WHO confirms 2, 234 Coronavirus cases in Africa
By Cecilia Ologunagba World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 2,234 confirmed…
COVID-19: FG to use stadia, NYSC camps as isolation centres
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the use of four national stadia and the NYSC camps as isolation…
Coronavirus: U.S. announces N2.6bn aid to Nigeria
By Harrison Arubu The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian…
NNPC donates medical items to UATH isolation centre
By Edith Ike- Eboh The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated 17 items to support the isolation centre at…
COVID-19: Lugbe residents urge AEDC to ensure constant electricity
By Constance Imasuen Some residents of Lugbe community in the Federal Capital Territory, have appealed to the Abuja Electricity Distribution…
COVID-19: NCS suspends visitors to correctional centres in Plateau
By Polycarp Auta The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Plateau has suspended visits to the centres as measures to prevent…
Covid-19: Dana Air offers FG resources, aircraft to transport relief materials
Dana Air has offered its resources, aircraft and crew to assist the Federal Government’s efforts towards curbing the further spread…
South Africa reports first coronavirus deaths as ‘unprecedented’ lockdown begins
Issued on: 27/03/2020 – 10:03Modified: 27/03/2020 – 10:04 South Africa on Friday reported its first COVID-19 deaths, just as the…
Kylie Jenner donates $1 million to U.S. doctors fighting coronavirus
Kylie Jenner, 22-year-old billionaire and reality star has donated one million dollars to help in the efforts to get the…
COVID-19: President Buhari’s Special Message to Nigerians
*President Buhari writes…* Over the last few days I have received extensive briefings on the state of the nation as…
CBN, private sector form alliance against COVID-19
By Lydia Ngwakwe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on behalf of the Bankers’ Committee, on Thursday in Lagos said…
COVID-19: Buhari approves release of N5bn to NCDC
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the prompt release of N5 billion special intervention fund requested by the…
Coronavirus: France 24 speaks to Africa’s leading virologist
Issued on: 26/03/2020 – 21:49 There are now over 3,000 cases of the coronavirus across Africa. Forty-six of the continent’s…
NCDC unveils WhatsApp, Infobip COVID-19 Info Service
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria Centre for Disease Control unveils a WhatsApp free-to-use service to provide accurate, verified and current information…
Oil price slump: FG’s chance to exit recovery challenges — Expert
By Edith Ike-Eboh Prof. Wumi Iledare, former President, National Association of Energy Economics (NAEE), said the global oil price slump…
Malian opposition leader kidnapped ahead of general elections
Issued on: 26/03/2020 – 16:13Modified: 26/03/2020 – 16:13 Mali’s government said on Thursday that leading opposition figure Soumaila Cisse had…
Stay at home, don’t debate allowed gathering number -CAN
By Mohammed TijjaniThe Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says people should ignore the debates about the number of people that…
COVID-19: Moscow closes restaurants, other public places
Russia’s capital and largest city, Moscow, is closing restaurants, malls, parks and other public places for nine days starting on…
COVID 19:Bauchi nurses demand protective equipment
By Amina Ahmed Ibrahim Maikudi, the chairman, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Bauchi state chapter, has called…
COVID-19: Fayemi urges governors, aides at NGF meeting to go for test
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has implored…