By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Civil Societies Organisations, CSO, in Nigeria have recommended various strategies and set agenda for Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for effective unlocking of the state in the efforts towards combating further spread of the ravaging COVID-19. The organizations commended the state government for her continuous […]
Month: April 2020
By David Royal Kano state on Thursday overtook the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with total confirmed cases of COVID-19 after recording 80 cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 219, while Abuja has a total of 178. The Nigeria Centre for Disease […]
By Victor Young In a May Day message, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has advised employers in the nation oil industry against post-coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic anti-labour practices to ensure industrial peace in the petroleum industry. In the May Day message to its members and other workers […]
“204 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 80-Kano 45-Lagos 12-Gombe 9-Bauchi 9-Sokoto 7-Borno 7-Edo 6-Rivers 6-Ogun 4-FCT 4-Akwa Ibom 4-Bayelsa 3-Kaduna 2-Oyo 2-Delta 2-Nasarawa 1-Ondo 1-Kebbi 11:50pm 30th April- 1932 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 319 Deaths: 58″ The post BREAKING: Nigeria records 204 new cases of COVID-19, total […]
Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened new tariffs against Beijing as he claimed to have seen evidence linking the coronavirus to a lab in China’s ground-zero city of Wuhan. Asked if he had seen anything giving him a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of […]
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC DG. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is not aware of the Control of Infectious Disease Bill but seeks to work with the House of Representative on that. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, said this during the daily Presidential Task Force briefing […]
Gov Oyetola Gboyega of Osun State Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government will from Monday May 4, 2020 relaxed the lock down order introduced in the state to curb the spread of COVID-19 as it replaces the order with a dusk to dawn curfew. In a statewide broadcast by […]
Rishi Kapoor Bollywood mourned a second loss in as many days as celebrated actor Rishi Kapoor, whose career spanned half a century, died Thursday aged 67 after a prolonged struggle with cancer. The news came as a severe blow to the Hindi movie industry and film lovers, who were […]
Britain is “past the peak” of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours. The coronavirus death is now 26,711, the world’s third-most highest behind the United States and Italy, after changing its reporting to include community as […]
Eminem confronted a home intruder in his living room after the suspect slipped past his sleeping security guards, according to a report Thursday. The 26-year-old Matthew David Hughes smashed a kitchen window with a paving stone and climbed into in the rapper’s home in a gated community in the Detroit-area […]