BREAKING: COVID-19: Federal Government slams travel ban on government officials

The federal government of Nigeria has banned all government officials from embarking on any foreign travelling as one of the measures to check and curb the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus (Covid-19) The federal government through the Secretary to the Government of the

First human trial of coronavirus vaccine begins in US

By DARRELL ETHERINGTON A human clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus began on Monday, the AP reports. The trial, which will test the effects of an experimental vaccine shot developed by the National Institutes of Health and drug maker

CBN moves to check devastating effect of Covid-19 on economy

Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China few months ago, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe have been affected by the pandemic while thousands of deaths recorded. The devastating impact of the COVID19 also affected the global economy as businesses

BREAKING: U.S President tests negative for Coronavirus

Trump Is Tested for Coronavirus, and Experts Ask: What Took So Long? Federal officials are asking Americans for extraordinary vigilance against a new pathogen. President Trump has taken a different course, worrying scientists. After hosting a gathering with guests later found to be

JUST IN: Outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), declares WHO

The coronavirus sweeping across the world is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared today. There are now over 118,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in 114 countries around the world. A pandemic is the “worldwide spread of a

Nigeria confirms second case of Coronavirus

The Nigerian government has confirmed the second case of coronavirus in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehanire briefed reporters at the boardroom of the

3 Nigerians suspected of Covid – 19 test negative

All three Nigerians suspected to have Corona virus have all been tested and declared free from the dreaded diseases. The said three Nigerians were said to have flown into the country from France, England and China. The three cases have been discharged as

18 suspected cases of coronavirus identified in Nigeria

A total of 18 suspected cases of coronavirus have been identified so far in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The health agency disclosed this in its fifth national situation report on the virus, following the confirmation of

Prof Iwu announces breakthrough in coronavirus cure, seals deal with US Institute

A Nigerian has recorded significant progress towards finding a cure for the much-dreaded coronavirus or Covid 19. According to a release by Abdulganiyu Aminu, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy, Prof. Maurice

Israeli researchers claim breakthrough on coronavirus vaccine

Hope appears to be rising for a solution to coronavirus after some researchers at the Migal Galilee Research Institute (MIGAL) in Israel claimed to have developed a vaccine against avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV),a precursor of a human vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19).