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The Federal Government has released new guidelines for the new phase of containment of COVID-19 from May 4 to May 17, 2020. Part the guidelines which were signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated that anyone without a face mask in public will be prosecuted. The guidelines were also […]

About 51 staff of Gotel Communications Limited, an Adamawa State-based radio and television service owned by a former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, have been sacked. Gotel Communications is one of the investments of Mr Abubakar. Mr Abubakar was the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections. Gotel […]

American business magnate and philanthropist, Bill Gates, on Thursday said it could take as long as two years or at least nine months before a vaccine can be found to tackle the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives across the globe. Mr Gates said as of April 9, 115 different COVID-19 potential […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres. Ehanire made the appeal at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control aimed to test two million people in the next three […]

The federal government has urged employers to not to sack workers because of the COVID-19 pandemic without first obtaining clearance. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, who made the call in his workers day message, also said the government is seeking to create more jobs this time. The pandemic, which started in December 2019, […]

Nigeria Thursday recorded 204 coronavirus cases, the first time the daily recorded cases of the virus exceeded 200. Before the Thursday figure, the highest daily coronavirus cases recorded was 196, on Wednesday. Also, a state other than Lagos recorded the highest daily figure, the first time in weeks. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, […]

The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday made an outcry about inadequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu said Lagos State is the worst-hit by this challenge of inadequate bed spaces although Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are also affected. He stated […]

President of the United States, Donald Trump, says the country has a high record of coronavirus infections because it has an equally high testing rate. Trump stated this on Wednesday via Twitter, noting that other countries have fewer cases because their testing capacities were minimal. “The only reason the US has reported one million cases of […]

The World Health Organization and health officials in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have launched a probe into reports of increases in unusual deaths, state Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje told CNN. A team of experts is gathering hospital records and interviewing families of those who died at home to determine the actual cause of death. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has resumed the provision of foreign exchange to banks to enable parents to pay for school fees and to allow Small and Medium Enterprises to make essential imports. This was announced in a statement by the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, on Wednesday. “In view of […]

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced gradual and controlled easing of the lockdown in the state in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast on Tuesday. The Governor made the announcement in a media briefing at the Lagos House, Marina, Lagos According to Sanwo-Olu all offices business places, open markets and stores will be allowed […]

Federal offices nationwide can open from May 4 for workers to resume work, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said. The resumption will be based on specific grade levels, the PTF explained. Also, the banking, construction,  manufacturing sectors, as well as food processing companies, will be allowed to open from Monday, the PTF further […]

Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle. The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 51. Punch reports that COVID-19 has spread to 34 states and […]

Lagos State has recorded 80 new coronavirus infections… This brings the total number of cases confirmed in the state to 844 while the total confirmed infections in the country jumped to 1532. This was contained in a daily update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday night. “195 new cases of #COVID19 reported; […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he has no accounts or property abroad. Jonathan made the comment in response to a report that the federal government has requested for the bank statements of public officers including his and his wife, Patience; former ministers of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and Rilwanu Lukman. The request was reported to have been made […]

There are more than 1 million cases of coronavirus in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally and more than 58,000 people have died. Some states are already taking their first steps toward reopening. Texas’ governor said he’ll allow his stay-at-home order to expire on Thursday. President Trump is expected to sign an executive order compelling meat processing plants to remain open. Among […]