By Olakunle Atoyebi Today, on World Health Day, as we celebrate nurses and other health professionals for keeping us healthy, let’s remember that now more than ever, we must play our part, too, and do all within our power to keep critical healthcare workers safe. The best way to do so is by staying healthy […]

MOVED by the need to alleviate the sufferings of the needy during the two weeks lockdown ordered by the Delta State Government to check the spread of the ravaging coronavirus, former Secretary to the State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, has donated foodstuffs to residents of Isoko North Local Government Area of the State.

Says state will test 10,000 samples Appreciates residents’ prayers, support during isolation Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, formally resumed work on Monday and immediately conducted an inspection tour of the state’s largest COVID-19 isolation centre- Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan. The governor, who appeared calm and relaxed, said that he was thankful to the […]

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has called on government at levels in Nigeria, religious bodies, corporate organisations and individuals to focus on full-time strategic  implementation of “stomach infrastructure”, saying; “hunger can kill quicker than coronavirus.”

Seek extension of testing, advocacy, palliatives, others to low-income communities By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Civil Societies Organisations, CSO, in Nigeria have urged, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration in Lagos State to extend Coronavirus, COVID-19 testing and advocacy to low-income communities, with clear protocols on reporting and responding to suspected cases in the drive towards combating […]

However, his effective deputy Dominic Raab is chairing the daily coronavirus crisis committee meeting this morning, and the PM will clearly not be playing the same role as usual. In a Twitter video posted on Friday from quarantine in No11, where he has been in self-isolation, an exhausted-looking Mr Johnson revealed he was still suffering […]

By Victor Young Lagos State council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has raised the alarm that relief materials, meant as lockdown palliatives, were yet to reach indigent and vulnerable residents in the state to cushion the effects of the stay-at-home directive as the nation fight the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. A statement by state’s […]

Italy on Monday unveiled a record 400 billion euro ($430 billion) stimulus to help businesses hurt by a month-long national lockdown that is like to run on for many more weeks. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation to be patient in the face of a pandemic that has now officially claimed 16,523 lives in […]

By Gabriel Olawale Nigeria Center for Disease Control has announced six new cases of coronavirus as total confirmed cases jump to 238. According to NCDC on its official twitter handle, “Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT. As […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Tanko, has ordered all heads of court in the country to suspend all court sitting indefinitely. The CJN had earlier issues a two weeks suspension of all courts on March 24, as part of measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country.