COVID-19: Bauchi reviews lockdown, religious gatherings resume Thursday
Having been satisfied with the level of case management in the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Bauchi State, it has…
Turkey extends travel ban in 15 major cities due to COVID-19
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has announced the extension of the travel ban in 15 major cities for another 15 days due…
COVID-19: Sokoto discharges additional five patients, total discharged now 75
Sokoto State government has again announced that an additional five covid-19 patients from one of the isolation centre in the…
WHO pledges to use every tool to fight COVID-19
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says the agency will use every tool at its disposal to…
COVID-19: Zamfara governor launches sample collection booths
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawallen has launched the largest zero-contact testing centre in Nigeria, in order to significantly increase the testing…
NCDC team commends Gombe over approach in fighting COVID-19
Gombe State government has been commended for taking proactive measures at the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a development which…
COVID-19: Ganduje opens collection centre in Sabongari
Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has directed that a collection centre for COVID-19 at Sabongari area of the state…
COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 226 new cases, total now 6,401
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 226 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings…
COVID-19: IGP orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction orders
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, on Tuesday, ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement…
South Africa to start phased school re-opening June 1
South Africa will resume classes for all grade 7 and 12 pupils on June 1, after a nationwide school closure…
Egypt registers 720 new coronavirus cases in one day
Egypt, on Tuesday, registered 720 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said in a statement, its highest daily toll since…
COVID-19: Reps chide FG over delayed payment of health workers salaries
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, expressed grave displeasure over the lackadaisical attitude of the Federal Government towards prompt payment…
COVID-19: Ooni of Ife donates motorised fumigator to Bayelsa
The Ooni of Ife has donated motorised modular fumigators to the Bayelsa State Government, to combat the spread of the…
Reps task FG to set up N15bn emergency fund for tertiary institutions
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to set up a N15 billion coronavirus emergency fund for…
COVID-19: Arik Air donates palliative items to Lagos communities
Arik Air has donated palliative items to some communities in Lagos State to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned…
COVID-19 patient delivered of twins at LUTH
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Tuesday announced that it has delivered a 22-year-old COVID-19 patient of twins, a…
COVID-19: Court convicts four for attempting to sneak into Ekiti
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates' Court has found four individuals guilty of defying the COVID-19 interstate lockdown and subsequently convicted them.…
COVID-19: FAAN to begin decontamination of 23 airports soon
The already battered aviation sector caused by the ongoing COVID-19 rampaging of the whole world and the subsequent lockdown of…
CAFFAN donates COVID-19 palliatives to state governments
The Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN), has distributed smoked catfish as COVID-19 palliatives in support of…
COVID-19 illustrates why investment must be central to development — WHO
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says COVID-19 is not just a global health emergency…
