Tag: Covid-19

WHO appoints Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special…

COVID-19: 900 British nationals ‘stranded’ in Nigeria

The British High Commission has assured that 900 of its nationals stranded in Nigeria will be flown home…

COVID-19: PDP reacts to Buhari’s ECOWAS appointment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use his appointment as the ECOWAS COVID-19…

Lagos discharges 10 more COVID-19 patients

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Friday said 10 additional coronavirus patients have been discharged from the…

Lockdown: 22 traders transported in container arrested in Rivers state

The arrest of twenty two (22) traders who defied lockdown order by entering Rivers state from Anambra and…

Bauchi confirms three new coronavirus cases

Bauchi State has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19. The disclosure which was contained in the Situation Room…

Ramadan: Gov AbdulRazaq advises Muslims against social gathering

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has advised Muslims in the state to observe the month of Ramadan in…

COVID-19: FG donates 1,800 bags of rice to Gombe Govt

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has donated 1,800 bags of rice to Gombe state Government as palliative…

PHOTOS: 524 Almajiris sent packing from Kano arrive Jigawa State

Hours after Kano State Government deported some almajiris owing to outbreak of Coronavirus in the cosmopolitan state, the…

Lagos govt debunks list of hospitals exposed to COVID-19

The Lagos State Government on Thursday urged members of the public to disregard a list of private hospitals…

Kwara records two new COVID-19 cases, extends lockdown by 14 days

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday announced the extension of the lockdown of the state by 14 days…

COVID-19: Buhari to take decision on Governors’ proposal for two-week national lockdown

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on…