Medical doctors on the payroll of the Lagos State government have decried the attitude of residents in Lagos towards the observation of set safety protocols to...
When the administration of late President Umaru Yar’Adua toyed with the idea of Vision 2020, a dream intended to birth Nigeria into the group of the...
Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,074 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Osun State government has postponed the reopening of private and public schools in the state until further notice due to the outbreak of the second...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 1,031 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has banned the display of masquerades during the New Year celebration. Ayade disclosed this in a statement signed by...
A 23-year-old woman from Shanghai who arrived from Britain on December 14, has become the first known case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently...
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered all its officers in the state to enforce all protocols as directed by the Presidential Task Force...
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against home made remedies for COVID-19, saying it could lead to damage of body organs. Director of Hospital Services, Federal...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,016 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied reports making the rounds that it has abandoned corps members who have tested positive to COVID-19 in isolation...
Health authorities in Germany have confirmed the death of no fewer than 1,129 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24- hours, thus smashing a previous daily...
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday called on the state Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to direct churches in the state to end...
The Osun State government has issued fresh guidelines to churches across the state concerning the New Year crossover to stem second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. This...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 749 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Oyo State Government has banned street carnivals of any form across the state with immediate effect over spike in COVID-19 cases. The Coordinator of Oyo State...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday 100 returnees would be sanctioned for failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to the country. The Chairman...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has traced a €500,000 COVID-19 fraud to Nigeria. Interpol, which disclosed this in a statement on its website titled: “Unmasked:...
At least 476 FCT health workers have contracted Covid-19 so far, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said. The health workers include doctors, nurses, pharmacists,...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 397 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Lagos Oxygen centres are set to launch in 10 Local Government Areas, in order to “support patients with oxygen before they are transferred to care centres.”...
A court in China has sentenced a citizen journalist identified as Zhang Zhan, 37, to four years in prison for live streaming a report from Wuhan...
Health authorities in South Korea have confirmed that they have recorded the first case of the mutant COVID-19 virus variant which was originally identified in the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has disparaged what it said is the sensationalism in the media attached to the death of 20 doctors in one week...
South Africa has become the first country in Africa to record one million Covid-19 cases which has forced President Cyril Ramaphosa to call an emergency meeting...
Nigeria on Sunday, December 27, 2020 recorded 839 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s tally to 84,414. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced...
Nigerians are justifiably miserable because of the fragile nature of the nation’s security, economy, democracy and governance. 2020 has been particularly difficult due to diverse challenges...
Former Anambra State Governor and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Peter Obi, has compared Nigeria’s economic crisis...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. According to a statement she personally signed and released on Saturday, December...
The incoming President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has verbally attacked outgoing president, Donald Trump for refusing to sign the $892bn COVID-19 relief...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 829 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Delta State government has announced a partial lockdown across the state following fears of a second wave of COVID-19. The government warned residents to adhere...
Mali’s main opposition leader, Soumaila Cisse is dead, family sources have revealed after he contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease which has claimed many lives globally. The...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has informed that no fewer than 20 doctors have lost their lives in one week due to the second wave of...
Nigeria on Friday recorded 712 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Federal Government on Friday directed vice-chancellors of universities to suspend academic activities involving large crowds on campuses over the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
9Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the continent has reached 2,597,090. The agency...
The United States of America has ordered all travelers from the United Kingdom to produce negative COVID-19 test results over the new strain of the virus...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 1,041 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday the new strain of COVID-19 discovered in the United Kingdom has not been found in the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has recovered from COVID-19. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday. He...
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has tested negative for COVID-19 which has spread across the country and claimed many lives. This was disclosed in...
A spike in daily records of COVID-19 infections in Israel has forced its government to impose a nationwide lockdown- the third since the outbreak of the...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2017 Anambra election, Oseloka Obaze has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Mr Obaze, also a former Secretary...
The United Kingdom has revealed that it has discovered two cases of another new variant of COVID-19 linked to travellers from South Africa, the health secretary...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,133 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Ekiti State government on Wednesday imposed fresh restrictions on worship centres and other public facilities over the spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state....
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has taken a swipe at the Federal Government of Nigeria for ordering the closure of Small and Medium...
The Antarctica, which was once the only continent not to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic since its outbreak in March 2020, has recorded its first...
The Kwara State Government has declared a statewide curfew with effect from December 24 from 12 midnight to 4.30 am because of the second wave of...
