One of the patients discharged on Monday by the Lagos state government after treatment from coronavirus has taken to her Twitter handle to celebrate her recovery from the dreaded disease. According to the user who identifies as @Ayodejiosowobi, she said she is happy to have murdered the terrible disease. Reacting swiftly, the state governor, Babajide…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has urged direct broadcast satellite service providers and telecoms companies, to support the fight against COVID-19. In a series of tweets on Monday, Keyamo pleaded with DSTV and Star Times to extend existing subscriptions by one month. “As one of the Ministers entrusted with the…
Shortly after renowned Nigerian Bishop, Sam Zuga of House of Joy Ministry, founder of both Samzuga Foundation and Samzuga international offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and urging Nigerians to refer Coronavirus patients to him. The cleric has come up with a solution to tackle the dreaded virus. Bishop Sam Zuga is…
The Ogun State Police Command said it had arrested a masquerader for allegedly violating the federal and state governments’ directives on social distancing and public gatherings in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state. The masquerader was said to have been apprehended after he allegedly confronted some policemen and threatened to deal…
Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole being coordinated by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, have killed a top Boko Haram leader, Abu Usamah, and scores of other terrorists during a gun battle with the insurgents in Gorgi in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The military said on Monday that Usamah, one of the top commanders…
Botswana is the latest African country to confirm cases of the deadly coronavirus. On Monday night, health minister Lemogang Kwape announced the country’s first three cases of coronavirus on state television. Kwape said the three people who had tested positive for the virus are two males and a female, who had traveled from Thailand and the…
About 45 members of the choir at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church in the United States have “contracted coronavirus (COVID-19) through the air”. According to Los Angeles Times, three of the members are already hospitalised, while two others are dead. Adam Burdick, the choirmaster, had informed the 121 singers through an email on March 6 that…
Sadiya Farouk, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says the ministry has commenced cash transfer to poorest households in the country to cushion effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The minister said this during a press briefing by the presidential task force on the disease in Abuja, on Monday. Nigeria has recorded 111…
Chris Olakpe, the chief executive officer and chairman of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), is dead. According to PUNCH, Olakpe died at an undisclosed hospital in the on Sunday. Isaac Adetimiro, LASTMA director of research and statistics, who reportedly, confirmed the incident said nobody knew the Olakpe was ill and he did not…
Fashion Entrepreneur, Tania Omotayo has shared lovely pictures of her daughter in celebration of her 1st birthday. Prince Sarai is the product of the union between Tania and club owner Sumbo whom she got married to in October, 2018. To mark her 1t birthday, Tania Omotayo held a photoshoot for the cute girl which shared…