COVID-19

Breaking: COVID-19 fatality: Ondo State Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, dies 

  Two days after Ondo State Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu tested positive for Coronavirus, the Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, has died.   Adegbenro,...

COVID-19: Elaborate hoax, grand deception to create fear, shorten people’s lifespan — Gov. Bello

    Contrary to the Federal Government’s position on COVID-19, Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello has restated that the virus was not real but...

COVID-19 stigmatization: More than 2,683 active cases fail to report for treatment — LASG

    Citing ignorance, fear of stigmatisation or preference for home care, the Lagos State Government has alerted that 2,683 COVID-19 active cases...

COVID-19: Turkish Airlines offers 40 per cent discount to health workers 

In appreciation of their services to Nigeria, Turkish Airlines says it is offering health workers, who are the front-liners in the fight against...

COVID-19 claims Kogi Chief Judge

  In spite of denial of COVID-19 presence in Kogi State by the governor,  another high-profile public official, the State Chief Judge, Justice...

Gov. Okowa, wife on 14-day Isolation, daughter tests positive for COVID-19

  Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, Edith, are now on a14-day isolation after one of their daughters tested positive for COVID-19....

COVID-19: PTF to present report on national response efforts to Pres. Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari will next week announce some government decisions on COVID-19 fight as he is set to receive a report from...

COVID-19 fight: Own it, follow health advisories, PTF urges Nigerians

  The Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus has urged Nigerians not to let down their guards and also take ownership of the fight against...

COVID-19: FG begins dry run ahead of domestic flights resumption

  Ahead of resumption of flight operation, the Federal Government says it will carry out ‘Dry Run’ tests of Lagos and Abuja Airports...

Coronavirus kills former Oyo gov Abiola Ajimobi 

    COVID-19 has killed a former governor of Oyo state Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the latest leader in the country to die of...

Vested interests’ sinister plans: CBN committed to constitutional, corporate goals — Okorafor

    Undeterred by the sinister plans of some vested interests in the economy of the country and its socio-political landscape, the Central Bank of...

Amid COVID-19, Turkish Airlines makes 400 flights in Europe from March to June 

  Following resumption of operations amid COVID-19, Turkish Airlines says it has made 400 flights in Europe since March 24, 2020. Ranked as the busiest operator in...

Governance Beyond COVID-19: Back to Kwara By  Reuben Abati 

      This year, there was some feeling of nostalgia about May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. When a few persons called...

COVID-19: Nigerians not taking the pandemic seriously – PTF

      The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has expressed concerns that Nigerians are longer taking the pandemic seriously just as some...

Nigeria records highest daily count of new COVID-19 cases as virus spreads in states

    The Nigeria Center for Disease Control health officials confirmed 745 more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest daily count of...

COVID-19: China promises to provide vaccines free to Africa after successful clinical trial 

    China,  leading the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, says it will supply any vaccine against virus to African first free of...