Nigerian singer David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said his fiancée, Chioma, tested positive for coronavirus. Davido disclosed this via his verified Instagram account on Friday evening. He said, “I came back recently from America after cancelling (my) tour. “My fiancée Chioma also came back from London recently with our baby. “We had no symptoms and
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Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus for a second time after a Vatican worker who lives in the same residence was reportedly hospitalised due to the disease. The new cases include an employee of the merchandise office and two employees of the Vatican Museums. On Wednesday, the 83-year-old was tested again and for the
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South Africa recorded its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus on Friday as the number of confirmed cases breached the 1,000 mark just hours after a three-week nationwide lockdown swung into action. “This morning we wake South Africans up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” Health Minister
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” he said on Twitter. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this
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The Ogun State, chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has raised the alarm over the possible spread of COVID-19 in the state. It, therefore, asked the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to lock down the state for at least two weeks in view of the increasing cases of COVID–19 across the country. The State Chairman of the association,
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The Nigerian Medical Association lashed out at the federal and state governments for failing to contain the spread of the disease. The NMA, in a statement by its President, Dr Francis Faduyile, raised the alarm over the absence of respirators and other equipment at some of the designated coronavirus isolation centres across the country. The NMA
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The Nigerian Government on Thursday said it was tracing 4,370 persons, who came into contact with people that were suffering from COVID-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja, said the country was on the verge of community transmission of the disease. Mohammed said this
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Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday directed the shutdown of Asaba Airport to traffic for two weeks, starting from 6 p.m. on Friday. Okowa, who gave the directive in his third statewide broadcast on coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, also ordered the closure of the land borders to the state from 6 p.m. on March
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A Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has called on politicians (irrespective of party affiliation) to use their campaign structures to spread awareness about the dreaded novel coronavirus as part of efforts to prevent the pandemic from spreading to our villages and local communities. Chidoka made the call in a statement issued by Mr
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Government of Rivers State has announced the closure of air, sea and land borders into the state with effect from Thursday, March 26, 2020. The State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who made this announcement in a state broadcast on Wednesday, said the move was to further check the spread of coronavirus to the state. The Nigerian
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The diagnosis of Kyari with COVID-19 created fears at the Presidential Villa and among governors, who attended the National Executive Council meeting with him on Thursday last week. It was learnt that some very top officials at the Presidential Villa had gone on self-isolation to play safe over coronavirus. Among them are Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and
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Panic gripped some Nigerian governors and ministers after the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, tested positive for COVID-19. The panic among the governors and the ministers stemmed from the fact that Kyari after his return from foreign trips a few days ago attended the Federal
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Britain on Monday ordered a three-week lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus, shutting “non-essential” shops and services, and banning gatherings of more than two people. “Stay at home,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a televised address to the nation, as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures after the country’s death toll climbed to 335. The announcement
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The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, had earlier at a press conference in Abuja on Monday said the country had 36 cases of the dreaded Coronavirus. But at 11pm on Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its twitter handle said the cases had increased to 40. The centre stated, “Four new cases of
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The former managing Director of the Petroleum Pricing Monitoring Corporation (PPMC) Suleiman Achimugu has died over night from the dreaded coronavirus. He is the second casualty in Nigeria. The first was an American national who died in Ekiti State. It was gathered that Achimugu got back from the United Kingdom two weeks ago. A source close
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