By IBIRONKE ARIYO The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede, has tested positive to the corona virus disease, an official has disclosed. A statement by DCI Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the Immigration boss had been on
South African billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe said, on Saturday, his group of companies would donate 1 billion rand ($57 million) to help fight the coronavirus outbreak that has forced the country into total lockdown as infections climb. South Africa entered a 21-day lockdown
As the Coronavirus pandemic ravages the world, Civil Society Alliance Against COVID-19 (CSAA COVID-19) has raised alarm at the number of politicians returning from high risk countries that have refused to isolate themselves but are working freely attending functions. A statement issued in
By KAYODE OYERO US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria says it is preparing emergency flights to evacuate its citizens in Nigeria despite airport closures, The PUNCH reports. This is not unconnected with the exploding coronavirus cases in Nigeria which stand at 89 on
By MUSTAPHA TEMIDAYO No fewer than 41 guests and workers of a hotel in Owerri, the Imo State capital, have been quarantined by the State Government following a suspected case of COVID-19. The hotel, identified as Fancy Hotel, is situated along Road 7,
There is a very urgent need for World Health Organisation-supervised comprehensive tests to be conducted on Nigeria’s public office holders, their families and associates. This will not only be done to truly ascertain the number of infected persons among the country’s ruling class
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported eight new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total number of infections to 97. According to the NCDC, two of the cases were in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, four in Oyo
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has joined the league of personalities infected by the indiscriminate plague of novel coronavirus, having tested positive. El-Rufai personally announced this in a video posted on his verified Twitter handle this Saturday evening, March 28, 2020.
By CHARLES IWUOHA Former Minister of State for Health, Engr. Fidelis Nwankwo, has tasked the Federal Government to be proactive in curtailing the spread of the Coronavirus, through the provision of adequate testing kits in strategic places in the 36 states of the
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received briefing from the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on the latest developments over the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister, who was at the official residence
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Abia State Government says there is no truth in a recently circulating video on social
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has taken a new
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant