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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday announced the evacuation of an American citizen who tested positive for coronavirus to the United States. “One of the confirmed case who is an American citizen has been evacuated to USA,” Abayomi said on Twitter on Wednesday. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 23 […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has directed that courts should attend to matters that are urgent, essential or time-bound even during the lockdown. The directive was communicated in a letter addressed to all Heads of Courts dated April 1, 2020 conveying the COVID-19 Regulation 2020. According to […]

The Nigerian Government on Tuesday said it will be distributing food items to vulnerable households in the country during the coronavirus stay-at-home period, especially in Lagos; the seething economic hub of 20 million that residents say never sleeps – which was silenced as Africa’s largest city went into lockdown to stave off the deadly coronavirus. […]

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to lockdown Lagos, Ogun State and Abuja was not in breach of the country’s constitution. Malami said the claim by human rights lawyer, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, (SAN), that Buhari lacked the constitutional power to shut down […]

Nigeria’s House of Representatives members have resolved to donate all of their salaries to fight the pandemic coronavirus. This was communicated in a footage shared by Femi Gbajabiamila, the House of Representatives Speaker, on twitter. Gbaja said all the salaries will be transferred to the relief funds account. While the amount each member earns is […]

As part of efforts towards combating the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Bauchi State Government has imposed a total lockdown across the state. The State government which announced the complete lockdown effective Thursday April 2, said it was meant to mitigate the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. A three-paragraph statement signed by the […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Tuesday suspended the planned increase in the electricity tariffs paid by Nigerians, earlier scheduled to commence Wednesday. In the directive tagged /198/2020, the regulatory agency noted that following the global effects of the coronavirus and the negative effect it is having on Nigerians and the industry, the right thing […]

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81. Yhombi-Opango was ill before he contracted the virus, his son told AFP news agency. He led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979, being ousted […]

A Nigerian-born medical doctor, Dr. Alfa Sa’adu, has died of coronavirus in the United Kingdom. Dr. Sa’adu died in London on Tuesday at the age of 68 and was until his death a physician at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. “Today at approx. 7.30am, Dr. Alfa Sa’adu (my dad) died of the Coronavirus. He had […]Read More

Prices of food items have shut-up across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe in recent times, leaving over seven million Nigerians in dire straits as food shortages are expected to kick-in between June and August; the March 2020 Cadre Harmonisѐ (CH) Analysis Outcome for 16 northern states and the Federal Capital […]

Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF), established by a billionaire, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., on Monday donated N1.5 billion to Federal Government and Lagos State government to support Nigeria’s fight against the global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Adenuga Jr. is the founder of Nigeria’s second national carrier in the telecommunications industry, Globacom. Mrs. Bella Disu, daughter of the […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” Makinde tweeted on Monday evening. “I have designated Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the Head of […]