The Federal Government has banned inter-state movement of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the country. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF), briefing on COVID-19. Ehanire said that all persons diagnosed with the virus would henceforth be treated in the state where their diagnosis was made […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has urged Muslim faithful to imbibe the virtue of piety and pray for God’s intervention over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the face of resilient efforts by the federal and state governments to stem the disease outbreak. The governor said the sacred month of Ramadan is a period […]

The number of malaria deaths in Africa could double to 769,000 this year, as efforts to curb the disease are disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Thursday.

Ado-Ekiti—In the bid to strengthen the mechanism for combating the deadly coronavirus in Ekiti State, the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has unveiled Ekiti State Covid-19 Response Hub, a Geographic Information System- based application that would help to curtail the spread of the dreaded disease.

The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries has announced a revenue of N83.2 billion for the first quarter ended March 31. The revenue represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent when compared with N83.3 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2019. The company during the period under review posted a profit after tax of […]

Togo’s main opposition leader, Agbéyomé Kodjo, has been arrested. Agbeyome, a former Prime Minister was arrested on Tuesday, April 21, at his home and taken to the gendarmerie’s Central Research and Criminal Investigation Service, according to AFP. One of his lawyers, Claver N’dry, confirmed that his house was besieged before the operatives forcibly broke into […]

Four more tigers and three lions have tested positive for coronavirus at a New York zoo after the first case of a tiger being infected was reported there earlier in April. The Bronx Zoo said in a statement the animals are behaving normally. “All eight cats continue to do well, they are behaving normally, eating […]

Donates 36,000 testing kits, 75 ventilators, 331,000 PPEs Commits N400m for feeding vulnerable communities in 11 states By Chioma Obinna Flour Mills of Nigeria Group, FMN Group, has redeemed its initial N1 billion pledge to the Federal Government of Nigeria through the CBN-led Nigerian Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 even as it donated $1.5 million […]

Grows with more than 150% in 9 days; Eti-Osa, Ikeja & Alimosho also record high cases By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State government may need to adopt a more stringent containment measure as the COVID-19 Pandemic appears to grow astronomically in major parts of the state.   In a chart illustrating how the COVID-19 infection is […]

 Ogun Government says it will create central learning virtual platform for teachers, students and schools in the state to rejuvenate the education sector.

Ado-Ekiti—Armed policemen on Thursday stormed some major markets in Ekiti State to dispersed traders and buyers who thronged those markets against the directive of the state government.

ABUJA- HEADS of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS on Thursday appointed President Muhammadu Buhari Champion of the COVID-19 response.

The Nigeria Natural Resources Charter (NNRC), yesterday, called on the Federal Government to immediately privatise the country’s moribund refineries and also sell off its unviable oil assets, so as to be able to cushion the economy from the vagaries of the global economic slowdown occasioned by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Thursday urged residents to remain calm, saying a new set of Ivory Coast returnees tested negative for coronavirus before they were allowed to rejoin their families. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode disclosed the state only allowed the returnees, […]

Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) will also benefit from the Federal Government’s intervention to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown.