Author: Chronicle Editor

The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has urged leading pay TV companies in Nigeria, DStv and StarTimes to extend the subscription for Nigerians who are undergoing 14-day lockdown. He also urged telecommunication companies to give free data and airtime to subscribers who will be locked in following President Muhammadu Buhari’s orders as the country grapples to contain coronavirus. He said the gesture will be seen as their contribution to ease the pains of the Nigerian workers. “As one of the Ministers entrusted with the welfare of Nigerian workers, I politely urge DStv and StarTimes to extend all…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will chair the Economic Sustainability Committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The committee is expected to look at the economic challenges and fallout from the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and proffer solutions for recovery. In a tweet by Laolu Akande, spokesperson to the Vice President, the committee members will include ministers and heads of departments and agencies. In his tweet he said, “The President today constituted an Economic Sustainability Committee he asked me to chair, on how to implement strategies to alleviate sufferings of Nigerians at this time,” VP Osinbajo says at a Google Hangout…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” he said in a statement. “I have designated Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the Head of COVID-19 Task Force while I recover fully. “Please continue to comply with all the directives from the COVID-19 Task Force. Stay home, stay safe,” he said. Currently there are seven confirmed cases in Oyo state, the announcement by the governor takes…

Nigeria has recorded its second death from coronavirus after a returning traveller from Europe failed to turn up for quarantine at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja. Chronicle NG gathered that the victim was difficult to track down as his movement kept changing. “The CEO of fancy hotel, Christogonus Aguwa Osuagwu who just came back from Europe, where Corona Virus is ravaging had died. “Instead of subjecting himself to test, he flew to Abuja where he died yesterday. All efforts by NCDC to trace him proved abortive. Nigeria coronavirus cases rises to 111, with 14 new cases…

Prince Charles, 71, spent seven days self-isolating in Scotland after testing positive and displaying mild symptoms.

Barcelona players will take a 70% pay cut during the coronavirus pandemic and make additional contributions to ensure non-sporting staff receive full wages.

The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and run to 8 August after being postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients at Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba Mainland Hospital. This brings to eight the total number of discharged patients from the centre. The patients, who had been quarantined at the isolation centre for weeks, looked stable and unruffled. Although the discharged patients preferred anonymity, they expressed joy and satisfaction over the treatment they received. While thanking the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his support and proactiveness, they pleaded that the workers at the Centre should be given life insurance. While speaking to reporters, one of the patients said: “I came in here…

Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese expatriates working in Ebonyi state, southeast of Nigeria, the state police commissioner has confirmed. The incident, it was learnt, happened in Ishiagu, Ivo Local government area of the state. They are said to be working for a mining company in the area. The town has the largest deposit of solid minerals in the state. Gunmen kill 50 in Kaduna, overrun villages Police Commissioner, Awosola Awotinde confirmed the incident. He expressed hope of possible rescue of the two Chinese workers as soon as possible as the command is on the trail of the kidnappers. Details later…

The Nigerian Senate has announced the decision by distinguished senators to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to respond to the spread and treatment of coronavirus in Nigeria. The acting spokesman of the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, announced the decision through a statement on Monday. “After due consultations following a keen review of the national efforts to contain the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, the Senate wishes to announce that from March, 2020, Distinguished Senators will be donating 50 per cent of their salaries to these efforts to stop the spread of the disease, otherwise known as COVID-19,…