Saturday, 20 April, 2024

Month: April 2020


Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has alleged that COVID-19 is responsible for the deaths of senior citizens in the state. He said this in a letter written to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a copy of which Read more…


President Buhari has imposed total lockdown of Kano state, while, lifting partial restrictions of the lock-down beginning from May 4, 2020. The Full text of President Buhari’s address: President Muhammadu Buhari has eased the lockdown imposed on Ogun, Lagos States Read more…


Fire broke out at the NNPC petrol station in Lagos amid fears that nearby buildings were also caught in the flame. The Channels Television reported that the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.


President Buhari will address Nigerians at 8pm. His address would likely revolve around covid-19 lockdown. Nigerians have complained that the federal government ordered the lockdown without any welfare support coming from. Some geopolitical zones have accused the federal government of Read more…


Imo State has recorded its first case of the novel coronavirus disease. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this disclosure on Saturday night via Twitter. It announced that 87 new infections were recorded in the country while 35 fatalities Read more…


Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has declared a dusk to dawn curfew on the state as part of government efforts to check further spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Ikpeazu said this while addressing newsmen on the Read more…


Ahmed Salami It is no gainsaying the fact that the global pandemic Coronavirus has made the world economy to shrink. With a sudden shutdown of most countries to contain the spread of the virus, economic activities have taken a serious Read more…


The New York Daily News has a new nickname for President Donald Trump. After the president mused about injecting people with disinfectant to fight off the coronavirus during Thursday’s task force briefing (and then walked back the idea just 24 hours later, claiming Read more…


Russian scientists have developed nine possible Covid-19 vaccines to be used in a global trial backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). All nine are currently at a preclinical evaluation stage. Vector, a Novosibirsk-based infectious diseases lab, produced six of Read more…


The Governor of Ananmbra state, Chief Dr Willie Obiano today addressed the people of Anambra on the development regarding covid-19, and modality for returning to social activities. Recall that we reported on April 21, 2020 that the state government would Read more…


Since the middle of March, Donald Trump has been pushing hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug he has described as a “miracle” and a “game changer” in the fight against the novel coronavirus. A review of transcripts from Trump’s daily coronavirus task Read more…


Manny Okwudili Asika, who recently survived COVID-19 disease, has called on people to observe all preventive measures recommended by the state government in its effort to contain the virus from further spreading.   Asika made the call yesterday while speaking Read more…