Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has announced the extension of the 14 days lockdown announced in the State by another 14 days. The announcement was made in a state-wide broadcast by the Governor after
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world. More than 103,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease
Dr Sunday Onuoha, has warned that Nigeria may lose the gains achieved in the fight against coronavirus. He said this while condemning governors that have relaxed the ‘stay-at-home’ order in their states. Onuoha, a Methodist
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that there will no longer be Easter church services this weekend. Akeredolu announced this decision after meeting with the state’s chapter of the Christian Association of
The World Bank on Friday approved a 500-million-dollar loan for Philippines to boost the country’s capacity to address the coronavirus pandemic. Achim Fock, an official with the World Bank said natural disasters and pandemics often
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates appeared on CNBC on Wednesday to speak about the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. Gates, whose private charitable foundation has been working to counter the threat of pandemics for years now,
Lagos State government, on Sunday, assured residents of the state of adequate food supply at all the 27 designated COVID-19 Emergency Food Markets. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, gave this assurance while
Canada and America Monday joined the list of countries that have evacuated their citizens from Nigeria as a result of the coronavirus currently infesting a growing number of people. 200 Canadians were evacuated from the
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His mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, 82, was diagnosed with the disease after showing symptoms in Barcelona, with the Premier League club announcing her tragic death on Monday afternoon. The club tweeted: “The Manchester City family
Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw armed troops from the streets, amid the lockdown put in place because of the COVID-19 outbreak. This was contained in a
The Federal Government of Nigeria has described the United Nations commendation of its strategies and precautionary measures to curb the spread of the raging coronavirus (COVID-19) as a morale booster and laudable development. The United
In a rare address to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II plans to exhort Britons to rise to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing on wisdom from her decades as Britain’s head of state to
In the midst of the anxiety that not less than 25 health workers at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) are on self-isolation to monitor the possibility of contacting COVID-19, as a result, their
The rate of coronavirus deaths in Spain slowed for a third straight day as the European nation reported 674 deaths compared to 809 a day earlier, as the country began its fourth week under a