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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the COVID-19 Presidential Committee in Abuja. The meeting was to Review the Impact of Coronavirus on the Economy   President Muhammadu Buhari…

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has ordered immediate investigation into allegations of assault, battery and other serious crimes levied against the state Commissioner for water resources, Mr Abdulmumini…

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ramp up testing for coronavirus after his government faced criticism for being slower than some European peers to roll out mass checks for…

Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State has sealed a mosque in the area for violating the state government’s order on a religious gathering in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu…

Saudi Arabia asked Muslims to put on hold plans to perform the obligatory annual Hajj pilgrimage this year as the kingdom grapples with the coronavirus. “We have asked our Muslim brothers around  the world to wait” on making Hajj…

A commercial driver who tested positive to coronavirus in Niger State has escaped from the isolation centre in Bida where he was being managed. Similarly, one of the returnees from Côte d’Ivoire, simply identified as Alaska, who…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and his wife, Hafsat Ganduje, have tested negative to Coronavirus. Abba Anwar, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Kano.‎ ‎“We thank Almighty…

Four days after the explosion which occurred in Ondo State, the driver of the truck that conveyed the explosives, Mr Isiaka Yinusa, said he did not know that his vehicle carried explosive…

•3 test positive, 13 negative •39 ministers silent •It’s a moral burden to declare – Lawyers CSOs react The COVID-19 status of 20 out of the 36 states governors in the country is not known, findings by the Daily Trust…

AFRICAN Ministers of Finance have launched a coordinated attempt to secure $100 billion debt relief following the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the continent.…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday urged the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to compel private depots owners to operationalize the new pump price of…

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 spoke during a programme on…

Italy’s record death toll from the novel coronavirus grew by more than 700 on Wednesday, as a top official said that social restrictions were getting harder to bear for the population. The…

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 isolation centre…

The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has imposed new restrictions on residents of the state just as its neighbour, Akwa Ibom State, recorded its first set of cases. According to a statement…

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the agency is now following up on 70% of persons believed to have had contacts with COVID-19…

In the span of a month, the coronavirus pandemic has radically soared to disturbing heights in the U.S. – from a fewer than 100 confirmed cases and two deaths as of March 1 to over 215,000 infections on Thursday, data from…

UEFA has confirmed its club competitions remain suspended until further notice, while all of June’s international matches have been postponed. European football’s governing body announced the news…

THE Presidency on Tuesday tackled literary giant Prof Wole Soyinka over his remarks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s lockdown order of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun…

The only thing that can effectively compete with the  Corona or Covid-19 virus in terms of speed and exponential spread round the world is the accompanying conspiracy theories. In their various combinations, these …

TO cushion the impact of the lockdown order and the restriction of movement in some states following the spread of COVID-19, the Chairman of the Victims Support Fund (VSF), Gen. Theophilus Danjuma…

THIRTY-SEVEN donors, including individuals, banks and other corporates bodies have contributed N15 billion to the account of the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19…

China on Wednesday said it has more than 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the first time it has released such data following public concern over people who have tested positive…

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, flagged-off the disbursement of N20,000 conditional cash transfer (CCT) to over 1.2 million across 34 States of the Federation and Federal Capital Territory…