The Lagos State Government has urged all participants in the recently conducted African Magic Viewer’s Choice Award, AMVCA 2020, to self-isolate. It confirmed that one of the participants had tested positive to the COVID-19 virus, thereby exposing other attendees to the raging virus. The announcement was made through the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin […]

By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to douse what it called “widespread public anxieties” by immediately addressing the nation on the status of the Presidential villa, in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is even as the party said its demand is predicated on “public […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nnewi Medical doctors in Anambra state yesterday suspended its four-weeks old industrial strike following the rising cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. Operating under the aegis of Conference of Civil Service Doctors in Anambra State had embarked on the industrial action over alleged neglect by the state government. However, addressing newsmen in Onitsha, […]

By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has debunked in its entirety, a tv screen image circulating of “472 confirmed cases” being attributed to COVID-19. The centre in a tweet on Monday explained that the figures in the image being circulated are reported cases of Lassa fever in the country and not […]

Two new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. 1 is in Lagos State & 1 in Ogun According to NCDC, one case is a returning traveller. The second case is contact of a previously confirmed case. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Domestic flights still in operation – FAAN “As at 1pm on March 24, there […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said that passengers could still travel within Nigeria in spite of the suspension of international flight operations. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Yakubu said: “We also use this opportunity to request all passengers and […]

Australia on Tuesday reported a jump in coronavirus cases that was almost entirely due to passengers, who disembarked a cruise ship in Sydney several days ago. The cruise ship has, however, prompted widespread criticism of the official response to the pandemic. The ship, Carnival Corp’s Ruby Princess, became the country’s largest source of coronavirus infections […]

By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday closed down all its activities for two weeks following the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus( COVIC- 19) that is at the moment, ravaging the world. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan announced the closure after a closed-door session that lasted from 10.50 am to 12 pm. […]

  By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Senator representing Akwa Ibom Northwest Senatorial District, Senator Chris Ekpenyong, has raised the alarm over the seeming lack of public health guidance on COVID 19 pandemic as it relates to Nigeria’s Correctional facilities and IDP camps across the country. Senator Ekpenyong stated this while assessing the vulnerabilities of his constituents […]

South Africa on Tuesday confirmed number of coronavirus cases rose to 554 from 402 a day earlier, as businesses raced to make plans for a nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the 21-day lockdown in an address to the nation on Monday, saying Africa’s most advanced economy needed to escalate its […]