COVID-19: Nigeria to use stadiums, NYSC camps as isolation centres
The federal government says national stadiums in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and Kaduna will be used as isolation centres for the treatment of coronavirus patients. National...
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Road transport owners withdraw services over COVID – 19
National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has urged drivers to withdraw services from Friday (today). Its National President, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal Othman, said the...
Coronavirus: Salvation Ministry donates safety materials to UPTH
Salvation Ministries, Friday, donated safety materials to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital as its own way of contributing to the fight against the...
COVID-19: Army to recall retired medical personnel
The Nigerian Military has activated measures to aid the civil authorities in the ongoing fight against Coronavirus. It However, said that it will not enforce...
Fire razes NYSC camp in Rivers
By: Felix Ikpotor A wide fire has gutted sections of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, orientation camp in Nonwa Gbam in Tai local government...
UBA rolls out N5 billion(U$14 million) COVID-19 relief support across Africa
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive...
Akwa Ibom shuts borders, suspends Ibom Air
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the closure of all borders and roads leading to the state with immediate effect. The governor...
They want to infect me with coronavirus, Sowore raises alarm
Rights activist and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, has raised the alarm over a plot by the Nigerian Government to detain him over revelations by his news...
COVID-19: News from Aso Villa, by Femi Adesina
Quite a challenging week it has been for Nigeria, and, indeed, the rest of the world. Except perhaps in China only, where the affliction started...
Coronavirus: We don’t have any record of cases detected on vessels-NPA replies
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has stated that it has no record of any coronavirus case on any vessel. The authority was responding to a...