Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has directed civil servants in the state to work from their homes for the next 14 days as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus with effect from Tuesday till further notice. Obiano, in a statement on Monday, said all public gatherings including traditional marriage ceremonies, community, new […]

Four new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. 3 are in Lagos State and 1 in FCT Two of these cases according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC are returning travellers. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Health personnel evacuate FIRS staff who tested positive in Abuja “As at 11:00pm on the 23rd of March, […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar Cross River state governor, Prof Ben Ayade Monday night declared that all entry points into the state by Land, Sea and air are hereby locked down stressing that access will only be by thorough screening regime. He also declared that LG elections scheduled for Saturday, March,28 remain suspended indefinitely. He made […]

For not wanting to comply with government instructions, the behavior of the Right Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril exposed the lives of 167 deputies and their relatives, Ghanaweb reports. According to hospital sources, the President of the National Assembly of Cameroon has tested positive for Coronavirus. Indeed, the latter was part of an Air France flight declared […]

The coronavirus is spreading ever faster, and there are now over 300,000 confirmed cases recorded worldwide, the World Health Organisation’s figures said on Monday. “It took 67 days for the first 100,000 cases to be confirmed, 11 days for the next 100,000, and only four for the last 100,000,’’ it said. WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has ordered all courts in the country to shut down from Tuesday. The CJN, in a statement he issued on the official website of the National Judicial Council, NJC, said the measure became necessary, in view of the reality of the COVID-19 in […]

Orders civil servants below grade level 12 to work from home Following the upswing of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria, the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has placed a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in any part of the state, as part of efforts to prevent the spread of […]

Half of Uruguay’s coronavirus cases have been traced to a single guest at a society party which led to the infection of 44 people. Fashion designer Carmela Hontou, 57, was attending the wedding celebration in the upmarket neighbourhood of Carrasco in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo. Ms Hontou arrived at the party which was attended by 500 […]

By David Royal The first lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari has said that the government should not isolate students and expose their parents to COVID-19. She urged the government to remember that parents after working will go back home to meet their children. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Enugu police enforces restriction order, stops unnecessary arrests, detention […]

By David Royal Health personnel in Abuja have evacuated Salihu Umar, a staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Vanguard had early reported that a man in Abuja, identified as Salihu Umar on Monday took to his twitter handle to announce that he tested positive for COVID-19. […]