Spain’s women’s football season is on the verge of being cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with champions in each tier being declared based on the standings before the campaign was halted, the country’s football federation (RFEF) has said.…
COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths in Nigeria for April 2020
P+ Measurement Services, a media intelligence and Public Relations audit agency, undertook analysis to show the weekly growth in the number of cases, discharged cases and death cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria in the month of April 2020. According to…
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria now 2,950
The daily tally of confirmed COVD-19 cases in Nigeria has increased by 148 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC announced the new figures via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Tuesday night bringing the total…
Customers besiege banks in Abuja, Lagos as lockdown eases
Banks customers yesterday besieged the banks in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the Federal Government announced partial lifting of lockdown after a month-long sit-at-home order following COVID-19 pandemic worrisome spread in the states and the FCT.…
Many flee as man slumps at ATM gallery
The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) gallery of a commercial bank in Onipanu area of Lagos State yesterday was immediately deserted after a man on the queue slumped causing panic as many suspected it was a possible COVID-19 case. A member…
Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 2,802
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number in the country to 2,802. NCDC tweeted at about midnight that 76 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos, 37…
Doctors who treated Lagos COVID-19 victim working without isolation
No fewer than 11 health workers, including four doctors and three nurses at the Randle General Hospital, Surulere, Lagos State, have been tested for the COVID-19 infection after having contact with a dead patient. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that…
COVID-19 fund raising: Ikeme to auction last Super Eagles shirt
Nigeria’s retired goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme has decided to raffle his shirt from the final game with the national team in a bid to help donate to motherless homes and the less privileged in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. Ikeme…
Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases climb to 2558 as gradual easing of lockdown begins in Lagos, FCT
Nigeria recorded an additional 170 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the eve of the gradual easing of lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states in order to control the spread five weeks ago. According to the…