Tag: covid-19
COVID-19: Kaduna State announces total lockdown
Kaduna State Government has announced total lockdown of the state with effect from midnight.
The state Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, made the announcement in...
COVID-19: Pastors Chris, Benny Hinn host world largest prayer event
In a clear response to recent happenings across the globe, President, Loveworld Incorporated Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome and Pastor Benny Hinn, have declared a...
Coronavirus: Afghanistan to release 10, 000 prisoners
The Afghan authorities plan to release up to 10, 000 inmates within 10 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19, local media reported on...
United Bank For Africa(UBA) provides U$14 million COVID-19 Relief Support
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a...
COVID-19: New Realities Require New Priorities says Civil 20
The events of this year alone, starting with the bushfires in Australia and moving to the outbreak of COVID-19, underscored the ever-growing complexity of...
COVID-19: We’ll enforce social distance directive-FRSC
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said it will enforce the regulation of social distance directive to further prevent...
Nigeria inaugurates 14-man presidential task force on COVID- 19
The Federal Government on Tuesday, inaugurated presidential task force to monitor the development of COVID- 19 pandemic disease across the country and around the...
Coronavirus: Lagos urges residents to remain vigilant
Lagos State Government on Tuesday urged residents to always be vigilant of the ravaging Coronavirus, in spite of World Health Organisation (WHO)’s accolades on...
Coronavirus: World travel shrinks by 25%, sheds 50m jobs
The coronavirus epidemic is putting up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, with travel likely to slump...
Yellow Fever: Nigeria activates points of entry policy
The Federal Government has activated the “Nigeria’s Point of Entry Policy on Prevention and Control of Cross Border Transmission of Yellow Fever’’ to prevent...
Everton squad self-isolate as player reports coronavirus symptoms
Everton’s first-team squad and coaching staff are self-isolating after a player reported symptoms of COVID-19, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Friday.
The...
New York postpones famed St Patrick’s Day parade over Covid-19 fears
The traditional Saint Patrick’s Day parade in New York has been suspended for the first time in over 250 years due to fears that...
COVID-19: CBN says it will intervene in health sector
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is ready to intervene in Nigeria’s health sector following the outbreak of COVID-19.
The CBN Governor, Mr...
COVID-19: UN must lead by example, says UNGA President
President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has called for strong coordination and coherence in the organisation’s activities on the...
COVID-19: Nigeria commences contact tracing of confirmed case
The Nigerian Government has commenced contact tracing of first case of reported Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country to monitor health of people that travelled...
