By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state police commissioner, Bolaji Fafowora, on Wednesday, directed his men to shun unnecessary arrests in Imo. The police made the announcement in Owerri, through the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, he added that it was part of the preventive measures against the spread of the dreaded […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said there was no cause for alarm over his decision to self-isolate over the Coronavirus disease. Fayemi assured the people of the state of his well-being, saying his action was just a precautionary measures to prevent the spread  of the […]

Compiled by Rasheed Sobowale “With the circumstance will find ourselves today, every citizen must engage in personal hygiene and take actions that can help us overcome this challenge and that exactly I have done.” -Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor “It is commendable that state governors have closed down schools; however, this could be counterproductive if […]

Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, took more restrictive measures to break the cycle of transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu directed all markets and stores trading in non-essential commodities to close for seven days. The directive takes effect from Thursday, March 26. The directives, the Governor said, did not affect pharmacy […]

Commiserates with FG, families over 47 soldiers killed by insurgents By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The President of Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, IGP MD Abubakar (rtd) mni, Wednesday, called for precaution against the raging Coronavirus, COVID-19, in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, AANI, Dr. […]

A Pakistani village where the country’s first death from the coronavirus was reported last week has seen an alarming rise in cases, officials said on Wednesday, indicating how quickly the community spread of the disease is taking place in the country. Health officials said at least 39 of 46 tests conducted in the village of […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has triggered business continuity plans to ensure the bank’s operations remain uninterrupted despite COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Mr Isaac Okorafor, the CBN Director of Corporate Communications Department, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Okorafor disclosed that the apex bank had directed Deposit Money […]

A total of 67 Italian priests infected with the novel coronavirus have died since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country last month, the Avvenire newspaper said Wednesday. The youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53. “Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,” the Avvenire […]

Authorities in Sudan have ordered the release of thousands of prisoners to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading in the country’s jails, state media reported Wednesday. “The first batch of prisoners from (a total of) 4,217 have been released from al-Hoda prison in the city of Omdurman,” twin city of the capital Khartoum, official news […]

DELTA State Task Force on COVID-19, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN and Muslim groups, yesterday met over the mode of worship, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in some parts of the country.

Four countries led by Mali on Wednesday joined the lengthening list of African countries hit by the novel coronavirus as fears of the disease swept members of Nigeria’s political elite. Mali, mired in an eight-year-old conflict, said two nationals who had returned from France had tested positive for the virus. Libya, another conflict-torn country, as […]

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected virtually every facet of human endeavour in every part of our planet. Sporting events are being postponed or outrightly cancelled, schools are being shut down, social gatherings outlawed, stock markets are crashing, Civil Service winding up gradually, countries are virtually shutting down by halting public, economic activities, some are in total lockdown, all in coordinated efforts to contain the pandemic. Recently, a WHO conference on COVID-19 was cancelled because of COVID-19. Simply put, human contact is now dangerous and consciously discouraged as a precautionary measure to curtail the spread of the virus.

Shehu Danjuma – Katsina The Katsina State Police Command said on Wednesday a notorious kidnapper terrorising the state, Mohammed Gidado,  has been arrested.. Gidado has been on the police wanted list for several months. The command also arrested four armed robbery suspects who has been terrorizing Katsina metropolis and neighboring local government areas in the […]

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday ordered a nighttime curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while taking a massive pay cut and unveiling tax breaks to ease the economic impact of the crisis on citizens. In a lengthy address to the nation, Kenyatta warned he would not hesitate to take “more drastic measures” […]

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Wednesday directed all markets in the state to be shut indefinitely due to the spread of the coronavirus. The latest action was in addition to an earlier government order restricting gatherings at events to only 20 persons, It also placed a work-from-home order on workers from GL 12 downwards […]