Coronavirus

About 70 COVID-19 cases were recorded in French schools since they reopened last week. The French Education Minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer confirmed this on Monday. Under the government’s lockdown exit plan, 40,000 primary schools and kindergartens have reopened.   France began easing the two-month lockdown restrictions on May 11 with the reopening of schools in less […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Monday, even as the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown comes to an end. This is according to Aliyu Sani, the national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Mr. Aliyu made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. When […]

Nigeria has recorded 338 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a tweet on its official handle late Sunday, the NCDC said Lagos had recorded 177 new cases, while Kano posted 64 cases. Other regions with new cases include the FCT with 21, Rivers with 16, Plateau […]

Imo State Covid-19 Taskforce Committee has urged Bus/Taxi Imo operator to comply with the passenger limits approved by state government to contain spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking with Darling FM on a phone interview, chairman enforcement subcommittee Dr. KINGSLEY DUNGA called on business owner in the state to enforce the use of wearing face […]

Thirty-three more COVID-19 patients in Lagos have recovered and have now been discharged. This brings the total number of recoveries in the state to 502, according to the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi in a tweet on Tuesday. #COVID19Lagos Update as at 11th May, 2020 *️⃣88 new cases of #COVID19 Infection were confirmed in Lagos. Total number […]

Nigeria has recorded 146 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 4,787 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet late Tuesday confirmed the new cases. Of the 146 cases, the health agency said 57 were from Lagos, 27 from Kano, 10 in Kwara, nine in Edo, eight in […]

Five players from Spain’s top two leagues have tested positive for coronavirus, La Liga confirmed on Sunday. Players in Spain’s top-flight and Segunda division were allowed to carry out individual work at training grounds last week. The move was the beginning of a staggered training programme, with the aim to restart competitive games in the […]

The Lagos State Government has shut two facilities in Badagry West LCDA of the state for contravening new guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs, and other entertainment outfits in the state. The facilities include Maggi Hotel, and Tambari Theatre Art (Night Club). This was disclosed by the state government in a […]

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 248 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 4,399. According to the agency, Nigeria also recorded 17 more deaths from the pandemic, taking the country’s death toll to 143 with total recoveries rising to 778. Eighty-one of the new cases were in Lagos State, 35 in Jigawa, […]

One hundred and sixty Nigerians who were stranded in the United States following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown have returned to the country. A plane carrying the returnees arrived on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane touched down at the airport in the Federal […]