The city of Bethlehem was on lockdown on Friday after the first Palestinian cases of the deadly coronavirus were discovered there and as stuck tourists tried to find a way out. The Palestinian government announced a month-long state of emergency late Thursday after the seven cases were identified, while the Israeli defence ministry said it […]

By Festus Ahon – ASABA TWO days after they were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen who invaded Issele-Azagba community, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, three out of the eight victims held hostage have been released by their abductors. Those released, it was gathered, were set free in the early hours of yesterday after reportedly […]

Appeals to contacts to isolate wherever they are,call NCDC Says N1.67 bn budgeted for response in 28 days By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government , Friday ,disclosed that 93 persons that boarded the same Turkish Airline with an Italian, the country’s Coronavirus index case, were at large. The government said out of the 148 […]

Polish police striving to improve one of Europe’s worst road fatality rates are having to cut back on testing drivers’ breath for alcohol for fear this could speed the transmission of coronavirus. Poland reported its first case of the flu-like virus this week, among more than 85 countries to be hit by the outbreak since […]

Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi said Friday that completion of a key railway project has been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak as Chinese workers had not returned to the country. The 150-kilometre (90-mile) railway line linking economic hub Lagos to the city of Ibadan is being built by the state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. […]