By Felix Onajite First Bank of Nigeria Limited has saluted medical professionals tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and the world, THE WITNESS reports. The Bank in series of tweets on its Twitter page on Friday, acknowledged the role medical experts are playing to fight the virus. Some of the messages read: “No capes, just heroes. …
Read More »COVID-19: Lagos govt speaks on Abba Kyari’s health condition
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who last week tested positive for the Coronavirus disease, is recuperating, seems well and happy. Kyari, in a statement on Sunday, said he would be in Lagos on Monday for “further tests and observations”. …
Read More »Covid-19: China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern
A staff member of the health authorities of the southern federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg demonstrates on a negative sample the test for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, in a laboratory in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on March 2, 2020. – The death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpassed 3,000 on Monday, March …
Read More »BREAKING: Nigeria records 12 new COVID-19 cases, total now 151
Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Nine were recorded in Osun State, two in Edo State and one in Ekiti State. “As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” said NCDC. …
Read More »COVID-19: 11-year-old Indonesian girl dies after contracting virus
An 11-year-old girl has become Indonesia’s youngest person to die after contracting the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday, as the country’s death toll from COVID-19 nearly tripled from a week ago. The girl, who was also suffering from dengue fever, was admitted to hospital on Madura Island off the coast of …
Read More »Ogun Calls For Support In Combating COVID-19
Noimot Salako-Oyedele LAGOS – Ogun State government has called on well to do individuals in the country as well as corporate organisations to support the government in its efforts at combating the prevalence coronavirus pandemic, as government alone cannot provide the wherewithal to tackle the disease. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, the state Deputy …
Read More »Russia Records 440 New COVID-19 Cases
Russia confirmed on Wednesday 440 new cases of the novel coronavirus in 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,777. The country has reported a total of 24 COVID-19-related deaths so far, with seven additional fatalities since yesterday, emergency officials said in a statement. “To date, 2,777 cases of coronavirus infection …
Read More »COVID-19: Banks, Markets Shut In Osun As State’s Lockdown Begins
Gboyega Oyetola Banks and major markets were shut in Osun on Wednesday following a total state lockdown ordered by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, in a bid to minimise the spread of coronavirus in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had, in a statewide broadcast on …
Read More »Senator Donates N10m To Fight Coronavirus In Ekiti
Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has donated N10 million toward fighting the coronavirus in Ekiti. This is coming barely 24 hours after Gov. Kayode Fayemi announced an eight-man Support Account Committee to tackle the pandemic in the state Bamidele, who represents …
Read More »US Misses Opportunity To Lift Sanctions On Iran
Iran’s president said on Wednesday the United States had missed a historical opportunity to lift sanctions on his country during the coronavirus outbreak, though he said the penalties had not hampered Tehran’s fight against the infection. “It was a great opportunity for Americans to apologize … and to lift the …
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