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Nasarawa State House of Assembly has lost a member to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), even as the 23 members who attended the burial have been quarantined. Governor Abdullahi Sule, while briefing journalists in Lafia yesterday, said Suleiman Adamu representing Nasarawa Central State Constituency died of the deadly virus. Sule explained that until his the death, […]

Kaduna State Government has warned that anyone who conceals a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive status will be prosecuted. It has, however, traced up to 95 per cent of contacts and discovered 28 active cases.   The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, stated yesterday that one of the two isolated males who were receiving treatment […]

The United States government yesterday issued a stern warning to the Muhammadu Buhari administration against any attempt to divert the $308 million to be repatriated from looted funds by former military dictator, the late General Sani Abacha, to help the fight against the deadly coronavirus, instead of expending the funds on the agreed-upon projects. The […]

Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1932: the total number of confirmed cases in the country and also a total of seven deaths in the last 24 hours. Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos and Kano states have the highest numbers. While Kano recorded 80 […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has decried the alleged neglect of the state by the federal government in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, saying there must be collaboration between different tiers of government for the fight against the spread of coronavirus to be successful.   The governor stated this yesterday when he received […]

The nomination of Dr. Muheeba Dankaka as chairperson of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari has refreshed the controversy over the president’s violation of the principle of federal character in his key appointments; with some senators contending that the president’s pattern of appointment negates the constitution, the enabling law and convention.   […]

Reports that some top aides of President Muhammadu Buhari have been denied access into the Presidential Villa in Abuja, after returning from the burial of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, is certainly no complimentary news. The burial at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja, was attended by hundreds of mourners, who failed […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has stated that Almajiris deported from Kano state last week brought 21 cases of COVID-19 to the state. Speaking on Arise Television Wednesday, he said when the state took delivery of 148 Almajiris from Kano, it kept them in a holding facility where tests were conducted on eight of them […]

Even as Gilead Sciences, a US-based biopharmaceutical company, yesterday announced “positive data” in the clinical trial of Remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug, for the treatment of COVID-19, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, expressed optimism that Nigeria would soon win the war against Coronavirus, saying the traditional cure for the virus had reached […]