Tag: Coronavirus
COVID-19 update in Africa: 17 deaths, 633 confirmed cases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) regional office for Africa in Brazzaville has said that Africa region recorded 17 deaths from the deadly COVID-19 in...
Atiku calls for reduction in price of petrol, halt to stamp...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to reduce the...
COVID-19: FG officials, workers barred from overseas travel
Pressure to shut borders mounts
The federal government has issued a ban all its officials, including public and civil servants, from travelling abroad.
The secretary to...
NYSC closes orientation camps nationwide
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has abruptly ended the three-week compulsory orientation course for corps members and directed the closure...
Nigeria: 30-year-old returnee from UK tests positive for COVID-19
The Lagos State ministry of health announced that Nigeria recorded its third case of coronavirus after a 30-year-old female tested positive for the virus.
Announcing...
APC plagued by ambition virus – Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has attributed the campaign to oust the embattled national chairman of the party,...
New test reveals coronavirus can live on surfaces for 72 hours
The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days.
This was...
Israeli-developed vaccines for COVID-19 ready in 90 days
An effective Israeli-developed vaccine for coronavirus is on track to be ready for testing within “a few weeks,” though it won’t be available for...
WHO characterises COVID-19 as pandemic
The director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that the new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised...
Finance minister expresses shock as oil price slumps
The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has described as “shocking” Monday’s crash in oil price.
The oil price had...
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