There is “clear-cut” evidence that a drug can help people recover from the coronavirus, say US officials. Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms from 15 days down to 11 in clini... Read more
A leading humanist group in the UK has called for the release of the man who heads the Humanist Association of Nigeria. Mubarak Bala was detained on account of his activism in Kaduna, Humani... Read more
Boeing plans to cut 10% of its workforce, saying the Covid-19 pandemic had delivered it a “body blow”. The struggling US plane maker employs 150,000 people worldwide and was alre... Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son. A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said both mother and baby are “doing very well... Read more
Coronavirus could impact on the international football calendar for “two or three years”, says a member of Uefa’s executive committee. Lars-Christer Olsson, president of Eu... Read more
The High Court in Uganda has ordered MPs to hand back a sum of $5,000 (about £4,000) given to each of them to fight coronavirus in their constituencies. The politicians had backed the scheme... Read more
Nigerian officials say US President Donald Trump has promised to send the West African nations ventilators to help it tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the BBC’s Chi Chi Izundu reports.... Read more
Officials of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) have apologised to the 42-year-old female COVID-19 patient for declaring that she was on the run. The News Agency of Niger... Read more
The US House of Representatives will not reconvene next week following a revolt from lawmakers who complained that it was too soon to return. On Monday, members were told to return to the De... Read more
1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation... Read more
