The Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19, on Wednesday evening intercepted a vehicle conveying the corpse of one Peter Aiv Kogi who died of Coronavirus in Kano and was being taken to Konshisha local government area of Benue state for burial. When the Committee was alerted on the development, a roadblock was quickly mounted at […]
Doctor George Díaz who treated the first COVID-19 patient in the United States said on Monday he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted. George Díaz’s first patient, diagnosed in January in Washington state, has already recovered after receiving remdesivir, an experimental drug that the US approved on Friday for […]
Ekiti State Government has said it will prosecute the soldier’s wife who came into the state from Katsina State with COVID-19 despite the lockdown order and prohibition of inter-state movement. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday that the woman who came to visit her husband had committed an offence and would […]
Network Provider MTN has dropped the price of its 1GB monthly data bundle from R149 to R99 in South Africa bluebloodz.com has learned. Telecom operators in the country have recently reduced data prices after a two-year investigation by the Competition Commission found that internet rates for prepaid packages were too high. After an announcement in […]
The newly appointed Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu Muhammed (retd.), has formally assumed duty at the headquarters of the agency in Abuja. He was received on arrival by NEMA directors and later held a meeting with the management staff, according to a statement from the agency on Wednesday. The […]
Airlines in Nigeria are losing about N17bn monthly as a result of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak across the country, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this while speaking in Abuja at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. “We (aviation sector) are worst […]
The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he does not regret telling his health officials to treat COVID-19 patients with Chloroquine. Mr Mohammed said this while responding to the backlash from people who felt such authorisations are exclusively reserved for professional medical personnel. Mr Mohammed, who was the index case of COVID-19 in Bauchi, […]
The Federal Government has extended the ban placed on flights in the country as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus for another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force on Wednesday. Mustapha, who is also […]
