CORONAVIRUS: NAFDAC SET TO BEGIN TRIAL OF CHLOROQUINE

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, on Monday, ordered manufacturing of chloroquine for emergency stock for possible clinical trial…

CORONAVIRUS: SOYINKA CHALLENGES THE LEGALITY OF BUHARI’S LOCKDOWN OF STATES

  Sodiq Oyeleke Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has questioned the legality of the lockdown ordered by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The PUNCH reports that Buhari had…

FOOD HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO VULNERABLE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LOCKDOWN, SAYS MINISTER

Following the presidential directive to ease the sufferings of the vulnerable that might be affected by the lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and…

NCDC REPORTS 20 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NIGERIA AS LAGOS AND FCT CONTINUE TO LEAD

Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have risen to 131 in Nigeria as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 20 new cases on Monday. Of the 20 new cases, 13 were recorded in…

CORONAVIRUS: SEE THE WELFARE PACKAGE BUHARI APPROVED FOR POOR FAMILIES IN HIS SPEECH

Omodele Adigun and Adewale Sanyaolu President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday approved a two-month advance pay for Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) beneficiaries. The gesture, according to the President  in his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, was…

NIGERIA RECORDS 8 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, TOTAL NOW 89

Nigeria has recorded eight new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total confirmed infections in the country to 89. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter…

CORONAVIRUS: MILITARY RECALLS RETIRED DOCTORS AND NURSES

Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The military says it has  prepared 17 hospitals for the isolation and treatment of confirmed cases. The Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, Major General  John Enenche,…

CORONAVIRUS: LAGOS, OTHERS TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL PARTIAL LOCKDOWN

as soldiers, airforce men, naval officers, police begin patrol Chukwudi Akasike, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Success Nwogu, Mudiaga Affe and Tunde Ajaja As part of efforts to contain the spread of the…

OBASANJO DONATES HILLTOP RESIDENCE AS ISOLATION CENTRE FOR CORONAVIRUS

Former President,  Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, announced that his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State be used as Isolation centre for victims of the dreaded Coronavirus…

CORONAVIRUS: FG SEARCHING FOR 4,370 PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THE INDEX CASES OF THE VIRUS

The federal government says it is tracing no fewer than 4,370 people that have contacts with index cases of the novel Coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19). The Minister of Information and Culture,…

DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER CORONAVIRUS , FALANA TELLS BUHARI

Martins Ifijeh Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a proclamation of a state of emergency in…

TENSION, FEAR AS 35 SENATORS REFUSE TO CHECK THEIR CORONAVIRUS STATUS AFTER RETURN FROM LONDON

Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Abuja   FEAR heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)…

RETIRED DOCTORS, NURSES TO BE REABSORBED TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS SAYS HEALTH MINISTER

Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The Federal Government, on Monday, said retired doctors and nurses could be reabsorbed in states to help in the fight against coronavirus. This was made known by…

CORONAVIRUS: BUHARI SIDELINING HIS DEPUTY SAYS DELE MOMODU

Coronavirus: Why Buhari is ‘Side-lining’ Osinbajo – Dele Momodu buhari sidelining osinbajo dele momodu The Publisher of Ovation Magazine and former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari…

CORONAVIRUS: POLICE FREE DETAINED SUSPECTS, CRACKDOWN ON THOSE DISOBEYING GOVT ON LOCKDOWN OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

  Afeez Hanafi Respite may have come the way of some suspects in police stations across Lagos State as the state police command ordered their immediate release as part of…

CORONAVIRUS: LAGOS TO SHUT NITE CLUBS AND BARS

  In a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Lagos State government has decided to shutter night clubs and bars.Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this announcement on Friday…

CORONAVIRUS: ABUJA COURT REJECTS REJECT TO TOTALLY BAR CHINESE, INDIANS OTHERS FROM ENTRY INTO THE COUNTRY

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, rejected an application to compel the Federal Government to totally bar entry into the country from the US, Iran and China. Justice…

CORONAVIRUS: LAGOS TRACES 1,300 CASES AS NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSITIVE REACHES 12

Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria recovers Aisha Buhari shuts office, UK-returnee daughter self-isolates Senators just back from foreign trips to undergo COVID-19 test Our correspondents The Lagos State Government…

CORONAVIRUS: ARIK AIR PLACES EMBARGO ON FLIGHTS TO 3 WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Nigeria’s Arik Air has announced the temporary suspension of flights to all its West Coast destinations effective Monday, March 23, 2020. The West Coast countries include Accra, Ghana, Monrovia, Liberia,…

HOW MAN WITH CORONAVIRUS STAYED IN IBADAN FOR TWO WEEKS UNDETECTED

Man with coronavirus stayed in Ibadan for two weeks undetected ― Ekiti govt The Ekiti State government announced Wednesday evening that a man who tested positive for coronavirus stayed in…