BREAKING: Immigration boss tests positive for coronavirus

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

COVID-19: WHO-supervised tests a must for Nigeria’s public office holders — Intersociety •Faults official infection figures

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

Ex-Minister of Health charges FG on provision of adequate testing kits to avert further spread of COVID-19

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

14 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Lagos, Abuja

By OLUWAFUNKE ISHOLA The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in Nigeria. The NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said that as at 8.35 p.m. of March 26, Lagos has additional 12

BREAKING NEWS: Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed tests positive for Covid-19

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact

BREAKING: Buhari’s Chief of Staff tests positive for Covid – 19, President negative

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Abba Kyari, has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus pandemic, according to reports coming in from Abuja, the nation’s capital, this Tuesday morning, March 24, 2020. One of the reports, by Arise TV, said

Coronavirus spreads to Edo •5 new cases confirmed in Nigeria as total number shoots up to 35

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 35, with Edo being the latest state in the country to be hit by the virus. A Channels TV report said the figure rose after the Nigeria Centre

COVID – 19: Madumere worries over community spread, warns against Nigerian market structure, density crowding

While the Federal Government has taken stringent measures to effectively manage the novel Coronavirus, the former Deputy Governor of State, Prince Eze Madumere has expressed worries over community spread of the dreaded scourge, raising fear over the model of Nigerian market structures. The

Nigeria records 10 new positive cases of COVID-19

Moses Emorinken, Abuja 10 new persons have been confirmed positive to the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) said three of the new cases are in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja while the remaining seven are in Lagos

How to cope in times of crisis

With the unfolding global coronavirus pandemic leading to people being confined to their homes, borders being shut and economic instability, it can be hard not to feel overwhelmed by the state of the world at the moment. The good news? Even in times