One of the victims of the fast-spreading coronavirus has reportedly died in Ghana authorities have confirmed According to the Ghana Health Ministry, the 61-year-old Lebanese male trader and resident in Kumasi was unwell and reported to a health facility with fever (temp 39.4 degrees Celcius), and cough. The sample tested positive for COVID-19. His case, […]

  By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has directed road traffic enforcement officers across the city to immediately intensify the arrest of drivers who overload their vehicles with passengers as a measure to limit the spread of COVID-19 Chairman, FCT Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Management, Mr Ikharo Attah, disclosed on Sunday in […]

  Victor Ogunyinka The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Sunday morning three new cases of COVID-19 in Lagos and one in Oyo State making a total number of 26 cases with 2 discharged. NCDC disclosed that “All three cases (COVID-19) were reported in Lagos State, & have travel history to high-risk countries […]

Nigeria’s leading hygiene brand Dettol, through its flagship Clean Naija Initiative, and Lagos State Government through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and Investment has commenced a campaign to educate primary school children within the state on how to stay protected from infectious diseases, such as the COVID-19 and Lassa Fever.

More than a billion people remained indoors in India on Sunday during a one-day nationwide curfew aimed at controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus even as positive cases topped 300. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday called for the “Janata Curfew” (Public Curfew in Hindi) or self-imposed quarantine from 7 a.m. (0130 GMT) […]

By David Odama FIVE suspected cases of coronavirus in Nasarawa have tested negative and soon to be discharged from the federal medical centre in Keffi where they were being quarantined. Commissioner of Health, Ahmed Yahaya disclosed Saturday while briefing journalists shortly after a stakeholder meeting convened by Governor Abdullahi Sule in government house, Lafia. The […]

It is no longer news that COVID-19 pandemic has forced nations across the world to adopt measures in a bid to contain the deadly outbreak. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration of the outbreak as a pandemic forced many countries to review entry by travellers.

Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, on Saturday, directed the closure of all public and private schools in the state from March 26 as part of the measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Diri in a state-wide broadcast, also announced the prohibition of all public gatherings above 50 persons, including in worship centres and clubs […]

As Lagos, FCT confirm 10 new cases By Sola Ogundipe The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed 10 new cases of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 22. Disclosing this in Abuja on Saturday, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said three of the cases are […]

Nasarawa state government says advocacy and immediate testing will now take place at motor parks across the state to sensitize travelers on safety steps to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Mr. Ahmed Yahaya, Commissioner for Health made this known at a news briefing held at the Nasarawa State Government House in Lafia on Saturday […]

One week ago, President Donald Trump held a press conference wherein he claimed Google would be building a screening website for the coronavirus that would direct people to testing sites. As we learned in the following days, that wasn’t true. Google’s sister company Verily did launch such a site, but only for the Bay Area […]

An 83-year-old woman has become Chile’s first victim of the coronavirus pandemic, health authorities said Saturday. Health Minister Jaime Manalich earlier in the day said that 103 new cases had been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total to over 500. In Latin America, only Brazil has registered more cases. Of Chile’s cases, […]

Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision’s new battle royale (BR) game that released less than two weeks ago, has more than 30 million players, the publisher announced on Friday. That makes it one of the fastest-growing free-to-play titles in the industry, putting it on par with BR competitor Apex Legends, which hit 25 million players after […]

By David Odama THE Nasarawa State government Saturday declared that it has concluded arrangements to evacuate all Almajiri beggers out of the state. The decision is part of the government’s steps towards tackling the spread of Coronavirus pandemic across the world and to ride the state of the menace of street begging which is constituting […]

The Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL) on Saturday announced restriction of passengers to sitting alone in a bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Idowu Oguntona, said this in a statement issued by the the LBSL’s Public Affairs Officer, Mr Afolabi Olawale. Oguntona said that the decision was […]