Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State had on Tuesday extended for another 14 days the lockdown order in the State as part of the State Government’s effort to contain the spread of dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. Okowa also declared a dusk to dawn curfew in the State for the next 14 days.

Five persons have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kano State, bringing the number of the state’s confirmed cases to nine. The state’s ministry of health announced this on Twitter on Wednesday. Wednesday, 15th April 2020. As at 10:25 am, 5 additional cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in @KanostateNg @NCDCgov @FMICNigeria @dawisu @NOA_Nigeria […]

Awka—THE police enforcement teams for the stay -at – home order have created food markets for all the 179 communities in Anambra State and closed down all the existing markets in the state.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night announced additional 11 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos State. This brings to 373, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC made the disclosure in a tweet at 11.00p.m. on Tuesday. It said, “As at 11:00 p.m.on April […]

The U.S. has repatriated another 300 million dollars stolen from the corruption-stained Malaysian state development fund known as 1MDB, authorities said on Wednesday. In total, 620 million dollars has been returned to Malaysia, money the U.S. Justice Department said was laundered through financial institutions in the U.S., Switzerland, Singapore, and Luxembourg. The money is part […]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday and accused the world body of failing in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. He said U.S. taxpayers provide between 400 and 500 million dollars a year to the organization. However, it is unclear how Trump plans to […]

By David Royal As at 11:00 pm 14th April, 373 COVD-19 cases have been recorded in Nigeria since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, Vanguard can report. The Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, Nigeria. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February […]

The commissioner for health in Lagos state, Akin Abayomi, says a total of 118,000 households have been reached in the active case search of possible COVID-19 cases in communities. The commissioner said this at a media briefing on Tuesday, that community search was activated to limit the spread of the disease in the state which […]

Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out in a Nairobi slum, as police fired teargas and men with sticks beat the hungry. As African countries grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, observers warn that the traumatic scenes which played out last Friday will not […]

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia has solicited the support of all residents in curtailing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that the state has recorded steady progression in a number of suspected cases due to poor compliance with the sit-at-home order, social distancing directive, and other guidelines by the government to […]

Since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, it has spread rapidly across the globe, leading to over a million confirmed cases in three months. On the 27th of February 2020, Nigeria confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Since then, the number of confirmed cases has gradually increased, with more sporadic cases […]

By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has again Tuesday night. 14th April announced an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. It was announced in a recent tweet by the centre that eleven new cases have been reported in Lagos State, bringing the total number of confirmed cases […]

In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it. Wielding batons, they scattered a group of rural farmers who had traveled overnight, breaking restrictions on movement to bring the precious produce to one of the country’s busiest […]

By Henry Ojelu Manufacturer of premium paint brand, Dulux, Chemical and Allied Products (CAP) Plc, has reiterated its commitment to responsible citizenship by showing care for Nigerians at these difficult times, through a double-edged partnership with Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) and LifeBank Nigeria to combat COVID-19. In its partnership with WIMBIZ, […]

A one-off lockdown won’t halt the novel coronavirus and repeated periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists who modeled the pandemic’s trajectory said Tuesday. The study comes as the US enters the peak of its COVID-19 caseload and states eye an eventual easing of tough […]