Coronavirus: Ban Religious Gatherings, Reps Tells FG
The house of representatives has asked the federal government to ban all religious gatherings in the country to curb the spread of coronavirus. The green chamber made the request at Wednesday’s plenary session after deliberating on the pandemic. A prayer for the federal government to shut all schools for two weeks and to ban all foreign airlines from entering Nigeria was...
Coronavirus: Senate Urges Buhari To Address Nigerians
The Senate on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally address Nigerians on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The upper chamber also urged the Federal Government to take more drastic precautionary measures against the spread of the disease. The resolutions adopted by the Senate are as follows: “Senate should call on President to personally address this nation on this issue. Bigger...
BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 5 New Cases Of Coronavirus
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to eight. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on Wednesday. The development is coming on the heels of Nigeria’s imposition of travel restriction on thirteen countries with over 1,000 cases...
BREAKING: FG Imposes Travel Ban On 13 Countries From Saturday (See List)
The Federal Government has issued a travel ban on 13 countries over the spread of the Coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday. The affected countries are the United State of America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Iran, Switzerland, Norway, Netherland, France, South Korea, Germany, Italy and Spain.
BREAKING: NYSC Shut Down Orientation Camp Over Coronavirus
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of the ongoing National Youth Corps Service camps nationwide over coronavirus fears. The 2020 Batch A Stream One NYSC members arrived on camp on March 4 and are expected to leave on March 29. But the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Wednesday, said the NYSC members would be released...
Mikel Obi’s Club Ends His Contract For Refusing To Play Over Coronavirus Scare
Former captain of the Super Eagles, Mikel Obi, on Tuesday, March 17, had his contract with the Turkish football club, Trabzonspor, terminated over his refusal to play for the club against Basaksehir on Sunday, March 16. Mikel Obi had last week said he was not ready to toy with his life by playing for his club, querying why the Turkish...
Our Citizens Poor, Hungry We Need Your Assistance — Senate President Begs World Bank
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said Nigeria was in need of support of all international financial institutions in view of its present economic challenges. Receiving the new World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, Senator Lawan said Nigeria would appreciate the support of the World Bank to mitigate poverty. He said: “This meeting is a very important meeting...
We are not stopping Chinese, Italians, others from visiting Nigeria — FG
The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries where coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However, Nigeria has decided to screen visitors entering the country from China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy, Germany, France, South Korea and Spain. The killer disease was brought to Nigeria by an Italian man who...
New COVID-19 patient arrived through British Airways – Lagos Health Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways. Nigeria recorded another case of COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria on Tuesday. The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady, who returned from the United Kingdom on March 13. The Ministry of Health said she is now at Mainland...
Two foreign-based Nigerian doctors die from COVID-19
Two foreign Nigerian medical professionals have died of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). They are Italy-based Dr Olumide Okunuga and a London-based female medical doctor whose name was not given. Okunuga, according to US-based blog, Irohinoodua, was the President of Egbe Omo Yoruba, Emila Romagna and Vice-President of Yoruba National Community in Italy. The 64-year-old pathologist from Ikenne Remo, in Ogun State, was a two-time...
