WHEN the coronavirus first began galloping around the world, many thought the virus would be a great global equalizer. For once, countries and regions around the world would be on equal footing... Read more »
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday has published the number of COVID-19 tests conducted around the country. According to NCDC a total of 35,983 samples have been tested... Read more »
PRESIDENT of United States, Donald Trump, yesterday threatened to pull his country out of World Health Organisation (WHO) membership. Trump said he would carry out the threat if the agency does... Read more »
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted the report it’s not trying out new drugs in developing an effecting regimen for the treatment of COVID-19, but repurposing available ones to determine their... Read more »
UNITED Kingdom’s broadcast and telecommunications industries regulatory agency has blacklisted a religious cable channel, Loveworld Television, for airing what it called “unsubstantiated claims linking the pandemic to 5G technology.” The television network... Read more »
MANAGING Director of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) says the 15 Chinese medical experts that arrived in the country on April 8 are in the company’s care. Yigao made the... Read more »
A CHINESE laboratory is developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. A study published on the research team’s scientific journal ‘Cell’ said... Read more »
LAGOS State Ministry of Information and Strategy, has embarked on advocacy to different locations across the metropolis to sensitise residents on the importance of facemask usage as part of efforts to curb... Read more »
THE European Union (EU) backed the World Health Organisation and multilateral efforts to fight the coronavirus today after United States’ President, Donald Trump, threatened to quit the global agency. EU made... Read more »
AFTER the 30 cases of coronavirus recorded in a yet-to-be named company in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, another eight workers have tested positive for coronavirus in the company. On Saturday,... Read more »
A 22-year-old COVID-19 patient has given birth to twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The patient gave birth to a boy and a girl today, bringing the total number of... Read more »
EDO State Government has announced the discharge of the 35th coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, who has tested negative for the virus and cleared from one of the isolation centers. The Edo State... Read more »
THE Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has extended the gradual easing of the lockdown by two weeks. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss... Read more »
THE owner and manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel in Eleme, Gogorobari Needam and Bariledum Azoroh have been convicted and fined N50,000 by a magistrate court in Port Harcourt for contravening the... Read more »
THE Federal Government said it has begun the verification of all locally made COVID-19 drugs meant for the treatment of the dreaded virus.Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, disclosed this... Read more »
ANAMBRA State Health Commissioner, Vincent Okpala says the state is committed to containing COVID-19 pandemic in spite of three new cases recorded in the state. Dr Okpala gave the assurance while... Read more »
OYO State Governor, Seyi Makinde has released a food advisory which experts have certified as immune boosters that could help the human body prevent attacks of COVID-19. Gov Makinde, while briefing ... Read more »
TWENTY-FOUR hours after Brazil rose to become fourth COVID-19 worst-hit nation, it today becomes the third-highest novel coronavirus endemic country in the world. According to official figures, a troubling surge that... Read more »
THE state governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu announced on Monday at a press briefing in Aba, that the state has recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the state bringing the... Read more »
ENUGU State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Tertiary Education Trust (TET) Fund, donated food items to Tricycle (Keke) riders operating in Enugu Metropolis. They also... Read more »