Covid-19

President Muhammadu Buhari has gone into self-isolation after coming in contact with officials of Nigeria’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, some of who have tested positive for COVID-19. This…

  Michael Jai White is opening up about losing his eldest son to COVID-19.   The Black Dynamite star, 53, revealed during a recent interview with Vlad TV. that his…

Family of late veteran actress, Rachel Oniga in an official statement has debunked reports that she died of Covid-19 complications. According to the family of the deceased she died from…

American Tennis star, Coco Gauff has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics.   Gauff, 17, announced the news through her own social media,…

  American rapper Cameron Jibril Thomaz a.k.a Wiz Khalifa tested positive for COVID-19.   The 33-year-old rapper who is showing no symptom, took to Twitter to share the news. He tweeted;

  The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has directed all students residing in the hostels and halls of residence to vacate them immediately.   The decision was taken on Wednesday,…

  Oyo government has confirmed that the state has recorded a case with Delta variant of COVID-19.   Recall that the World Health Organisation (WHO) described the variant as deadlier and “most transmissible.”…

Legendary Indian athlete, Milkha Singh has died at the age of 91 after a month-long battle with Covid-19, just days after his wife died. Singh contracted Covid-19 last month and…

Screenwriter Heidi Ferrer, who wrote episodes of Dawson’s Creek as well as the 2008 Paris Hilton film The Hottie & the Nottie, has died at the age of 50. Ferrer died by suicide…

Inter Milan midfielder, Arturo Vidal has been hospitalised for severe tonsillitis and Covid-19 after testing positive while on international duty with Chile. The 34-year-old, who was vaccinated against the virus…

The World Health Organisation has renamed the Indian variant, also known as B.1.617.2, the Delta variant. Under WHO’s new plans, the UK’s Kent strain will also be known as ‘Covid…

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has warned that Nigerians involved in violation of recent travel advisory for travellers from India Brazil and Turkey will be grounded for one…

Argentina has been axed as Copa America host just 13 days before the tournament’s first game following a rise in Covid-19 infection rate. The tournament, featuring 10 South American nations,…

Social media giants, Facebook have said it will no longer remove from its platforms claims that coronavirus was man-made. The announcement comes shortly after US President Joe Biden announced he…

The federal government has asked Nigerians who have taken their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to proceed to their centres for the second doses. The Executive Director, National Primary…

Nigeria’s Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has declared 90 passengers who arrived in Nigeria from Brazil, India, and Turkey between 8th May 2021 and 15th May 2021, through the…

Doctors have discovered some COVID-19 patients are developing Macroglossia, a condition where someone’s tongue is inflamed and begins to swell so much they can not speak or eat. Dr. James…

A 41-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly duping families of Covid-19 patients on the pretext of selling to them Remdesivir injections, used for the treatment of the infection. …

The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has told members of the parliament (MP) that there are now almost 3,000 cases of the Indian variant in the UK. Matt Hancock disclosed…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted approval for the emergency use of Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID19 vaccine for Nigerians from 18 years…