The novel coronavirus has killed more than 120,000 people worldwide, nearly 70 percent of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT Tuesday from official sources. A total of 120,013 deaths have now been recorded since the epidemic first emerged in China in December, 81,474 of them in Europe. The…
Anambra State Government recently ordered a restriction on movement and closure of markets in the state for 14 days. Some masquerades who flouted the order were arrested on Monday at Nkwo Uga, in Uga community of Aguata Local Government Area. Meanwhile, 29 persons consisting of health workers, relations and business partners of the COVID-19 index…
About 116 former coronavirus patients have tested positive for the second time. They tested negative when discharged from hospitals, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). They then tested positive days later. The strange development is now under investigation by the KCDC and the World Health Organisation. Several theories have been…
A few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown on three Nigerian cities in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, the country on Monday night confirmed 20 fresh cases of the disease. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on its Twitter handle that 13 new infections were recorded in Lagos,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria says interested stakeholders must meet its set criteria to access its N50bn intervention loans for small and medium scale enterprises. The CBN introduced the N50bn Targeted Credit Facility as a stimulus package to support households and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and guidelines to access…
The Federal Government on Monday announced its decision to hand over food relief items to governors for onward distribution to residents in their respective states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, stated this at the daily briefing on COVID-19 by the presidential task force in Abuja. She said, “Going…
A Nigerian man has written to love doctor, Joro Olumofin over the current situation he’s facing with his girlfriend as they isolate together following lockdown order by the government. It looks like this gentleman’s woes is far from over as it has been declared by Head of States, President Muhammadu Buhari that there would be…
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday met to discuss the impact of coronavirus in the region. The meeting, which was conducted via teleconference and chaired by the forum’s Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, shared experiences on measures adopted by individual states to deal with the disease. A statement by Lalong’s Director of…
A few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown on three Nigerian cities in a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, the country on Monday night confirmed 20 fresh cases of the disease. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on its Twitter handle that 13 new infections were recorded in Lagos,…
A 70-year-old widow Mariam Isibu, who lives in Aujara, in the Jahun Local Government area of Jigawa State could not hold back her emotions as she bursted into tears. She went emotional as her name was called out as a recipient of the N20,000 cash from the Federal Government officials who were in the state…