When we asked readers to send their questions about coronavirus, a common theme emerged: Many people are fearful about tracking the virus into their homes on their clothes, their shoes, the mail and even the newspaper. We reached out to infectious disease experts, aerosol scientists and microbiologists to answer reader questions about the risks of […]

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, weekend, directed security personnel to arrest violators of the ongoing dusk to dawn curfew declared in the state last Saturday.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday,  signed the third Rivers State Government’s Executive Order for a Task Force to check  reported sabotage by federal security agents enforcing closure of Rivers borders to prevent Coronavirus spread.

ABUJA — Alarmed by the increasing number of persons testing positive for coronavirus in the country, the federal government yesterday announced that it was developing a new national action plan to combat the scourge, expressing concerns that the pandemic was far from over.

Governor Nasiru el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday debunked insinuations that he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit, ICU, due to coronavirus , COVID-19, complications, saying he   was fine and getting better every passing day.

The United Nations, yesterday, said the aid worker, who died of complications from Coronavirus, COVID-19, in Borno had no travel history outside the state.

Victor Ogunyinka The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 38 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 665. The NCDC, late Monday night also revealed that 188 cases have since been discharged with the death toll at 22. For the first time in a long while, Lagos State, which […]

LAGOS—GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, declared that the enforcement of wearing of face mask in public places in the state will commence next week.

THE Association of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries of Lagos State, ALARHOSPS, yesterday, lauded the prompt and decisive steps taken so far by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to contain the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, saying the government deserved to be commended.

President Donald Trump of the United State of America, USA, has said he will suspend immigration to his country. He stated this in a tweet on Tuesday morning (Nigerian time), noting that it was to protect the country from an “invisible enemy” and the jobs of Americans. The nature and details of Donald Trump’s immigration […]

PRESIDENT of the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, in the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Dr. Adedayo Williams, yesterday, tested positive for the coronavirus.

ADO-EKITI—Ekiti State Government, yesterday, revealed that the 29-year-old woman, who tested positive for the COVID-19, last Friday, is stabilizing and responding to treatment.

OSOGBO—THE Osun State Police Command, weekend, intercepted some persons transporting a corpse suspected to have died from COVID-19 complications from Oyo State into the state.

LAGOS — The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, under the leadership of His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has blamed continued spread of Coronavirus in the country to lack of coordination by state governments in the fight against the disease, urging them to shut their borders, and at the same time, stop inter-state movements.

By Omeiza Ajayi Eleven people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been discharged, the FCT Administration has announced. They were discharged on Monday night having satisfied all the necessary protocols. However, the Administration announced that it lost one patient on a day that it also recorded one new Covid-19 […]