Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, has made additional donations, including 500 ventilators to Nigeria and 53 other African countries to help fight coronavirus. The billionaire disclosed via his Twitter handle that the new donations also include 200,000 suits and face shields, 2,000 thermometers, one million swabs and extraction kits as well as 500,000 gloves. The supplies […]

Wuhan, the Chinese metropolis at the origin of the current coronavirus pandemic, is due this week to lift the final restrictions after more than two and a half months of stringent lockdown. From midnight on Wednesday, (1600 GMT on Tuesday) traffic is set to return to normal. Flights are also due to resume, cars will […]

As part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State, the State’s Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has introduced a home-schooling feature on its digital platforms to engage primary school pupils across the state in school lessons with the guidance of parents. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on […]

  By Demola Akinyemi Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of Kwara state on Tuesday said, about 75 persons who had contact with the two COVID-19 patients in the state are under contact-tracing in order to curb the spread of the infectious disease in the state. Governor Abdulrazaq speaking at a press conference in Ilorin also expressed disgust […]

By Shina Abubakar Traditional rulers in Osun State have urged residents in their respective domains to respect government directives to stay in their houses to curtail the spread of the pandemic Coronavirus disease. The traditional rulers also commended the state government for declaring total lockdown of the state as a way to prevent the communal […]

By David Royal Lagos state has discharged another coronavirus patient, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 32 in the state. The discharge of the patient was announced on Tuesday by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on its verified Twitter handle. Sanwo-Olu tweeted: “Dear Lagosians, I announce with immense joy, the discharge of another […]

The Gbagada expressway in Lagos since the commencement of the lockdown had always been filled up with Lagosians taking advantage of the traffic-free road to keep fit. Due to the disapproval of social distancing, the action was seen to encourage, it generated lots of condemnation on social media yesterday (Monday), Vanguard also reported that this […]

By David Royal The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Tuesday said it has placed over 28 medical staff that had contact with the deceased suspected COVID-19 patient on self-isolation. You would recall that Kwara state on Monday recorded two cases of COVID-19, One is the wife of the UITH patient, a UK returnee, […]

India said on Tuesday that its stocks of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) were enough to meet the export commitments. Private companies had been contracted in a bid to help countries badly affected by novel coronavirus pandemic. “With regard to paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), they will be kept in a licensed category and their demand […]

By Ikechukwu Odu, Nsukka The chairman of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Ejike Itodo, yesterday, cautioned the people of the council area against the widely held belief in some quarters that COVID-19 does not affect the poor masses but the rich ones. He informed the audience, comprising traditional rulers, councillors and President […]

Stuck in the same bind as many other Chinese farmers whose crops are rotting in their fields, Jiang Yuewu is preparing to throw out a 500-ton harvest of lotus root because anti-coronavirus controls are preventing traders from getting to his farm near Wuhan, where the global pandemic started. Chinese leaders are eager to revive the […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has expressed its readiness to join hands with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) and other relevant agencies in the fight against the ravaging Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) Pandemic. In a statement, the General Manager, Corporate Communication, Franklin Alao, stated that NIPOST, is offering to facilitate the distribution of […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him, a Downing Street spokesman said. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London with “persistent symptoms” on Sunday […]

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Former Delta State Governorship aspirant, Mr. Sunny Onuesoke has said forfeiture of one month subvention by political appointees in Delta State was not too much a sacrifice to make for Deltans. He also commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for establishing a food bank to alleviate the sufferings of the people during the […]

The COVID-19 pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some Presidents and other elites jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might have to take their chances at home. For years, leaders from Benin to Zimbabwe have […]