COVID-19

Again, octagenarian US Pres. Biden tests positive for COVID-19

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 again. The White House revealed this in a statement, saying 81-year-old President...

Presidency debunks claims of disbursing N135bln for COVID-19 to governors in 2023

The Presidency has debunked claims by Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) that President Bola Tinubu approved the disbursement of N135 billion to governors for...

Pres. Tinubu plans $617m investment in digital creative enterprises 

The Federal Government is set to reverse youth unemployment by investing $617 million in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) programme. i-DICE is a...

60,000 covid related deaths recorded in China since early December

China has recorded nearly 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths since restrictions were lifted in early December, Persecondnews.com gathered Sunday. The Chinese national health authority after  repeated...

Vacationing U.S. First Lady down with Covid-19 just as hubby recovers from virus

U.S. First Lady, Jill Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms just as President Joe Biden has continued to test...

Breaking: Burning Overland plane makes emergency landing in Lagos

A near ill-fated flight has been averted as Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of...

Food inflation: FG releases 40,000 metric tons of grains

To cushion the effect of high food prices in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 40,000 metric tons of...

Breaking News: New Covid-19 Variant Detected in Israel

  A new Covid-19 variant has been detected in Israel, Persecondnews.com,  gathered  Wednesday. The strain, a combination of two subvariants of Omicron, was...

COVID-19 4th wave formally declared extinct in Lagos State — Health Commissioner

    With the consistent plummeting of COVID-19 case positivity in Lagos State, the national epic centre of the virus, the government has...

Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid-19

Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday announced that Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19. The 34-year-old Argentine is one of four players who have...

I didn’t contract COVID-19, not in isolation, says Lai Mohammed 

      Contrary to media reports, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied contracting COVID-19.   Mohammed said...

Fortify yourselves against COVID, don’t stigmatize it, urges Peterside, who tested positive after taking the jabs

  Mr Atedo N A Peterside, the Chairman, Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank, has urged Nigerians to fortify and get themselves “well-prepared’’ against...

WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as variant spreads to 38 countries

The World Health Organisation said on Friday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 38 countries around the world....

Omicron variant now detected in 23 countries, alerts WHO

With at least 23 countries reporting cases of the new Omicron variant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says every country should take it...

Inequality Against Africa Will Hinder Fight Against COVID — FG 

  Nigeria has warned that lack of vaccination by developing countries will provide a fertile ground for the Covid-19 virus to mutate, thus...

Omicron: Canada slams travel ban on Nigeria, 9 other African countries

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a bid to curtail the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Canadian authorities have issued a...