By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday admitted an error in its Friday report that indicated Nigeria recorded 26 new coronavirus cases. NCDC noted the error was in the number of cases reported for Osun State. According to the Centre, “Of the 25 new cases reported, 1 case was inadvertently […]

British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde says his grandmother has died from the coronavirus just a few days after his father’s death as a result of the pandemic. The 28-year-old fighter appealed to people to ‘just stay home’ as he announced that his grandmother had died yesterday. ‘It’s serious!’ Yarde wrote on social media. ‘People are still […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, his Deputy, Benson Abounu and Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, David Olofu have all tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The trio had, a few days ago, voluntarily submitted their specimen for the test and the Governor had promised to make the result public. […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State Government has disclosed that only a returnee among the isolated coronavirus victim in Ejigbo is missing against the six earlier reported by the media. It stated the headcount of the returnees in the isolation centre revealed that only one cannot be accounted for by the officials in charge […]

By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed that the country’s coronavirus cases have now risen to 210 on Friday, with four deaths recorded and 25 patients discharged. This was announced on the centre’s verified twitter handle on Friday night. READ ALSO: Nigeria announces 20 new cases of coronavirus The tweet […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo There is palpable tension in Ejigbo local government area of Osun State as six returnees from Côte d’Ivoire in coronavirus isolation at a government facility were said to have escaped. An official statement-making round listed the names, family compounds and mobile phone numbers of the returnees, urging the public to help […]

The world heavyweight title fight between Briton Anthony Joshua and IBF’s mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria originally scheduled for June 20 has been postponed, promoters Matchroom Boxing said on Friday. Joshua’s defence of his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles was set to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. But the coronavirus outbreak […]

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration was now recommending Americans wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings, a reversal of previous guidance that suggested masks were unnecessary for people who weren’t sick. Trump said the recommendations, which came after a week of heated deliberations inside the White House, were voluntary and that he would not partake. […]

China held three minutes of silence during Tomb Sweeping Day on Saturday for people who have died in the COVID-19 outbreak. During the national mourning event, national flags across China and at Chinese embassies and consulates abroad were lowered to half-mast, and public entertainment activities halted. The three minutes of silence started on time at […]

South Africa is set to conduct mass community testing for COVID-19 pandemic as cases continued to rise, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. An uptick in local transmissions prompted the need to prepare for mass community testing, the minister said while updating the nation on the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Until Friday, the […]