Category: corona

Nigeria records 34 new coronavirus cases, total now 407 By Editor 15 April 2020 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Wednesday confirmed 34 new cases of coronavirus in the country. NCDC…

Coronavirus: Woman with Covid-19 ‘didn’t want to die alone’ bbc Image copyright family photo Image caption Josephine Brown will be cremated on Monday The daughter of a woman who died…

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed millions of people around the world offers insight into and warning on how much damage the rampaging COVID-19 can cause if not well…

Coronavirus patient dies in Delta By Dennis Erezi Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa has announced the death of a coronavirus patient in the state. In a statement by his spokesman…

Buhari says coronavirus ‘is a matter of life and death’ By NAN President Muhammadu Buhari Photo: Sunday Aghaeze/AFP via Getty Images President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined Nigerians to use this…

Bisi Olaniyi (Benin), Adekunle Jimoh (Ilorin) and Ernest Nwokolo (Ogun) Six more Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were yesterday confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Edo and Kwara states. The cases…

Bisi Oladele, Ibadan Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has explained that a total lockdown of the state has no benefit for now despite the rising cases of confirmed Coronavirus. He…

Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta The Olowu of Owu Abeokuta, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu; and a former world court judge, Bola Ajibola, among other prominent people on Wednesday kicked against locating a COVID-19…

Thursday with Abimbola Adelaku Among the many different Nigerian interpretations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I have extracted three. First is the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo,…

Security agents at Fagba Bus Stop along the Iju Road, Lagos during the enforcement of the lockdown. Photo: Stanley Ogidi ‌ • Food markets to open 10am to 2pm every…

coronavirus A woman from the Kokama ethnic group in the Amazon rainforest is the first indigenous person in Brazil to test positive for the new coronavirus, authorities said on Wednesday.…

FILE: Nur Hussein ‌ Former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hussein died on Wednesday in Britain, about a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Hussein’s family confirmed the death at King’s…

The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are now 5,406 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the African continent. This is as a 37-year-old…

A hospital ward with Coronavirus patients ‌ Britain reported 563 daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the first time the national toll has exceeded 500, bringing the total fatalities to 2,352,…

A staff member of the health authorities of the southern federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg demonstrates on a negative sample the test for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, in a laboratory in Stuttgart,…

Sodiq Oyeleke The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that an American who tested positive for coronavirus has been evacuated to the US. He made this…

Emergency medical personnel carries a patient affected with coronavirus (Covid-19) from a military hospital to an ambulance before being transported aboard a medicalised TGV (high-speed train) to be evacuated towards…

APRIL 1, 2020. Comrade Israel Femi Alonge, the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, has implored well to do individuals, business moguls, cooperate organizations and political leaders…

Sodiq Oyeleke A group, COVID-19 Incident Volunteers, has warned Nigerians to ignore April Fool Day jokes amid the raging coronavirus pandemic affecting many countries. The April 1 tradition sees families,…

‌ Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 11 other African leaders on Tuesday called on the African Union, United Nations and World Bank to help combat the spread…