INDONESIA BEGINS HUMAN TRIALS OF COVID-19 VACCINE

Indonesia on Tuesday launched human trials of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine with some 1,600 volunteers slated to take part in the six-month study. The vaccine candidate, produced by Sinovac Biotech,…

PUTIN: RUSSIA HAS DEVELOPED COVID-19 VACCINE

Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday. “This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the…

US HANDS OVER 200 VENTILATORS TO FG

The United States has handed over 200 ventilators to the Federal Government on Tuesday. This is in fulfillment of the promise made by the US President Donald Trump during a…

THE FAMILY OF ANYONE WHO STEALS COVID-19 FUNDS WILL BE CURSED PROPHET ABIARA WARNS POLITICIANS

A former General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, has said politicians and government workers who steal from COVID-19 funds are cursed. Abiara, in a statement on…

OYO, EKITI COMMISSIONERS RECOVER FROM COVID-19

The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, and the Oyo State Commissioner for Information Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu  Olatubosun, have recovered from COVID-19 Fapohunda…

COVID-19 :OBASANJO TESTS NEGATIVE SAYS AIDE

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has tested negative for COVID-19, his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday. Akinyemi explained that the ex-President took the test…

Obasanjo tests negative for COVID-19

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has tested negative for COVID-19. Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Akinyemi explained that his boss…

GLOBAL COVID-19 CASES NEAR 20 MILLION

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 100,000 dead in BrazilThe coronavirus death toll in Brazil has topped 100,000 from three million cases of infection, crossing…

FG EASES BAN ON OUTDOOR SPORTS

The Federal Government has announced that it had lifted its ban on non-contact outdoor sports, while also approving the use of recreational parks for physical exercise under strict supervision, ugamatv…

331 NIGERIANS: RETURN FROM UAE TOTAL 2042

At least 331 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said. This brings the number of…