Coronavirus

Whole-town study reveals more than 40% of COVID-19 infections had no symptoms
A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was tested, reveals the importance of asymptomatic cases. The authors of the new research, from the University …

Africa Cup Postponed To 2022, Women’s Tournament Cancelled Due To Covid-19
The Africa Cup has been postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic and is now to be held in Cameroon in January 2022. The African football confederation (CAF) …

FG’s directive on schools: PDP commends Makinde for maintaining Oyo’s pacesetting profile
…Says FG has done well by adopting Makinde’s proposals Hours after the Federal Government directed the reopening of schools to allow the resumption of final year primary and secondary school …

Buhari Extends Phase Two Of Eased Lockdown By Four Weeks: FG Opens Selected Classes For Schools, Inter-State Movements Outside Curfews
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended phase two of eased lockdown by another four weeks with effect from tomorrow Tuesday, June 30 through midnight of Monday, July 27, 2020. Chairman …

COVID-19: FG Makes Clarification For Another Lockdown From Next Month
“You want to hear the truth? If it were within my powers this is the time to lockdown..”

REVEALING: HOW OYO STATE EX-GOVERNOR, AJIMOBI, WAS DEFRAUDED OF N50M AFTER DISPATCHING PRIVATE JET TO FETCH FAKE DRUGS FROM BANGLADESH
The last days of former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, who died on Thursday at First Cardiology Hospital in Lagos following Coronavirus complications, were devoid of peace as he was …

Ex-Oyo Gov Ajimobi To Be Given State Burial Ceremony On Sunday, Details Announced
The funeral of the former Oyo Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, has been slated to hold on Sunday 28th, June 2020 in Ibadan. In a release by the spokesman, Bolaji Tunji …

What are the new rules on shielding, social distancing and support bubbles?
Boris Johnson has announced further measures easing the coronavirus lockdown, including a greater relaxation of the social distancing rules from next month. These include a new “one-metre-plus” rule for all venues, including …

AJIMOBI UPDATE: Ajimobi May Resume Office On Monday Or Tuesday– APC Spokesperson.
Tests Negative For COVID-19 Former governor of Oyo State and Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abiola Ajimobi has tested negative for Coronavirus. …

BREAKING: Anxiety mounts over Ajimobi’s health in Oyo .. Aides Insist He Is Alive
ANXIETY has mounted over the health of the immediate past Governor of Oyo State Nigeria, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. Though his aides have been keeping the state of his health secret, …

Breaking News: WHO reverse earlier assertion that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus is “very rare,” saying it was a “misunderstanding.”
A top expert at the World Health Organization on Tuesday walked back her earlier assertion that transmission of the coronavirus by people who do not have symptoms is “very rare.” …

African Development Bank loans Nigeria almost $300m
The African Development BankAfDB had approved the sum of $288.5 million (£227m) for Nigeria on Friday to help the nation tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact on people, …

Madagascar to deploy soldiers, doctors to eastern city amid COVID-19 fears
The Malagasy government will deploy soldiers and doctors to the eastern city of Toamasina, where two people died of COVID-19, following the discovery of several bodies in the …

COVID-19: Oyo Govt has not lifted ban on public gathering *statement by one Adenuga is fake-Govt
*Churches, Mosques are advised to obey existing restriction order. There is a fake press statement presently in circulation, referencing some Executive Orders allegedly issued by the Executive Governor of Oyo …