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June 15, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Climb To 16,085

Nigeria recorded 403 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 16085. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. The centre said 13 deaths were also recorded. It added that no new...

May 15, 2020 No Responses

EU Diplomat Seeks Independent Investigation Of Coronavirus Origin

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an independent scientific investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus. In a guest column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Friday, Borrell called on China, where...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

Trump Claims Heat kills Coronavirus

United States President Donald Trump called on Americans to “enjoy the sun” after unveiling a study that supposedly showed that the novel coronavirus dissipates more quickly with sunlight and at higher temperatures. “I hope people enjoy the sun, and if.....

April 13, 2020 No Responses

Edo Begins Distribution Of Relief Materials

The Edo State Government has commenced the distribution of relief materials to vulnerable persons, including orphans, the elderly, rehabilitated returnees from Libya and the homeless across the state’s three senatorial districts. The exercise is ai...

April 12, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: Pope Urges People Not To ‘Yield To Fear’

Pope Francis has urged people not to “yield to fear” over coronavirus, calling on them to be “messengers of life in a time of death”. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was speaking at his Easter vigil service on...

March 25, 2020 No Responses

Ogah To Nigerians: Maintain Safety Procedures Against Covid-19

The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Sampson Ogah has enjoined Nigerians and his beloved people of Abia State to ramp up personal safety procedures against the dreaded Covid-19 virus while abiding by all government initiatives in...

March 25, 2020 No Responses

Aero Suspends Flights Services

Aero Contractors on Tuesday announced suspension of all its flight services for two weeks to support the Federal Government effort to stop the Coronavirus pandemic from spreading further. Capt. Ado Sanusi, the Chief Executive Officer of the airline made ...

March 24, 2020 No Responses

NPA Directs Staff In 15 Departments To Stay At Home For 14 Days

The management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday issued a fourteen day stay at home notice to workers of some of its departments and divisions. In a circular NPA explained that essential departments like Marine and Operations, Health, Safety...

March 23, 2020 No Responses

Atiku’s Son Tests Positive For Coronavirus

A son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Abubakar revealed this on his verified Twitter handle late on Sunday night. Abubakar, who had a few hours before then issued a statement calling...

March 23, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: We’re Not Shutting Down Operations – Union Bank

The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, on Sunday, denied social media report that it would shut down its daily operations, beginning from March 23 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Head, Corporate Communication and Marketing of the bank, Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem,.....

March 22, 2020 No Responses

Passengers Stranded As Benin Republic Closes Border

Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Seme on Saturday as Benin Republic closed its border over the global coronavirus pandemic. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Seme border reports that Benin Republic had closed the departure and...

March 22, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: FirstBank Deploys Measures To Protect Employees, Customers, Stakeholders

Foremost financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced proactive measures it has taken to control the spread of the COVID – 19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The Bank’s Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Folake An...

March 19, 2020 No Responses

Lagos To Shut Down Schools On Monday

The Lagos State Government is closing down all public and private schools from Monday March 23, 2020 as part of preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. The state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, explained in a...

March 19, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti Corona Virus Patient, Driver To A Visiting American

Latest Nigerian to test positive of Corona Virus was said to have been infected while driving a 27-year- old American, who was visiting Nigeria from Richmond, Virginia, USA in the company of his caregiver, a Nigerian female Age 31, of...