The Acting chairman of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Temitope Alonge, said on Friday that efforts of the state government at curbing the spread of the virus are yielding results.
Author: The Eagle Online
Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic has caught the attention of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who described it as remarkable.
Some Nigerian celebrities took to their instagram handles on Friday to celebrate Nigerian legendary Juju musician, Ebenezer Obey, who clocked 78 on April 3.
Prof. Muhammed Akanbi, the new Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University, Malete, says his priorities will include students and staff welfare, attracting research funding and usage of ICT for development.
Some housewives in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have described the stay-at-home order by the state government as a blessing in disguise.
The death of a Chartered Accountant, Alhaji Jimoh Raufu-Muideen, at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has thrown people in Ilorin into a Coronavirus Disease panic.
The Nigerian Armed Forces is ready to produce and store pure Liquefied Oxygen for immediate supply to isolation centres and designated hospitals for the management of COVID-19 cases.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has constituted a “Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry Situation Room” led by its Commissioners, Top Management Staff and System Operators.
The Controller, National Correctional Centre, Kaduna State Command, Sanusi Danmusa, says the command is no longer admitting new inmates.
The Abia State Government has warned its health workers to stop rejecting patients with some COVID-19 symptoms until such patients were tested and confirmed positive.
Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday commended DStv for the mindset pop up channel dedicated to keeping children abreast of their studies during the stay at home order imposed over COVID-19 pandemic.
Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday as Britain grapples with the increasingly deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Airtel Nigeria on Friday said it had donated toll-free lines and free bulk SMS in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to support the fight against Coronavirus Disease.
The Irigwe Development Association has decried the withdrawal of the military from communities in Iregwe chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the turnover was lower by 7.94 per cent compared with 255.59 million shares worth N2.86 billion traded in 4,418 deals on Thursday.
Also, they have voted to provide £125 million to Football League and National League teams to help with cash flow problems caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Spanish football’s top-flight has recommended that all its clubs join FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in introducing pay cuts to staff, including players.
The suspect was alleged to have taken advantage of the worried Chinese, Zhan Han, who needed hundreds of cartons of face masks to ship to his country folks being ravaged by the coronavirus
Tambe returned to Ibadan to reunite with his family following the suspension of the Nigeria Professional Football League due to the coronavirus pandemic
The government, meanwhile, has flagged off the distribution of the first phase of palliatives from the Kwara Central Senatorial District with Asa local government area of the state as the first point of call