By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri In its effort to support the current battle against the COVID -19 pandemic in Nigeria, the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, on Monday, commissioned hand sanitizers, produced by the Chemistry Department of the institution. Speaking during the unveiling of the product, the University’s Vice-Chancellor, VC, Professor Francis Eze, described […]

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) says over the past week, WHO has delivered masks, goggles, test kits, face shields, and other medical equipment to 40 countries. Ghebreyesus said this at a virtual news conference on Monday in Geneva at WHO headquarters. The director-general said WHO had been working closely with the […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A group called Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria, ALDIN, Monday, alleged police brutalization of a visually impaired lawyer, Kassim Lawal, on Sunday night. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, ALDIN, Daniel Onwe, and General Secretary, ALDIN, Gaius Ogan,  that the victim Lawal who […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu has ordered the immediate release of 249 inmates from the five Correctional Centres across the State. Speaking during a visit to various centers in the State, Dipeolu said the release of the inmates was based on the federal government’s decision to […]

c Frontline fashion and lifestyle brand, Mudi Africa recently distributed much-needed palliatives to the people Ughelli in Delta State. According to the Creative Director of Mudi Africa, Mr. Mudiaga Enajemo this ‘little’ gesture is their own way of supporting and hand holding the people at this very trying moment. He further stressed that this gesture […]

The National Chairman of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Hon Bishop Amakiri, at the weekend, provided foodstuff for 250 households in Abuja to cushion lockdown impact. Amakiri did the distribution at Galadimawa, a suburb of Abuja city, in which beneficiaries were a mainly vulnerable set of people who are daily income earners whose livelihood has […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Defence, Police Affairs and Interior, Monday, collaborated and resolved to facilitate easy movement of foodstuff, livestock and farm inputs across the country within the lockdown period to contain the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was contained in a communiqué after a meeting of […]

By David Odama – Lafia Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state said on Monday that the state government will not compromise it’s safety measures with personal interest just as he has assured that all indigent returnees would be quarantined for a 14 days. Sule  who gave this indication at a meeting with traditional and religious […]

As man dies during interrogation Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State Police Command on Sunday intercepted some persons transporting a corpse suspected to have died from COVID 19 complications from Oyo state into the state. According to the police, the body was being transported around 6:30 pm in Mazda 323 car with registration number […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City As the dusk to dawn curfew declared by Governor Godwin Obaseki began on Monday, the state government announced the discharge of the seventh coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, who has tested negative twice for the virus and cleared from one of the state’s isolation centres. Obaseki, who disclosed this in a […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Abia state government has said it is yet to receive any support from the federal government in the fight against COVID-19. Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, who disclosed in a statement, explained that no single grain of rice or any other foodstuff has been received by the state […]

Benue Government on Monday inaugurated two taskforce committees in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, performed the inauguration during the State Action Committee meeting in Makurdi. Abounu, who is also the Chairman, State Action on COVID-19, named the committees as Taskforce on International Boundary and Taskforce […]

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be extended by two weeks. But mining and manufacturing operations will be exempted – to keep the economy running. The lockdown was due to expire midnight on Sunday. In a live broadcast, the president said the conditions […]

Taiwan reported 22 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, almost all of the sailors who were on a navy visit to the small Pacific islands state of Palau, which said there was “little chance” it was the source of the infection. Taiwan’s government on Sunday said 700 navy personnel were being quarantined and tested and there […]

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran reached 5,209 on Monday with 91 deaths in the past twenty-four hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Monday. READ ALSO: Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises by 89 to 4,958 — Health Ministry The total number of diagnosed cases of […]