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Magistrates Lateef Layeni and Bimbo Oshodi-Makanju, on Tuesday, convicted 120 out of the 183 persons arraigned before the mobile court sitting at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, for violating the lockdown order in the state. It was gathered that the violators were ordered to pay fines ranging from N5,000 to […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country’s scientists if they manage to develop a coronavirus vaccine, his spokeswoman said on Monday. The ex-Soviet country with a population of around 42 million has confirmed 3,102 cases of COVID-19 and 93 people have died. The president “believes a million dollars is […]

Over 9,000 persons suspected to have come in contact with COVID-19 patients have so far been traced, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said. Mr Ehanire, while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on Tuesday, said 99 per cent of the Individuals have exceeded the 14 days observation period. “We have […]

The Federal Government says the School Feeding Programme will continue despite the closure of schools nationwide in order not to neglect malnourished children. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this while responding to questions at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Tuesday. […]

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said a total of 119 people with COVID-19 symptoms have been identified in the state. Abayomi, at a briefing of Tuesday, said a total of 118,000 households had been reached in the search of possible COVID-19 cases in communities. He said community search was activated to […]

Due to global shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), especially face masks, the Federal Government has urged Nigerians to improvise with handkerchiefs or scarfs to shield themselves from contracting coronavirus. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who spoke during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the use of facemasks was not […]

A hotel belonging to Patience Jonathan, former first lady, will be converted to an isolation and treatment centre for COVID-19 patients, according to TheNation. The hotel, said to be located in Abuja, is reportedly under interim forfeiture secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018. The newspaper quoted a source as saying the […]

The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday met to discuss the impact of coronavirus in the region. The meeting, which was conducted via teleconference and chaired by the forum’s Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, shared experiences on measures adopted by individual states to deal with the disease. A statement by Lalong’s Director of […]

President Buhari has said that conditional cash transfer and food distribution to vulnerable people would continue even as he announced the extension of lockdown in Abuja as well as Lagos and Ogun States. The President extended a two-week lockdown in the three cities by another 14 days. He explained that the extension was part of […]

The Nigeria government has announced 20 cases of COVID-19 as the tally of confirmed cases in the country rose to 343 Monday night. The Nigeria Centre for Disease in a tweet said the new cases were reported in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Ogun and Ondo States. The figure is four times the number reported on Sunday, […]

Nigeria recorded its lowest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in one week on Sunday, with only five cases confirmed. The number of cases recorded on Sunday was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday evening. Nigeria recorded 104 cases of the disease last week with the lowest daily increase being six […]

Worshippers  at the Christ Apostolic Church (Oke-Iyanu) on Hospital Road,  Ogijo, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday,  scampered  for safety as policemen  arrested  their pastor, Jonathan Olowonisile, and four others  during service. The police were said to have arrested the associate pastor and three other members. The action of the […]

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, says he went through hell during the three weeks he spent in isolation. Speaking with journalists at government house, Bauchi, Mohammed said staying in isolation for that long has changed his life forever. He, however, thanked those who reached out to him during the period and his loved one […]

President Buhari  has appealed to Nigerians to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the government has still not said whether it will extend a two-week confinement order on three states that  ends Monday. Residents in Lagos, Ogun and the capital Abuja have been confined to their homes, only allowed to […]

In the light of the increasing spread and casualties arising from the coronavirus disease, the Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives have again called on the government to immediately put in place life insurance policy for their members across the country. This, they […]

The governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, has ordered civil servants from grade level 10 in the state to resume work on Tuesday, April 14. Mr Ayade’s spokesperson, Christian Ita, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The ‘no mask, no movement’ policy of the state government is still in force and applicable to […]

President Buhari has urged Nigerians to comply with the restrictions in order to defeat the coronavirus while promising more interventions for vulnerable citizens. The lockdown order of the President in Lagos and Ogun State, as well as the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, enters day 13 today. President Buhari in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. “People can also be infected by touching a […]