Tag: Coronavirus
Okonjo-Iweala appointed WHO coronavirus special envoy
Former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named a special envoy by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the newly inaugurated Access to...
Coronavirus: Nigeria joins nations with over 1,000 infections
Zamfara has become the latest state to record coronavirus infection, according to figures released late Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The...
Coronavirus: Lagos discharges 2 Indians, one Filipino, 7 others
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the recovery and discharge of 10 more coronavirus patients, having tested negative twice for the virus.
The governor...
7 health workers test positive for coronavirus in Borno
Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on COVID-19, Salihu Kwaya-Bura, has said that seven health workers tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the...
Christians too can be infected with coronavirus – TB Joshua
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, has dismissed claims that Christians cannot contract the coronavirus.
The popular cleric, while responding...
Coronavirus: Funmi Iyanda goes live with Hafsat Abiola on Public Eye
TV and film producer, Funmi Iyanda, will on Friday, April 24 at 8 pm (tonight) premiere Public Eye, a series designed to answer questions...
Arik Air cuts salaries by 80% as lockdown bites
Commercial airliner, Arik Air, has informed its workforce of plans to cut salaries by 80 per cent.
The move follows shutdown of the airline industry...
Third WHO official, two others test positive for coronavirus in Bauchi
Bauchi State has recorded three new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Information Officer, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Sani, confirmed the three...
Caroline Danjuma sacks domestic worker who tested positive for coronavirus
Actress, Caroline Danjuma, has sacked a domestic worker who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The domestic worker, Oyindamola Alexander, was treated of the disease...
Like Easter, Ramadan meets Muslims in coronavirus times
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Friday (today) as the first day of the Ramadan fast in Nigeria.
Abubakar announced the sighting...