By Soni Daniel – Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday handed over the luxury flats, which it had seized from former Petrolem Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Lagos State Government to use as one of it isolation centres. The property, which consists of six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarters […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos State government for use as an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.

By Victoria Ojeme The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed Nigerian evacuees from Bangkok to pay a total of N297,600 for their hotel, isolation and quarantine upon arrival in Nigeria as a precondition for their airlift. A statement by the Embassy of Nigeria in Bangkok, Thailand, signed by the Head of Chancery, Nicholas Uhomoibhi, said […]

Twitter has unveiled a new emoji showing two hands forming a heart. The emoji appears whenever users type “#thankful” or “#gratitude” or any variation of the hashtags. ALSO READ: China’s city quarantines thousands over new coronavirus cluster The idea for the new emoji came after the social media site saw an increase in people using the […]

Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State government on Friday disclosed that the state has received over N600 million donations from philanthropists and private organisations since the lockdown was pronounced by Governor Kayode Fayemi, in respect of the Coronavirus spread. The government also revealed that it has recorded new four cases, which involved three […]

As part of improved measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Edo State, the government has revved up the screening and testing of residents across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs), testing over 820 persons in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, reassured […]

The DAAR Communications Chairman. High Chief Raymond Dokpesi speaks after discharge from Isolation facility.

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is “desperate” for the return of Premier League action despite mounting concerns about the English top-flight’s restart plans. Several stars including Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Danny Rose have gone public with fears about resuming the season during the coronavirus crisis. Some top-flight bosses are also understood to have […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday, hailed Professor Ibrahim Gambari over the appointment as new Chief of Staff, CoS, to President Muhammadu Buhari amid the raging Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, where the association expressed […]

Some 28.4 million planned surgeries could be cancelled or postponed globally due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to new research warning that huge backlogs risk “potentially devastating” consequences for patients and health systems. The study, published this week in the British Journal of Surgery, modelled the expected number of elective operations that would be […]