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Airports will not reopen for commercial flights on Thursday, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika confirmed on Monday. Sirika announced the extension of airports closure by two weeks. The airports, which were initially shut as part of efforts to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) were projected to reopen on April 23. On March 23, the Federal Government...

The Gombe State House of Assembly has recommended total lockdown of the state following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the state. Abubakar Ibrahim, Speaker of the house stated this at the plenary session on Tuesday in Gombe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state recorded five positive index cases of the virus on Monday. The speaker stressed...

Nigerian non-denominational Christian assembly, The Elevation Church (TEC) has undertaken several efforts to provide nutritional, medical, spiritual, emotional and psychological support to the residents of Lagos State most affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Lagos has been the epicentre of the virus in the country since the index cases in the country,...

As Muslims begin Ramadan fasting this week, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said there will be no Ramadan lectures and congregation prayers in mosques. The Sultan said this year’s Ramadan is one with a difference, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, hence everyone should pray...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Africa, 112 health workers from 16 countries have been infected. WHO disclosed this in a weekly Bulletin on outbreaks and other Emergencies week 16 which covers April 13 to 19 released on Tuesday and posted on WHO Africa twitter account @WHOAFRO. This...

Members of the private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) are targeting one million Nigerians for coronavirus tests in a massive multi-billion naira support for the governments’ fights against the pandemic. In the support programme unfolded on Monday, they spoke of plans to distribute food palliatives to not less than 1.7 million households and...

The prevailing circumstances have called on many across the African continent to adjust to new ways of living and working. Many are required to spend more time at home with their loved ones, and MultiChoice Group (MCG) remains committed to supporting its customers with the best available programming to keep families informed and entertained. To ensure the...

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday said the bodies of persons, who died of coronavirus, were not infectious. The National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this at a media briefing of the PTF in Abuja. At the briefing, Aliyu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, apologised for some PTF members’...

Netflix now worth more than ExxonMobil as value reaches $196bn Netflix has become a more valuable company than the US oil giant ExxonMobil, as the streaming service benefits from increased viewing of television and films during coronavirus lockdown, the Guardian reports. Netflix now worth more than ExxonMobil as value reaches $196bn. Netflix, Inc. (/ˈnɛtflɪks/)...

NIGERIA’s biggest container terminal operator, APM Terminals, has chartered a flight to deliver vital health supplies acquired under the auspices of the United Nations to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The Managing Director of the firm in Nigeria, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed, who confirmed this development last weekend, said the...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has started that the greatest tributes President Muhammadu Buhari could pay to the 19 deceased victims of COVID-19 in Nigeria, including his former Chief of Staff, the late Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, was for governments at all levels to fix public hospitals. Falana, who said this in a statement on Sunday, also...

Taraba State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, on Monday in Jalingo, flagged off a statewide sensitisation campaign against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Mr. Victor Bala, the Chairman of the board of the agency, said that although the state had not recorded any case of the Coronavirus pandemic, the agency needed to take proactive measures. He...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 21,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account, @WHOAFRO on Monday. “COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Africa; over 21,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported on...

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the reported extrajudicial killings in several parts of the country by security agencies enforcing the lockdown order of the Federal Government and some states of the federation, to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Ekweremadu, who is also a member of the seven-man International Parliamentary...

The NHS and Public Health England will be launching a review to confirm why black people, minorities are worst affected by Covid-19 in the UK. It has been recorded that black people from the minority background have been mostly hot by the covid-19 which led to a call for the government to investigate the number of deaths of people from the BAME community and...

 President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday extended the lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun States by 14 more days and called for perseverance and more understanding from Nigerians in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The president, in a nationwide broadcast, the second since the onset of the pandemic on February 27 heralded...

The Lagos State Government has discharged six more COVID-19 patients, bringing to 61 the total number of persons successfully treated in its isolation centres. Announcing this Monday, the Incident Commander on COVID-19 in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the newly discharged patients include five males and one female. He said: “This good...

Caveat: The opinion expressed here by Dr. Taiwo Ayodeji, who is a seasoned economist, media expert, an entrepreneur and a member of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom (UK) are those of his views and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the publisher.  Believe it or not, the Nigeria government has what it takes to...

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) says the free energy to be supplied for two months is not free by the DisCos but will be paid for by the Federal Government. Mr. Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of ANED, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Oduntan said that the DisCos made the clarification...