By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Nigeria Baptist Convention, NBC, Foursquare Gospel Church have urged religious bodies and organisations in the country to seize the current COVID-19 lockdown, occasioned by the pandemic to assist governments in reaching out to the less-privileged and needy in the society. The President of NBC, who is President of Christian Association of […]

By Innocent Anaba Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has called on the Federal Government and its agencies to display transparency and accountability in the disbursement of COVID-19 palliatives, including the conditional cash transfer to millions of poor Nigerians to alleviate the hardship necessitated by the lockdown. LEDAP especially mentioned the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs […]

In a determined effort at further cementing the existing superlative cordiality between the ancient city of Ile-Ife, and the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), the authorities of the University has embarked on sensitisation and distribution of relief materials to Ife community as part of their contribution to fight against Coronavirus that is hitting hard at many […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, on Wednesday, while briefing State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja stated that people with over N5,000 in their bank account will not benefit from the FG’s palliatives to cushion the […]

Johnson & Johnson says it aims to have more than half a billion coronavirus vaccines ready early next year. The pharmaceutical giant will have 600 million to 800 million vaccines available in early 2021, when it expects the US government to approve the drug it plans to start testing in humans this September, chief financial […]

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had announced that five more patients of COVID-19 have been discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu gave the details of the discharged patients as three females and two males. The Lagos State governor also revealed that the discharged cases of COVID-19 had tested negative in quick […]

By Victoria Ojeme, Abuja The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) is set to manage the UN isolation centre to treat coronavirus cases in Nigeria. In a statement made available on Twitter Wednesday, IOM Nigeria’s Chief of Mission, Celestin Franz said IOM has very strong presence in Nigeria and is contributing to halting the […]

Germany’s relatively low death rate from the coronavirus has been attributed to its fast response with testing and isolating – and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s just-announced strategy for eventually exiting the lockdown may offer a blueprint for other nations, according to reports. After meeting Wednesday with the 16 state governors, Merkel described the control of the […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has described Governor Kayode Fayemi’s management of the COVID-19 situation in the Land of Honour as “excellent.” Egbeyemi hailed the Governor and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, for adopting pragmatic methods in distributing food items and other palliatives to the residents during […]

Some Americans say they haven’t gotten their coronavirus stimulus checks because the feds sent the money to the wrong bank accounts. Several taxpayers tried to check the status of their payments on the Internal Revenue Service’s website only to discover the agency put the money in accounts they didn’t recognize or no longer use. “My stimulus got […]

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday. “There is a big gap on the continent on testing,” Nkengasong said at a weekly press conference at the African […]

By Peter Okutu Ebonyi State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested thirty-three (33) persons including minors who engaged in fraudulent practices, attempted abortion and violation of the social distancing measure put in place by the state government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah […]

President Trump on Wednesday questioned Mayor Bill de Blasio’s revised coronavirus death toll — a day after New York City revised how it tracks fatalities by adding more than 3,700 victims who died of apparent coronavirus symptoms and were never tested. “I see this morning where New York added 3,000 [sic] deaths because they died. […]

China won’t restrict exports of medical goods needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said Thursday, amid global tension over scarce masks and ventilators. China, the biggest maker of surgical masks and other products, announced last week it would start inspecting exports to make sure they meet quality standards following Western complaints some […]

Russia would accept a “kind offer” by U.S. President Donald Trump to ship ventilators to the country if it felt it needed them to treat people sick with the novel coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia, which has so far recorded 27,938 cases and 232 coronavirus-related deaths, shipped ventilators and protective gear this month […]