Lockdown: Mortuaries full in Anambra: Residents resort to “Underground Fridge”
The Anambra Government on March 23 suspended all public gatherings, including traditional marriage, ceremonies, community, festivals, masquerade festivals, baby christening, new yam festivals, title-taking ceremonies and funeral ceremonies. This pronouncement…
Saudi Arabia abolishes court-ordered floggings as punishment
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a form of punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his…
Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, U.S. states over contact tracing apps using GPS location data
U.S. states promoting apps that could prove essential to ending the coronavirus lockdown may be headed for a showdown with the two Silicon Valley companies that control key software on…
U.S. stays away as world leaders launch plan to accelerate COVID-19 drugs, vaccine
World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part…
COVID-19: Jigawa receives 524 Almajiri pupils evacuated from Kano
The Jigawa Government has received a total of 524 Almajiri pupils evacuated by neighbouring Kano State. Receiving the pupils at Gen. Yakubu Gowon NYSC Camp in Dutse, the state Gov….
WHO appoints Nigeria’s 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 Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. She…
COVID-19: NAICOM to compensate families of deceased health workers
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says the insurance industry will pay an assured sum of N3 million each to families of medical doctors who died on the line of…
Door-to-door testing currently not a realistic strategy for over 200m Nigerians – NCDC
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says door-to-door testing in Nigeria is currently not a realistic strategy for the over 200 million population…
COVID-19 now in 27 States and the FCT as confirmed cases surpass 1000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 144 new cases of coronavirus. According to the Centre in a series of tweets on Friday night, “As at 24th April,…
5,000 COVID-19 front line health workers to receive life insurance cover – SGF
The Nigerian government has received a life insurance cover for all front line workers in the fight against the coronavirus. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Presidential Task…