The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 248 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 4,399. The NCDC also said that 17 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus across the country, bringing the total number...
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At least one Iranian navy man was killed and several were injured in an incident on a military ship during a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state TV reported on Monday. The Gulf of Oman is a particularly sensitive waterway as it connects to the Strait...
Australians, who broke the law to protest social distancing restrictions, received a harsh rebuke from medical community representatives on Monday, accused of jeopardizing an early relaxing of restrictions. Hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets in the state of Victoria on Sunday, calling for an end to the lockdown. However,...
South American coffee growers may delay harvest this year and limit the number of workers they employ as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, threatening to reduce this year’s crop of export-quality beans. The pandemic has killed more than 250,000 people and upended food production worldwide. Meat processing...
South Korea reported 35 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,909. After hitting the bottom at two on May 6, the daily caseload continued to grow from 12 on Friday to...
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has reached 10,015, with 595 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, has said. “We note with concern that the Western Cape and Eastern Cape combined comprise 84 per cent of the total new...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Human Environmental development Agenda (HEDA), warned that described the attempt to commence the clinical trial of the proposed COVID-19 Vaccine trial in Nigeria was dangerous to the peace and wellbeing of the people. In a statement on Sunday, HEDA said reports that the...
The First Class graduate from Cross River State who recently claimed he had developed a cure for Coronavirus has died. His death was disclosed to Newsdiaryonline by his family member. After reaching out to this newspaper, our reporter kept in touch with him.But the news of his death was broken in...
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has commended his childhood friend and Chairman of Setraco Nigeria Limited, Chief Abu Inu-Umoru, for committing his life to the service of the less privileged and underserved in society. In a birthday greeting to Inu-Umoru dated Saturday,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4151. The NCDC also said that 11 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total...
As scores of people remain stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, 160 Nigerians from the United States are on their way back home, News Agency of Nigeria reports. The 160 evacuees, which include eight infants, are the first batch of Nigerians returning aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno is to establish an outreach office in Auno village of Konduga Local Government, to encourage villagers fleeing from insurgency to return. Zulum, who stated this on Saturday during a visit to the village, said he would be using the office from time to time...
Suspected hoodlums on Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi Division in Edo and killed an officer enforcing the Coronavirus curfew imposed by the Federal Government. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Edo, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Saturday. Nwabuzor...
The Osun Government says it has recorded one new case of coronavirus in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, in a statement on Saturday in Osogbo said the new case sneaked in from Kano State to Iwo area of the state before the COVID -19...