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Lagos, Africa’s biggest city and business hub of Nigeria has initiated a total lockdown, with the restriction of all movement of people and closure of businesses and offices to stem the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The lockdown which commenced on ...

Members of the House of Representatives have resolved to donate their salaries for two months to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the announcement, said the two-month salary donation would be independent of ...

Nigerians will from Wednesday, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020. Checks by ...

With the canard making the rounds that the pandemic disease, coronavirus, is an airborne disease, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has faulted the report, saying that the virus codenamed covid-19 is not an airborne disease. Announcing this via its official ...

Two years ago Tshekedi Pitso shocked his family when he told them he wanted to be buried inside his favourite car. Pitso, who was 72 years old at the time, had bought himself a 1980s E500 Mercedes Benz adding to ...

Mesut Ozil has shared a photo on his Twitter of his new daughter Eda after wife Amine gave birth. The Arsenal star has been expecting his first child for some weeks having sought permission to miss the club’s Europa League ...

The United Bank for Africa on Monday boosted the fight against the coronavirus in Kwara State with a donation of N28.5m. The state Technical Committee on COVID-19 said that it shut down a church in Idofian, a suburb of Ilorin ...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Oyo State was seven as of Monday. It was learnt that the blood samples of some persons being located through contact tracing had already been sent to the diagnostic centre. The state Incident ...

Chinese authorities have ordered a foreign national to be deported after the “foreigner” assaulted health officers who asked him to wear face mask, according to an official statement. The foreign national was captured in a video yelling ‘motherf*****’ at the ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has urged Nigerians to explore potentials in herbal medicine for the cure of coronavirus. The monarch speaking during a press conference in his palace on Monday contended that the traditional herbal medicine has ...

A Russian expert has shockingly told women to have abortions during the coronavirus pandemic despite there being no evidence of the virus’ impact on unborn babies. Viktor Maleev, from the Russian Academy of Science, issued the outrageous advice as he ...

Trolololo. Medical Doctors in Nigeria have lamented the high cost of medical consumables in the country, following the outbreak of the novel COVID-19, global pandemic. The Doctors who spoke under the aegis of the Association of General and Private Medical ...

Davido’s dad Adedeji Adeleke has also donated the sum on N1b to fight coronavirus. He made N500m donation to the Federal Government, while also donating N500m worth of food stuff across Osun state

  The Defence Headquarters says the military is ready to implement the presidential order on the restriction of movement to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, announced ...

As part of plans to effectively lock down the Lagos metropolis, the police have blocked the inbound and outbound sections of the Lagos-Ibadan express way. This move follows the recent order by President Muhammadu Buhari, in line with local and ...

Some youths in Udu area of Udu local government area yesterday reportedly stormed some markets in the area forcing garri sellers to revert to the old price of N800 naira for the small paint can. The youths according to eye ...

Popular philanthropist and businessman, Sir Kesington Adebutu, has donated the sum of N300 million to the Lagos State government towards combating the coronavirus in the state. The state currently has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country with ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called on Governor Seyi Makinde to declare a total lockdown of the state for about 14 days to prevent a rapid spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement by its ...

The police in Kaduna have arrested 165 persons for not adhering to the sit at home order of the state government. The government had imposed curfew on the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID 19. ...

Japan has been accused of covering up coronavirus cases to protect the Olympics, after a spike in Tokyo’s infection count following the postponement of the Games. The Japanese government insisted for weeks that Tokyo 2020 would go ahead as planned, ...

Mayegun of Yorubaland and fuji lord, K1 is giving out free food stuffs, water and sanitizers to Nigerians in Lagos and Ijebu Ode to help them isolate better. The musician has made Anjola bakery deports both in Lagos and Ijebu ...

The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited, Modupe and Folorunsho Alakija have donated N1billion to support the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. According to them, the donation symbolises their resilience, character and strength as they plan to work with ...

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, and Chairman of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Chris Olakpe, is dead. It was learned that Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police died on Sunday, as confirmed by LASTMA’s Director of Research ...

The main opposition figure in Niger, Hama Amadou, who has been in prison since last November for alleged baby smuggling, is among more than 1,500 inmates who are being released early because of the coronavirus pandemic. Amadou’s name is among ...

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole being coordinated by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, have killed a top Boko Haram leader, Abu Usamah, and scores of other terrorists during a gun battle with the insurgents in Gorgi in the Damboa Local ...