,000 volunteers to monitor distribution, intervention funds
In a bid to ensure transparency in the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives across the country, Nigeria’s leading civil society groups have deployed...
COVID-19: Returning to normal lives is in our hands- FG
…scales up daily testing of suspected cases The Federal Government says for the country to return to normal life will depend...
COVID-19: Nigerian Polytechnic produces ventilator
The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, in Ogun State, has announced a major breakthrough in the manufacture of a COVID-19 ventilator. The Rector,...
Coronavirus: Buhari promises substantial economic stimulus package
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration is launching an epic battle to inject hundreds of billions of Naira of stimulus across the...
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son, 50-year-old Menegian, dies of COVID-19 in UK
Menegian, son of the late Niger-Delta activist and environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has been killed by Coronavirus in the United Kingdom....
COVID-19 kills medical doctor in Lagos
From Lagos came a report that a medical doctor who attempted to manage a Coronavirus patient at a private hospital has...
About 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets distributed in U.S
The United States government through the Strategic National Stockpile has sent out about 20 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that some...
Abia State Governor Writes Thank-You Letter to Unubiko Foundation for Coronavirus Help
Abia state governor Okezie Ikpeazu expressed his sincere gratitude to Unubiko Foundation for their support to the state after the outbreak of the...
Coronavirus: Redefining the intersections of global health politics and economy
By Olukayode Oyeleye Two months since the beginning of last December, a number of truths have been unshackled from the forces of...
Trump halts funding to World Health Organization, consider alternative to global health body
President Donald Trump Tuesday said the United States will stop funding the World Health Organization until his administration completes a review of...
COVID-19: FG to banks: Provide efficient services to cushion lockdown effects
In a bid to flatten the curve of Coronavirus disease, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the pandemic has appealed to banks to provide skeletal services to...
COVID-19: FG to build isolation centers at borders to isolate and test Nigerian returnees
…targets 4,000 testing of people daily nationwide The Federal Government is to build isolation centres at the borders for Nigerians and other...
