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 […]
Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed yesterday – wednesday that he has been given the all-clear six weeks after contracting coronavirus, but Serie A rivals Torino confirmed that one of their players had tested positive. “Many people talked in the past weeks ,but I can finally confirm that I am healed. Thank you once again for […]
Russia has emerged as a new hotspot for the dreaded coronavirus and in recent days have been recording the highest number of new infections in Europe. Russia has recorded more than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus for the fourth day in a row on yesterday (wednesday), surpassing Germany to become the country with the sixth-highest […]