South Africa on Friday reported its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of confirmed cases breached the 1,000 mark, the government said. “This morning we wake South Africans up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement. […]

By Emmanuel Okogba The Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, has denied knowledge of the ‘six cases on a vessel in Lagos’ reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as part of 14 new cases discovered on Thursday. The NCDC on Thursday reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total of the cases in […]

The United States on Thursday became the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic with the highest number of infections, according to data released by different institutions. Figures compiled by the John Hopkins University indicate that the U.S. was topping the chart with 85,505 confirmed cases. It was followed by China, where the virus broke out […]

LAGOS—THE Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed into law a bill empowering security agencies to arrest residents, who flout directives aimed at stopping the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Muham-madu Buhari yesterday, told Nigerians to stop attending public events and religious activities to avoid spreading of COVID-19 pandemic. He also said N10 billion had been released to the Lagos State government, which release was effected within two days of the request.