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More than 1,000 Algerian passengers are stranded at Istanbul airport because of the new coronavirus pandemic, the facility’s operator said Tuesday, as Ankara urged Algiers to allow their return home. Algiers is refusing to let them back into the country, according to IGA Airport Operations. “We, as IGA, Turkish Red …

Iran has rejects help from foreigners over the fear that they might turn out to be spies for other nations. In a tweet by the Advisor to Iran Health Minister, Alireza Vahabzadeh, the government said “Due to Iran’s national mobilisation against the virus and the full use of the medical …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has unveil plans they would take to protect the Niger Delta People. The interventionist agency promised that they would intervene to protect the people of Niger Delta from the dreaded disease, adding that ventilators and oxygen would be prvided as part of its contribution …

Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive for Coronavirus. President Buhari tested negative, according to Arise TV. Kyari who returned from Germany on March 14 did not self isolate as NCDC directed and attended a meeting on Sunday in Aso rock where he began …

Federal Civil Servants at grade levels one to 12 in Nigeria have been issued a stay at home order by the Federal Government, as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus in the country. Im a circular signed by the Head of the Civil Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan, said all …

Anambra and Imo state top the list of state with examination malpractices in the just concluded 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination which ended on Sunday, March 22. In a publication release by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the exam body said it caught 149 candidates for various examination …

Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has explained why services were held at the headquarters of the church and other branches across the nation despite the ban on large gatherings in Lagos, Ogun and some parts of the country. From the live stream of the service via the …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee yesterday (Monday) shared the sum of N581.56bn to the three tiers of government for the month of February. The February allocation represents a decline of N65.79bn when compared to the N647.35bn which was shared in the month of January. The distribution was made at the …

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, who said he shook hands with the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, have embarked on self-isolation. The governor, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, said he met …

People in Central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. The easing of restrictions in Wuhan city comes as Chinese health officials reported Monday no new local cases of …