There are fears the poor health indices recorded by the country and the spread of COVID-19 may get worse as the ongoing strike by resident doctors paralysed activities in 98 per cent of government hospitals nationwide. When The Guardian reporters…
UK agency fines Oyakhilome’s TV N65.6m over COVID-19 misinformation
The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom, better known as Ofcom, has sanctioned religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome. Ofcom said in a statement that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the country’s broadcasting…
5 Rangers players banned after attending party during lockdown
Five Rangers players have been banned for six games for breaching Covid-19 regulations last month. Nathan Patterson, Bongani Zungu and Calvin Bassey, plus academy players Brian Kinnear and Dapo Mebude, who is currently on loan at Queen of the South,…
CAF clears Alex Iwobi for Lesotho after testing negative for COVID-19
Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has been cleared by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, to play against Lesotho later today after testing negative for COVID-19. The Super Eagles player had earlier tested positive following the COVID-19 tests conducted on…
COVID-19: NCDC announces 149,882 recoveries as at March 25
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the number of COVID-19 recoveries from 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stood at 149,882 as it announced 97 new cases. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter…
Congolese presidential candidate succumbs to COVID-19 on voting day
Republic of Congo opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died of COVID-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment, his campaign director said Monday, the day after presidential elections in which he was the main challenger. Kolelas was seen…
NAFDAC warns Nigerians against fake AstraZeneca vaccination
The Nigerian public should ensure that the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine being administered on them has the original label, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said on Sunday. NAFDAC in a statement by its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola…
*LFZ projects ready by the first quarter of 2023, Sanwo-Olu assures (Vanguard)*3 nabbed for robbing UK returnee, neighbour of valuables worth N14m (Punch)
LFZ projects ready by the first quarter of 2023, Sanwo-Olu assures (Vanguard) Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the ongoing construction of multi billion dollars Lagos Free Zone project is expected to be completed by the first…
COVID-19 won’t be our worst pandemic, says epidemiologist who helped end smallpox
An American epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox says the COVID-19 pandemic is not “the big one,” nor the last one, that humanity needs to worry about. “If we had … a respiratory transmitted disease, and if it had the death…
No side effects on President Buhari after COVID-19 vaccination, says Presidency
The Nigerian Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has had no side effects after the COVID-19 vaccine was administered on him on Saturday morning. To encourage Nigerians, some of whom are concerned about the safety of the vaccine, President…