Vaccine alone cannot defeat coronavirus, UN chief warns Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 17, 2020 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that vaccine alone cannot defeat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Guterres…
Sports Football clubs have lost $14.4 billion to COVID-19 – FIFA Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 16, 2020 FIFA in a recent analysis conducted revealed that football clubs have lost $14.4bn (£11.1bn) during the coronavirus crisis. The…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1083 Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 15, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
COVID-19: 64 patients recover, 79 new cases recorded – NCDC Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 14, 2020 Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the…
Nigeria announces 160 new COVID-19 infections, two deaths Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 13, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 160 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s…
COVID-19: NIS issues travel advisory for China, Europe, others Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 12, 2020 The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has given travel advisory for China, Europe and…
10% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria are children – Health Minister Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 11, 2020 The Minister of State, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says 10 per cent of positive Coronavirus cases are children and…
Featured Africa launches ”genome” lab to understand Covid-19 Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 10, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday launched a…
Over 900,000 worldwide die from COVID-19 Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 10, 2020 Over 900,000 people around the world have died from COVID-19, according to various tallies on Wednesday night. The death…
COVID-19: Adesina’s AfDB approves $27.33m for AU’s response… Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 10, 2020 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 27.33 million dollars in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilise…