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Germany has imposed a public gathering restriction of not more than two people on its citizens, marking yet another stringent step in the fight to stop the spread of coronavirus. Angela Merkel, the country’s chancellor, announced on Sunday no more than two people should henceforth be seen together in public. Authorities also said citizens should […]

American singer, Kenny Rogers, is dead. The country musician died at age 81, BBC reported. Mr Rogers topped pop and country charts during the 1970s and 1980s, and won three Grammy awards. The singer’s family announced his death on Rogers’ verified Twitter account, saying he died Friday night from natural causes under the care of hospice […]

The Lagos State Government has banned all religious and social gathering of over 20 people. The state government announced this on its Facebook page after 22 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country on Saturday. Before the new development, the LASG had imposed restrictions on gatherings of over 50. It urged residents in the […]

Mega international airlines based in the United States, Europe, Middle East and other parts of the world have suspended flights operations to Nigeria  as the world battles to stem coronavirus spread. This came as the Federal Government announced the closure of Lagos and Abuja airports to international flights from  Monday. As the  number of coronavirus […]

The Federal Government says the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; and the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja will be shut effective Monday, March 23. Nigeria’s cases of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic increased geometrically from 12 to 22 on Saturday. The Lagos and Abuja airports are the two major entry points into Nigeria. In a statement […]

The Central Bank has technically devalued the naira to exchange to the dollar at N380. The apex bank took this decision after all interventions in the market, such as imposing sanctions on errant operators and use of moral suasion to curb illegal forex operations did not sustain the exchange rate of N360. In a circular […]

The Catholic Church on Friday granted forgiveness — under certain conditions — for the sins of the faithful struck by the novel coronavirus. A decree published by the Vatican also covers healthcare workers and those who pray for their wellbeing. Relatives who care for their sick family members may also be forgiven. The conditions include […]

Nigerians got a soothing message from their President on Thursday. “Stay calm and not panic”, President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerians, assuring that his administration was managing the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The President’s message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. In […]

The United Nations has ranked Nigeria as the 39th unhappiest nation in its 2020 World Happiness Report. The report, which ranked 153 countries, was released on Friday, March 20 – UN’s annual International Day of Happiness. It ranked Finland as the world’s happiest nation for the third year running. In the report, Nigeria was ranked […]

The Italian who imported coronavirus into Nigeria has been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. The patient, who tested positive for the disease on February 28, left the hospital on Friday evening. He was discharged from the Isolation centre in Yaba after testing negative. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu confirmed the development on […]

Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, says the two major airports in the country – Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja – will be shut “sooner than later”. Speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Sirika said this would help in checking the spread of […]

The Presidency has berated the senators who called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians in a television broadcast. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a statement that such calls were nothing but cheap politics. The Presidency further stated that this was the time for […]

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has said that her daughter, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, is also in self-isolation. Mrs Buhari, who tweeted the developments through her personal handle, @aishambuhari, said she acted based on the advice of the Minister of Health and the Presidential Task Force on Covid -19. She […]

The federal government has shut down three international airports in the country to curb the spread of coronavirus. Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The three airports shut are; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International […]

The Lagos State Government on Thursday confirmed four new coronavirus cases, bringing to 12,  the total number of cases in the country. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi,  who disclosed this at a press conference in  Ikeja, also said the Italian, who was the first person in the country to be diagnosed with the […]

The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide over the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country and as part of measures to contain the spread. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, confirmed this to Punch in Abuja on Thursday. […]

The Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to give a certain percentage of its contracts to women as a way of empowering them. Saraki said this was not only pertinent but the right thing to do as women did not only pay taxes but were professionals in […]

Oprah Winfrey has denied reports she was arrested and her home raided by law enforcement. The 66-year-old talk show host and media mogul became one of Twitter’s top trending topics on Tuesday night after rumors began circulating on social media that she, along with other celebrities, had been arrested for sex trafficking. After being made aware […]