A total of 16 COVID-19 patients, including three foreigners, have been discharged in Lagos state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. “Good people of Lagos, I have more great news from our isolation facilities. 16 persons; 14 males and 2 females including 3 foreignersContinue Reading
The Federal Government has declared that foreigners with valid visitors pass or resident permit with confirmed return tickets scheduled to travel out would be issued the relevant government extensions at no cost.The extension is to enable the beneficiaries reschedule their flights and travel within one week whenever the restriction onContinue Reading
Goods worth millions of naira were on Wednesday afternoon razed as a fire outbreak destroyed a building and some shops in the Lebanon area of Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State. According to reports, the fire, which started around 1.20 p.m., razed the popular building and the row of shops where mattresses,Continue Reading
An unidentified young man has been reportedly shot in a protest against the extension of the stay-at-home order by women and youths along Okpe Road in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta state. The victim was among hundreds of angry women and youths demanding provision of palliatives to cushion theContinue Reading
The free healthcare programme set up by the Lagos State government as medical palliative measures to cushion effect of the lockdown on residents have so far taken delivery of 600 children. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on Tuesday while giving update on how the state is tackling theContinue Reading
The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has described the measures put in place by the President Muhammadu Buhari government to reduce the effect of the Coronavirus lockdown on Nigerians as “scam.” The group described the government’s cash transfer to the “poorest of the poor” in society and distribution of trucksContinue Reading
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the maltreatment of Nigerians in China has been resolved between both countries. The Speaker announced on his official twitter handle that the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria has communicated his finding on the issue and expressed hope that future communication willContinue Reading
Some workers at a Chinese company in Ibese area of Ogun state protested against the company’s decision to lock them within the premises, the police have told TheCable. As a part of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered a two-week extension of the lockdownContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held a teleconference with members of the Presidential Task Force on the Novel Coronavirus from his office, at the State House, Abuja. The details of the conversation between the President and the PTF is expected to be disclosed during today’s daily media briefing by theContinue Reading
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that he volunteered to donate his blood for experts researching on the Evaluation of Post Infection Protection against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. He also said that the state has been looking for a local solution towards the prevention and cure of COVID-19.Continue Reading
