Author: Chronicle Editor

In the midst of what is increasingly becoming a global corona virus lockdown,  Governments’ operations and private businesses are being affected across the world as isolation and social distancing have become the order of the day. But it would seem Nigerians are leading in adopting technology to beat the situation which ordinarily would have grounded operations of governments and businesses. In Nigeria, championing this innovation is Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who in the last couple weeks have been holding his meetings and some public engagements through videoconferencing. For instance, checks reveal that the Vice President as head of the…

Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two because of the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was due to be played between 29 June and 12 July. The entire grass-court season has been abandoned, and there will be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until at least 13 July. Wimbledon is the latest major summer sporting event to be called off, with Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics postponed for 12 months. It follows the postponement of the French Open, which was due to begin in May but has been rescheduled to 20 September-4 October. “This…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 23 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria on Wednesday night. The disease control centre said this takes the total number of confirmed cases to 174 with two deaths recorded. “Twenty-three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; Nine in Lagos, seven in the FCT, five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and one in Bauchi state. COVID-19: 70% of positive cases in Nigeria are male – Ehanire “As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged…

The Special Committee of the National Economic Council on COVID-19 is working hard to develop additional measures to alleviate the challenges being faced by Nigerians because of the implications of the global pandemic in the country. The Committee chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, held its second meeting this afternoon as it continues its task of coordinating the Federal and State governments’ responses to the impact of the disease. Present alongside the Vice President at a meeting held via videoconference anchored from the Presidential Villa are Governors Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti; Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna; Abdullahi Sule, Nasarawa; Mohammed Abubakar,…

Nigeria music legend, Queen Salawa Abeni, shut a blackmailer identified as Jason on Wednesday when she posted pictures which the blackmailer was threatening to put on the internet. In defiance of her blackmailer, Salawa Abeni called his bluff by posting the details of their WhatsApp exchange on her official Instagram page. “Good Morning my family, friends and Fans,” she said, adding that, “I have something very important to tell you and I will really appreciate your audience.” “I am very disappointed that someone somewhere will try to tarnish my image and threaten to destroy my career of over 45 years.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 70,000 metric tons of grains to Nigerians to help alleviate the harsh effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, who announced this on Wednesday, also announced the adoption of a document of implementation guide and protocols for the COVID-19 lockdown policy. Mustapha, who revealed that the initial reports on public compliance to restriction order where applicable, also announced that President Buhari had granted partial exemption for operators of the upstream subsector of…

Former INEC chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu, says the drug for the treatment of coronavirus will be ready soon if the testing of the vaccine is completed. Iwu who is the chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19 gave this assurance in Owerri, Imo state capital on Wednesday. The professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), had presented a plant-based patented treatment for COVID-19 to the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu which is now been tested in United States. While briefing newsmen in Owerri shortly after Seplat Petroleum and Waltersmith Oil Ltd donated COVID-19…

The Minster of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that till date, over 2,000 persons have been tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ehanire, who made this known on Wednesday at the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, said that of the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19, 70 percent of them are males. According to him, “As of now, over 2000 persons have been tested. We are expanding our diagnostic capacity to test across the country. This is expected to improve turnaround time and enhance timely access to testing. “About 70 percent of those…

Spain has recorded another 864 deaths related to coronavirus, the highest in one day, as the total number of deaths across Europe has gone beyond 30,000. More than 9,000 people have died in Spain, which is second only to Italy in fatalities caused by the virus. Confirmed cases in the country have passed 100,000, but numbers show the infection rate continues to fall. UN Secretary General António Guterres said the pandemic was the world’s biggest challenge since World War Two. The warning comes amid dire predictions about the possible economic impact of measures imposed to fight the virus. A UN…

All Champions League and Europa League matches have been suspended “until further notice” by Uefa because of the global coronavirus pandemic. All national team games in June have also been postponed, including play-off matches for Euro 2020 – already postponed to 2021 – and qualifying matches for the Women’s Euro 2021. The European governing body’s 55 member associations met on Wednesday. The Premier League is suspended until at least 30 April. The Euro 2020 play-offs are set to feature Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Premier League clubs Manchester City and Chelsea are both still in the Champions…