Covid-19

JUST IN: UI College of Medicine’s provost, deputy test positive for COVID-19

The provost and deputy provost, University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Prof. Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa…

AfDB launches record-breaking $3bn ‘Fight COVID-19’ Social Bond

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year…

JUST IN: Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, tests positive for coronavirus

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The…

COVID-19: Enugu confirms two positive cases

The Enugu State Government has confirmed two positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the…

Nigerian private sector coalition against COVID-19

PRESS RELEASE Coronavirus: Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 ABUJA, Nigeria, March 26, 2020,/…

Bauchi: 27 people in compulsory self-isolation govt orders markets closed over COVID-19

No fewer than 27 people in Bauchi state have been placed on compulsory self-isolation…

COVID-19: I can’t confirm my status – Dele Momodu

Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu, who attended Justice George Oguntade's birthday party in London, has…

COVID-19: NECO postpones common entrance examination indefinitely

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE)…

Coronavirus: Nigerians lambaste Zahra Buhari over ‘Earth cleansing itself, its inhabitants’ comment 

Zahra Buhari-Indimi, daughter of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said the…

COVID-19: Senate adjourns till April 7

The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary to April 7 as part of measures to…

Coronavirus in Africa: 43 countries, 1,788 positive cases, 58 deaths, 184 recoveries [Full list]

Coronavirus in Africa: 43 countries with 1,788 positive cases Countries (13) with deaths (58):…

Coronavirus: Why Nigeria may be worse than Italy BY Oliver Orji

Billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates, predicted doom for Africa when he told the American Society…

Coronavirus/Covid-19: Ebonyi bans burials, weddings

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Monday, banned all forms of public gathering…

Coronavirus: Atiku’s daughter-in-law, grandchildren test negative

Following the announcement that Mohammed, the son of a former vice president of Nigeria,…

COVID 19: Kwara schools comply with closure order

Public and private schools in Kwara on Monday complied with the state government’s directives…