Coronavirus: INEC joins presidential task force on contact tracing
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 100 of its vehicles in six states to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on combating Coronavirus. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by…
COVID-19: Lagos Set to Create over 1000 Isolation Bed Spaces
The Lagos state government has disclosed that it will create over 1000 bed spaces in six isolation centres within the next month in preparation for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi,…
Coronavirus: I’ll take same pay cut as players – West Ham vice-chairman
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has revealed she intends to take the same proposed pay cut as the club’s players, insisting “we are all in this together” during the Coronavirus pandemic. Following a meeting between all 20 clubs…
Ogun relaxes lockdown every 48-hours as sit-at-home commences
The Ogun State Government said the total lockdown imposed on the State which commenced by 11.00pm of Friday, will be suspended every 48-hours, to mitigate the effects of the sit-at-home directive. The governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun…
COVID-19 Private Sector Relief Fund Increases to N19.4bn
The total contribution to the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) set up by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise funds to combat the pandemic is now N19.488…
“I Hope My Future Husband Knows How To Cook” – Toke Makinwa
Media personality, Toke Makinwa, has a message for her next husband. Toke who said cooking shouldn’t be restricted to gender, adding that men should learn how to cook. She took to her Instagram page to inform her future husband to be…
Kogi Governor,Yahaya Bello Suspends Commissioner Who Brutalised & R@ped Lady Over Facebook Post
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the suspension of Mr. Abdulmumuni Danga, Commissioner for Water Resources in the state. According to Sahara Reporters, Danga was suspended over a report that…
FG acquires additional lab, tests 4,000
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the country now has eight functional laboratories to test for coronavirus (COVID-19), as the Bio-Security Centre in…
Lagos Gov, Sanwo-olu Appoints Emmanuella Olutoyin Zamba As Acting General Manager For LASHMA
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Dr. Emmanuella Olutoyin Zamba, as Acting General Manager of the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA). The appointment, conveyed by the…
Spanish family of 13 contract coronavirus
A Spanish family including 11 children have been placed in strict isolation in their Valladolid home in northwest Spain after contracting COVID-19. Doctors have warned that…
Adams Oshiomhole: Lionel Messi of NIgeria’s politics
And so, yes, it is the birthday of a political Maradona. There are few with that skill in politics, like in football, which enables the player, with his ethereal sneakiness, to dribble past a…
I’ve no regrets killing my mother-in-law – Housewife
The entire Abena community in Doma Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, is in mourning mood since a housewife, Rosemary Osegba Chem, hacked her mother-in-law, Mrs Ashi Chem, to death over the…
COVID-19: We have traced 6700 contacts says NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has traced 6,700 contacts in Nigeria over the novel Coronavirus (COVI9-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. Dr Chikwe…
Behave yourselves or lockdown will be extended – FG warns Nigerians
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday, said the Federal Government could extend the 14-day lockdown should Lagosians and residents of Abuja and Ogun…
”Chinese President did not speak for once yet they have beaten the pandemic” –…
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has once again dismissed the call made by some Nigerians for President Buhari to make it a priority to…
Nigeria’s response to Coronavirus is remarkable – United Nations
The United Nations has praised Nigeria for it's handling of the Coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria, Africa's most populated country with an estimated 200 million inhabitants, currently has 190…
FCMB Group Records N188bn Revenue, Grows Profit to N20.1bn
FCMB Group Plc has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019. The audited results showed that the Group's gross revenue increased to N188 billion compared…
“Shoot them dead” – Philippines president orders officers to kill those violating…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered officers to shoot dead anyone “who creates trouble” during a month-long lockdown enforced to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. In a late-night televised national address on…
Apostle Suleman Reveals Why He Will Not Give His Money To Govt To Fight Coronavirus
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries, has provided reasons he would not give his money directly to the government to help in the fight to eliminate Coronavirus. The cleric said that he rather…
BREAKING: Lagos Discharges Four New Patients
The Lagos State Government has discharged four more COVID-19 patients after their viral loads returned negative This brings to 23 the number of discharged patients from the Infectious…
Akindele, OAU ‘sex-for-marks’ lecturer, released from prison after 2-year term
Richard Akindele, sacked lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been released from prison after serving a two-year term. TheCable learnt that the lecturer was released on March 19 and now back home to his…
Trapped by coronavirus, Nigeria’s elite faces squalid hospitals
For decades, powerful Nigerians could ignore the government’s failure to invest adequately in the health-care system by seeking medical treatment abroad. The coronavirus pandemic means they can no longer escape. Since…
US COVID-19 death toll surpasses 6,000
The number of people in the U.S. who have died from the novel coronavirus has surpassed the 6,000 mark, according to data released early Friday by Johns Hopkins University. The university’s running…
‘COVID-19 corpses’ can’t be claimed for burial – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says corpses of persons who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be claimed for burial. He said such corpses…