The US has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval […]

AFP/File / Juan BARRETOIn Colombia, where the government has declared as state of emergency over COVID-19, youngsters take part in an awareness campaign against the spread of the virus Italy passed a grim milestone on Thursday when it overtook China as the country with most reported deaths from the new coronavirus sweeping the planet. The […]

Ondo State Government has shut all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a statewide broadcast, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, said: “My dear good people of Ondo state, as you are aware, the world is currently experiencing an outbreak of corona virus (COVID-19) infection. This is a […]

Ekiti House of Assembly on Thursday suspended its legislative activities indefinitely as parts of measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus diseases otherwise called COVID-19. The decision to suspend legislative activities was reached at the Thursday’s plenary presided over by Speaker Funminiyi Afuye. The Ekiti State Government announced a 38-year-old indigene tested positive […]

One of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughters has been isolated after returning to the country on Thursday. The First Lady Aisha Buhari, who disclosed this, said her daughter was isolated not because she showed any symptoms but “based on the advice of the Hon. Minister Of Health, Presidential Task force on COVID – 19.” Aisha […]

Former Ekiti Governor, Chief Segun Oni, has alleged the political machination of Governor Kayode Fayemi to put his political career in jeopardy made him to dump the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Oni said the ruling party under the leadership of Fayemi was riddled with impunity, injustice and disrespect […]

Over N2bn lost, eight out of nine structures leveled at Bethlehem Girls College, says Catholic Church Buhari pledges support, Lagos assures residents community will be rebuilt Falana, residents’ body seek coroner’s inquest on explosion Emergency workers were yesterday still searching for the body of a man who was declared missing by family members three days […]

The first confirmed coronavirus index case in Nigeria has now tested negative for the virus, Lagos State Health commissioner Akin Abayomi said on Thursday. The patient is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and who returned from Milan to Lagos on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. He was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory at the […]