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.