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 […]

In an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nasarawa State government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Karu Local Government Area of the state with effect from Thursday because of its proximity to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The presidency has listed about 50 measures taken by the Buhari administration to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

A Russian military plane loaded with medical equipment took off from outside of Moscow Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin offered Donald Trump help for the United States battle with coronavirus. “The Russian side offered assistance amid the dire epidemiological situation in America,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state-run Channel One Tuesday. “Trump gratefully accepted this […]

By David Royal Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on Wednesday shared a video of coronavirus patients who are currently receiving treatment at  Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) Yaba, Lagos on social media, saying his heart was warmed that they were ‘upbeat’. The patients in the video urged the public to obey the government’s directive to […]

By Prince Okafor Akwa Ibom has recorded its first case of coronavirus as Nigeria records fresh 23 cases Wednesday evening. According to a tweet by the NCDC, “Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi […]