DELTA State Government, yesterday said the 67 years old Caucasian American woman, who slumped and died in a hotel room in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area of the state did not die of coronavirus.

LUXURY bus owners under the aegis of the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) claimed yesterday that they have lost over N12 billion from the COVID-19 lockdown due to the closure of parks and borders in Nigeria since March 2020 this year.

By Festus Ahon DELTA State Government, yesterday said the 67 years old Caucasian American woman who slumped and died in a hotel room in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area of the State did not die of COVID-19. The State Ministry of Health in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Donald Ojobor, said […]

The House of Representatives yesterday called on the Federal Government to ignore the World Health Organization, WHO, in efforts to find cure for COVID-19 and approve use of alternative remedies to cure the disease.

By Victor Young Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, decried the increasing exposure of health workers, especially nurses to the deadly coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The union said: “As at last week, about 200,000 health workers are estimated to have been infected with COVID-19. Out of this number 260 nurses have died from the Covid-19 infection.” […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Kaduna State Standing Committee on COVID-19 has quarantined 50 persons at the NYSC camp, for violating the prohibition of interstate travel. In an update by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, on Tuesday, the Standing Committee said the culprits ‘’will be isolated there for 14 days […]

….Tasks corporate bodies on finding local cure By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA The Federal Government has challenged corporate organizations in the country to scale up efforts at sponsoring researches to develop a local cure for the COVID-19. Government equally tasked scientists and researchers in the country to put forward their discoveries for validations. Chairman of the […]

The Edo State Government has extended the curfew in the state for another 14 days, as it ramps up measures to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the curfew, which is effective between 8 pm and 6 am daily, was extended to limit […]

By Emem Idio YENAGOA – THE Bayelsa index case of Covid-19 and two other cases linked to her, who were earlier treated at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, NDUTH, Isolation Centre have been discharged after they recovered and tested negative. The Co-Chairman of the Bayelsa State Covid-19 Task Force and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of […]

Nigeria has recorded 242 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 4,641. In a tweet, late Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 88 new cases in Lagos, 64 in Kano, 49 in Katsina and 13 in Kaduna. According to the health agency, Ogun state had nine cases, Gombe […]