By Ayo Onikoyi Mafo crooner, Afeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley has been arrested by the Nigeria Police following his violation of lockdown order in Lagos. On Sunday, the singer had been ordered to appear before the Police on Monday following the arrest of the popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, who hosted an house […]

More than 50 doctors protesting the lack of safety equipment as they battle the coronavirus were arrested Monday in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police and physicians said. The arrests occurred after more than 100 doctors and paramedics rallied near the city’s main hospital and then moved to protest in front of the chief […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says mental health plays important part in the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVI9-19) pandemic outbreak in the country.

A major private hospital in Mumbai was shut to new patients and declared a coronavirus containment zone on Monday after 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive, an official said. Since the virus hit India — which has been under lockdown since March 25 with 111 deaths so far — medical workers have complained about […]

Says State now battling local transmission, still tracing 2,293 Adds, many emergency calls are hoax By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Monday, said although cases of coronavirus diseases were rising in the state, it was still within the pace health workers can control even as he disclosed that […]

Some groups of Nigerians in China have donated cartons of hand sanitizers, worth over N5 million to the Federal Government (FG) in support of effort to curtail the spread of Coronavirus disease that is currently ravaging the world.

Thelma Ekiyor, the Managing Partner of SME.ng, Nigeria’s SME Impact Investment Platform and the Chairperson of Afrigrants Resources Ltd has been appointed the Chairperson of the MSMEs division of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Monday said it recorded one new case of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the number of positive cases to Five. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni said in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Baloni said that ‘’So far, the state has sent 89 samples to Abuja […]

 Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “in good spirits” on Monday, following his hospital admission after failing to shake off symptoms of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the much-hyped social intervention programmes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government as a total hoax.