Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged Nigerians not to give in to fear occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic but to demonstrate faith and courage in the ability of government to win the war against the scourge. Jonathan in a post on his Facebook page asked Nigerians not to forget how […]

ABUJA–THE federal government on Thursday said that all the 48 confirmed cases of coronavirus were clinically stable.

The Zamfara State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of all activities including plenaries until further notice. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura. Magarya expressed deep concern over […]

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has tested negative for coronavirus. Also the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, tested negative for the same virus.

Brendan Rodgers insists Raheem Sterling’s move to Manchester City to Liverpool was not motivated by money. The England star created huge headlines in 2015 when making a controversial £49million switch from Merseyside to Manchester, a then-record fee for an English player. Sterling, just 20 at the time, was really starting to blossom under the tutelage […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt A workshop on effective medical waste management for health experts and institutions has been shifted by the Rivers State Government due to concerns over Corona Virus. A statement on Thursday, by Bro Felix Obuah, Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), organisers of the training noted that the […]

Mali’s main opposition party, Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) have confirmed that its leader and 11 other members have been missing since Wednesday, March 25. Soumaila Cisse and his entourage are believed to have been kidnapped during an election campaign in a region where terrorists frequently carry out attacks. Cisse lost presidential polls […]

By Tordue Salem, Abuja A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Engr. Chris Ogiewmonyi in collaboration with a Non governmental Organization, Daisy Heart Initiative, has launched an awareness campaign to keep the people of the state abreast with preventive information regarding the Coronavirus. In a statement made […]

Nine doctors have died in the Philippines from the coronavirus, the country’s top medical association said Thursday, as hospitals were overwhelmed and medics complained about a lack of protection on the frontlines. The announcement of the doctors’ deaths heightened fears that the scale of the health crisis in the Philippines is much worse than is […]

By Paul Olayemi Ojolu (a suburb) in Sapele, Delta State, residents, were shocked on Wednesday morning when a workman, Mr. Elijah Etsemiju, a 28 years old man, was electrocuted to death while working in a house in the vicinity. A source close to the family, who begged not to be mentioned, told Vanguard that Mr. […]

…Impounds several commercial buses for flouting govt’s directive By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has taken delivery of more disinfectant equipment as part of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s aggressive efforts to combat the Coronavirus, COVID-19, in the State. The equipment, in the custody of the state government, will be deployed to sterilize public surfaces and buses‬ […]

The Federal Government on Thursday dismissed the report that President Muhammadu Buhari has been coughing and now on a ventilator. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while giving an update on the measures being taken by the government to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the government, said the news was fake […]

Says certain key strategies yet to be implemented By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Thursday, decried what it described as ‘ absence’ of purposely-built isolation centers across the country unlike in the past where Infectious Diseases Hospitals existed in every state of the Federation. The NMA also pointed out that certain key […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano In the face of the gradual lockdown of the states and nation as a result of the raging Coronavirus, the leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN on Thursday says it has made all arrangements to sustain the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country. […]

 Britain on Thursday said heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, who has coronavirus, did not jump the queue for a test because his symptoms and condition met the criteria.