Nigeria

Nigeria’s booming hydroalcoholic gel business

Nigeria’s hydroalcoholic gel business booms amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, we speak with Dr. Stephanie Sodangi, who set…

April 9, 2020

COVID-19: Nigeria court orders compulsory quarantine for 34 Lagos joggers

A Magistrate Court in Lagos has sentenced over 30 lockdown flouters to fourteen-day quarantine and a month community service. Lagos…

April 8, 2020

Nigerian football star Ighalo finally names his closest Manchester United teammate

Nigerian football star Odion Ighalo has named Juan Mata as his closest Manchester United teammate at Old Trafford. The 30-year-old…

April 5, 2020

Nigeria to set up $1.39 billion fund to fight Coronavirus

Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus,…

April 5, 2020

Close up’ social distancing as Lagos distributes coronavirus food aid

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, is the country’s most impacted with coronavirus infection. As of April 3, Lagos alone accounted for…

April 3, 2020

Nigeria’s IDPs concerned about COVID-19 infection

There are deep concern among internally displaced persons in the north-eastern region of Maiduguri in Nigeria over the spread of…

April 3, 2020

Nigeria:I have found a cure to coronavirus – Prof Joseph Akpa

The Provost of Luminar International College of Alternative Medicine, Enugu, Prof. Joseph Akpa, says he has found a cure for…

April 2, 2020

Coronavirus donations hit N15bn in Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of…

April 2, 2020

Coronavirus: Zimbabwe, Nigeria adopt cash-transfers to most vulnerable

The Zimbabwean government on Monday (March 30) reported that it had budgeted over $600 million to cover one million vulnerable…

March 31, 2020

My take on Buhari’s nationwide broadcast – Fani-Kayode

Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode said he was pleased with the nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on coronavirus on Sunday. Buhari…

March 30, 2020

Ex-governor donates $520,000 to Lagos, national disease control outfit

National leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated over half a million dollars to…

March 30, 2020

Aliko Dangote, ex-Emir of Kano test negative for coronavirus

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote on Sunday (March 29) revealed that he had tested negative for COVID-19. According to him,…

March 29, 2020

Nigerian footballer Taye Taiwo loses father

Former Nigerian international Taye Taiwo has announced the death of his father, Pa Salisu Taiwo. Taye Taiwo made this announcement…

March 28, 2020

Coronavirus: Enugu records cases of Covid-19 as Nigeria’s total reaches 81

Nigeria now has 81 cases of Covid-19, as 11 new cases were announced Friday evening by the Nigeria Centre for…

March 28, 2020

Anti-‘Boo-hari’ tweet by Iranian topples coronavirus on Nigeria Twitter trends

Despite the coronavirus pandemic dominating news and social media spaces since the last few weeks, there is a ‘competitor’ that…

March 28, 2020

BREAKING: 14 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night, confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This…

March 27, 2020

How terrorists killed 70 Nigerian soldiers in restive northeast

At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by terrorists in the restive northeast, military…

March 26, 2020

Turkey accused of supplying arms to Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram

Turkey has been branded a “terrorist state” and is under investigation by the Nigerian military over allegations it supplied “sophisticated…

March 25, 2020

Nigeria oil mogul prayerfully ‘rebukes, cancels’ coronavirus globally

One of Nigeria’s richest women Folorunsho Alakija has advanced prayer as a sure route to beat the coronavirus pandemic. According…

March 24, 2020

Coronavirus: Nigeria president tests negative, chief of staff infected

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took a coronavirus test and was declared negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…

March 24, 2020

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