The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has donated a 30-room hotel to the state for use as isolation centre for COVID-19 cases. The state’s Ministry of Health announced Kukah’s donation via its Twitter account on Monday, adding that it was done on behalf of the Catholic Diocese in the state. The tweet read: […]

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that some private building and hotels in the state have been converted to isolation centres to ensure all those tested positive to covid-19 are adequately cater for.

Scientists created a monoclonal antibody that can defeat the new coronavirus in the lab, an early but promising step in efforts to find treatments and curb the pandemic’s spread. The experimental antibody has neutralised the virus in cell cultures. While that’s early in the drug development process— before animal research and human trials— the antibody […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, confirmed the receipt of 311,797,866.11 million dollars of the Abacha assets repatriated from the U.S. and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

By Chioma Obinna Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government yesterday expressed worry over-relaxation of the lockdown in the State, disclosing that 16 members of the Medical Guild in the state workforce have been infected with COVID-19. Addressing a press conference on the Issues of Covid-19 Response and Challenges Identified by the Guild,  […]

Fourteen patients who were receiving treatment for coronavirus in Lagos have been discharged after recovering from the disease. The ministry of health in the state broke the news in a tweet on Monday. The tweet said six females and eight males were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, Onikan, LUTH and Eti-Osa. READ ALSO: COVID-19: […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, Monday revealed the plan of his government to arraign in court those behind the payroll fraud discovered in Imo civil service. Uzodinma disclosed this at the Government House in Owerri, while swearing into office, the acting President of the state Customary Court of Appeal, Hon […]

United States President Donald Trump now says his worst-case coronavirus scenario would be 100,000 deaths, but the country will probably reach that grim milestone by next month, according to several scientific models — none of which predict a summertime halt to the virus’s spread. “We’re going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people. […]

DR Congo on Monday reiterated its accusation that Rwandan rebels in the east of the country killed 12 rangers and five others at the world-famous Virunga national park. Fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) were behind the April 24 attack, said Major General Maurice Aguru Mamba, citing a preliminary investigation. […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday urged banks and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to comply with guidelines on the relaxation of the lockdown. The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call at the PTF daily press briefing in Abuja. He also called on […]

Hopes rose in the fight against the coronavirus on Monday as world leaders pledged billions of euros for a vaccine in a special telethon and European countries edged out of lockdown. Despite US President Donald Trump snubbing the fundraising effort, the World Health Organization hailed the 7.4 billion euro ($8.1 billion) haul as a “powerful” […]

Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has said he received death threats following a racism row involving then-Liverpool forward Luis Suarez in 2011. Uruguay striker Suarez was banned for eight matches by the English Football Association after being found guilty of misconduct for insulting comments to Evra, which included a reference to the left-back’s skin […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it has observed poor compliance to physical distancing and use of face masks as ease of five weeks lockdown on Lagos, FCT and Ogun states began on Monday. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and PTF Chairman made the observation at […]

By Shehu Danjuma Katsina State government says it has recorded 37 new cases which bring the total number COVID-19 to 75 cases across the State. Governor Amin Masari of Katsina State stated this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Katsina. He said that, out of the 37 new cases of COVID-19, 14 of them are […]

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday approved the appointment of Umar Shehu Kyari as the new Shehu of Bama. The new Shehu succeeds his father, Shehu Kyari, who died on April 27. Presenting the letter of appointment to the new Shehu on Monday, the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Jidda, congratulated him […]