A 101-year-old grandfather has become the oldest person in the country to beat coronavirus after a two-week battle with the deadly illness. Keith Watson, who was being treated at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Worcestershire, was discharged earlier today. It comes as the latest figures show there are currently 65,077 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK with […]

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has fully recovered from coronavirus. You would recall that the governor earlier tested positive for coronavirus following contact with the son of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The governor while announcing on Twitter said he just received his second negative test result while appreciating those who supported him with prayers […]

…says contact tracing has began By Festus Ahon ASABA – GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa, has confirmed the death of the second COVID-19 case in the State. Okowa on his verified Facebook handle on Thursday evening in a post, said the deceased had underlying ailment. He said the deceased tested positive to the pandemic. The Governor said: […]

Gospel Buz Foundation International has donated food items to orphans, the aged, widows and the less-privileged to help cushion the effect of the stay-at-home order by Delta State government in containing the Coronavirus pandemic. Pastor Irame Symbol Emmanuel, leader of Love God’s Direction, LGD, led the Foundation to Orem Faith Orphanage in Afiesere; Rose Ilogbo […]

As the controversy trails the offer of aid from China in the current fight against the rampaging COVID-19, Issa Aremu, has said the nation needs a unity of purpose against the pandemic and not what he called “unhelpful controversy” at this critical time of the need for global solidarity against the disease. Aremu, a member […]

Boris Johnson was tonight taken out of intensive care in a sign he is winning his coronavirus battle. The Prime Minister, who has been in hospital since Sunday, has spent three nights in a high-dependency unit at St Thomas’s Hospital in central London after his condition deteriorated. The announcement came just hours after Foreign Secretary […]

A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world. Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the day after her 107th birthday, Dutch newspaper AD reported, after attending a church service with other residents of her nursing home on Goeree-Overflakkee, an island in the […]

Kolawole Olaniyan, PhD, & author Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa. He is Legal Adviser at Amnesty International’s International Secretariat, London. He shares his thought on the health sector, government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Many think the COVID-19 situation has exposed the failure of government in the health sector over the years. Do […]

A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.

The first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari has donated 1,000 bags of 10kg rice to Edo State Government for distribution to vulnerable persons in the state to cushion the effects of the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Felix King Foundation also donated 300 packets of antiseptic soap to the state government to assist residents to […]

By David Royal Nigeria has discharged seven Coronavirus patients from the Isolation Centre in Lagos, bringing the total number of discharged coronavirus patients to 51 in the country. While total number of discharged patients in Lagos is now 39. A breakdown of the patients according to Lagos State Ministry of Health shows 1 female & […]

The controversy raging over whether the new revolutionary network, fifth-generation network, 5G is behind the rampaging coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic or not, understandably should be of concern to Nigerians.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed asylum, pointing to the coronavirus. That confrontation in Texas came just days after the Trump administration quietly shut down the nation’s asylum system for the first time in decades in the name of public health. “The agent told […]

The campaign against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has continued to receive the support of Christian leaders in the state, who have urged residents to abide by the government’s social distancing and stay-at-home directives as well as other precautionary measures to contain the infectious disease. In […]

By Shehu Dajuma The Katsina state government has lifted the ban on congregational Friday Juma’at Prayers with immediate effect in the state. “The Government also lifted the ban of Sunday church service observed by Christians in the state”. Alh. Mustapha Inuwa, the Secretary to the Government of the state SGS, disclosed this in a statement […]