HEALTH

More than 9000 people have now died from the novel coronavirus in the United States as of Sunday morning, according to statistics site Worldometers. Of that number, more than 4000 people have died in New York...

At least five people have died from coronavirus in Nigeria from 224 infections while 27 others have recovered, according to data from the health ministry and virus tracker website worldometers."Ten new cases...

At least 360 people had died from the novel coronavirus in Africa as of Sunday morning, up from 313 on Saturday, according to latest figures compiled by the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC).About 710 people had fully recovered...

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease in the United States.Okoyen made the announcement in a statement...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “provide spending details of public funds and private sector donations to provide socio-economic benefits to the country’s poorest...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has chastised the Kaduna state prison officials for their wanton murder of 8 inmates of the Kaduna correctional centre who staged a protest that turned into a riot over fears...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, announced more palliative measures for vulnerable residents who might be affected by the ongoing 14-day lockdown directive of the Federal Government.Speaking after the weekly...

President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), on Friday, convened a second and follow-up teleconference meeting of the AU Bureau of Heads of State and Government, on 3...

At least 313 people had died from the novel coronavirus in Africa as of Saturday morning, up from 284 on Friday, according to latest figures compiled by the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC).About 640 people had fully recovered...

More than 1300 people died from COVID-19 in the United States on Friday alone, making it the highest single-day death toll reported by any country in the world.According to statistics site Worldometers,...