Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Wednesday, ordered the closure of its borders with neig­hbouring states of Ekiti, Osun, Ko­gi, Edo and Ogun State.

By Michael Eboh Owners and operators of petrol stations across the country, on the platform of Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, on Wednesday, disclosed that the recent fuel price reduction was a risk to their businesses operations. In a statement in Abuja, by its National President, Dr. Billy Gillis-Harry, and Assistant […]

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna A Commercial Driver who has tested positive to the pandemic COVID-19 has escaped from the Isolation Centre in Bida, Niger State and now on the run. Niger State Commissioner of Health and Hospital services, Dr Mohammed Makunsidi has, therefore, declared him wanted and that a special team has been raised by […]

.Nine persons discharged, over 2,000 tested so far ― FG .NCDC following up on 70 per cent of over 5, 000 contacts-at-large By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government Wednesday announced that it has released 70, 000 metric tonnes of grains from the Strategic National Reserve to alleviate the sufferings of many low-income earners whose sources of […]

Former Marseille president, Pape Diouf, has died aged 68 after contracting coronavirus, the club have announced. The Senegalese was president between 2005 and 2009 when Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup finals. They went on to win a first French league title in 18 years in 2010. “Pape Diouf […]

Despite loud appeals for caution, Africans are rushing to embrace chloroquine, the venerable anti-malaria drug touted as a possible treatment for coronavirus. From hospitals in Senegal to pharmaceutical companies in South Africa and street sellers in Cameroon, chloroquine has fired hopes of a medicinal fix against a virus that is set to scythe through Africa’s […]

Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, with All England Club chiefs making the tough decision at an emergency board meeting on Wednesday.

Emma Ujah The Member, representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, Benue State, in the House of Representatives, Dr Francis Ottah Agbo, has called on the Federal and state governments, to immediately set up Price Control Units to check ‘crazy’ hikes in prices of goods and services as Nigeria take giant steps to curb the spread of COVID-19. […]

  By Chioma Obinna In a bid to increase the number of isolation centres to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Lagos, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has completed a 120-bedded isolation ward at the hospital. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof Chris Bode who spoke during the inspection of the centre […]

Victor Ogunyinka The Kaduna State government has relaxed its restriction order for about 34 hours to allow residents to stock food and other essentials at home. The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, announced that the exercise will be between 3 pm today (Wednesday and 12 midnight of 2nd April 2020. El-Rufai made this pronouncement […]

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos State Council, has appealed to media owners to provide necessary preventive measures against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in their respective media establishments.

By Gabriel Enogholase Edo State Government has commenced training of over 6,000 medical personnel drawn from private, state and federal medical centres in the state on how to manage infectious diseases in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the state. The training is coming on the heels of the outbreak of coronavirus in […]

The current coronavirus outbreak is the biggest challenge for the world since World War Two, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned. Guterres said it could bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past”. His warning comes amid dire predictions about the possible economic impact of measures imposed to fight the […]

By David Royal Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health on Wednesday said an American who tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos state has been evacuated to the United States. Akin Abayomi disclosed this while giving an update on his Twitter handle on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Davido tests negative for coronavirus after second […]

Victor Ogunyinka Commissioner of Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi, has given the updated cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state as 82. Lagos, which remains the epicentre of COVID-19 pandemic, has recorded some slight growth and positive impression in handling the cases. With more isolation centres building and optimism by the government, it is only a […]