Lagos announces four new coronavirus cases (Punch) The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said four new positive cases have been confirmed in Lagos State. At a briefing on Wednesday, Abayomi said the four new cases were…
Coronavirus: F1 moves summer break from August to March at April
Formula 1’s summer break has been moved forward from August as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The new season has been thrown into disarray by the virus and F1 is working on plans to run as long a season…
Churches, Mosques, schools shut in COVID-19 lockdown
Drastic measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the country were rolled out on Wednesday. Churches and mosques were advised to lockdown as schools are shut in Lagos and the nine states in the Northwest. Ogun and Kwara…
#Coronavirus – Lagos state directs schools to shut down
In an effort to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, the Lagos state government has directed that all schools in the state be shut from Monday March 23, 2020. The directive noted that the move has become “necessary to prevent…
#Coronavirus Update – Infected American dies in Ekiti
An unidentified American national who arrived Nigeria on March 3rd may have become Nigeria’s first Coronavirus fatality. The death has been confirmed by officials of Ekiti state government via twitter. He arrived Lagos, then traveled to Ibadan with his caregiver…
Nigeria suspends visa on arrival policy
The Nigerian government on Wednesday suspended its visa on arrival policy for 13 countries over fears of further spread of coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday.…
Nigeria records five new coronavirus cases
The Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight. All the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States,…
NYSC shuts down orientation camps over coronavirus fears
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has shut down all the orientation camp nationwide over the spread of coronavirus. The directive, which came from the NYSC headquarters in Abuja early Wednesday morning disrupted the orientation camp of the 2020…
WTA postpones all tournaments until at least 2 May
No WTA tournaments will be played until at least 2 May after the tour extended its suspension because of coronavirus. The tour was initially on hold until 20 April but events in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague have now also been…
Gobert ‘feeling a little better’ after testing positive for coronavirus
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert said on Sunday he is “feeling a little better” in a video updating his status since testing positive for coronavirus. “I’m going to start by saying thank you to all the people that have been…