Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Residents of Ile-Ife, Osun State have been charged to stay indoor throughout today (Thursday) as a masquerade (Oro) would be performing traditional rite to cleanse the land of the deadly Coronavirus. According to a public service announcement jingle made available to Vanguard on Thursday morning, the Oro deity would be moving […]

Fast-rising Nigerian Fintech mobile money company, Funds and Electronic Transfer Solutions, FETS, operators of fetswallet on Wednesday commenced the immediate disbursement of N20, 000 conditional cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his address to the Nation on Sunday 29 March. Despite the partial shutdown of retail […]

By David Odama IN an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus because of the proximity from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nasarawa State government has imposed a 24-hour on Karu local government of the state with effect from Thursday (today). Vehicular movements have also been banned from 8 pm to 6 am across the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency has taken a swipe at the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over his comments on the 14-day lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he is not an expert in that area. The Presidency told Prof. Soyinka that he lacked professional competence to kick against the decision […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, stated during the Wednesday Presidential Task Force Briefing in Abuja that a breakdown of the confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria indicated that 70 per cent are male and 30 per cent female. Ehanire also hinted that the age range of these COVID-19 victims is […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire on Wednesday stated that the twelve new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) reported earlier in the day by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were imported. Ehanire revealed this while trying to clarify why he stated during his speech that the total confirmed cases in […]

A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the US state of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus. Governor Ned Lamont tweeted that the newborn was “brought unresponsive to a hospital late last week and could not be revived.” “Testing confirmed last night […]

A few months ago, much of the world was unconcerned with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, if they had heard of it at all. Now, the virus has impacted almost every corner of the globe, and the number of confirmed cases is expected to surpass 1 million any day now, the World Health Organisation’s director-general […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has again asked those still debating the legality of the lockdown imposed on Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states to focus on the bigger picture, saying asking President Muhammadu Buhari to have consulted a National Assembly that is on recess is unrealistic, simplistic and […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and his wife Professor Hafsat Abdullahi Ganduje have both been tested negative for coronavirus (COVID-19), the deadly disease worrying global health and threatening nations of the world. “We thank Almighty Allah for this result which shows negative. That is how He (Allah) wishes. All […]

The Edo State Government has warned traders and sellers of food items against being insensitive to the plight of residents by hiking the price of food items and other household essentials as a fallout of measures by the state government to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed cases of COVID-19 pandemic will soon reach one million globally. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed the figures on Wednesday during his COVID-19 update. “Over the past five weeks, we have witnessed a near exponential growth in the number of new COVID-19 cases, reaching almost every […]

Workers and guests at the Fancy Hotel situated at Umuguma in Owerri, Imo State, owned by Chief Chrisogonus Aguwa Osuagwu, the alleged second person to die of COVID-19, are still quarantined at the hotel.

By David Royal The Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade on Wednesday declared that no resident of the state will be allowed to leave home without a face mask. The new restriction which will be commencing from Friday 3rd, April 2020,  according to the governor is to contain the spread of the virus that […]

By Charly Agwam, Bauchi Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed has assured citizens of the state of his readiness to provide them with relief materials to cushion the hardship that might come with the coronavirus disease and the lockdown order. Governor Mohammed spoke from his isolation in a short video recorded in Hausa language and […]