Covid-19 Update
COVID 19: NCDC warns against complacency to safety protocols
Folashade OgunrindeOct 25, 2020
As Nigeria’s COVID 19 figures round up to 61,930 cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned Nigerians against complacency in containing the...
Nigeria records 48 new COVID-19 cases, no death
Folashade OgunrindeOct 25, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 48 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total figure to 61,930 amid...
COVID 19: Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff tests positive for Coronavirus
Folashade OgunrindeOct 25, 2020
The Chief of Staff to the US Vice President, Mike Pence tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. According to the VP’s spokesman, the Chief of Staff, Marc Short began...
Nigeria records 133 new COVID-19 infections
Oyin AdekunleOct 19, 2020
The total coronavirus infections in Nigeria has risen to 61,440 cases after 133 new cases were recorded on Sunday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Diseases...
181 students, staff of Lagos boarding school tests positive for COVID-19
Oyin AdekunleOct 16, 2020
The Lagos State government says 181 students and staff members of a private school located in the Lekki area of the state have tested positive for the coronavirus. The...
COVID 19: Chinese city to test nine million in five days
Folashade OgunrindeOct 12, 2020
The Chinese city of Qingdao says plans are underway to test its entire population of nine million people for COVID 19 over a period of five days. The mass testing...
COVID-19: Lagos Government grants Funke Akindele, husband state pardon
Folashade OgunrindeOct 09, 2020
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has granted state pardon to popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, who were...
IMF approves aid for world’s 28 poorest countries
Oyin AdekunleOct 06, 2020
Twenty-eight of the world’s poorest countries are set to receive the second tranche of aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The approval, which follows a...
BREAKING: FG Okays re-opening of 104 unity schools, October 12
Oyin AdekunleOct 02, 2020
The Federal Government has approved the full re-opening of all 104 unity schools in Nigeria effective from October 12. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, gave the...
Trump, Wife test positive for COVID-19
Oyin AdekunleOct 02, 2020
US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania have tested positive for the coronavirus, days after one of his President’s closest advisers who was also infected...
