Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed the Ministry of Health to begin “verbal autopsy” of victims of the ravaging “strange deaths” in the state. Sabitu Shaibu, Deputy Head of the state task force on COVID-19 had attributed the “strange deaths” to diabetes, hypertension, acute malaria and others. However, in a statement, Commissioner for […]

A renowned business mogul and community advocate, Hadi Al-Mustapha has called on Kano state government to as a matter of urgency review the total lockdown imposed on people of the state to curb the spread of the covid-19 pandemic in the state.

Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, has tested positive for coronavirus. In a short message to members of staff in Abuja on Monday, and have been self-isolating in the past week, before he developed malaria symptoms and started coughing. Dokpesi Jnr, who suspected he had contracted coronavirus, contacted the Nigerian Centre for Disease […]

A group under the aegis of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, have collectively donated the sum of N700million to the Federal Government to support the country’s effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic,  COVID-19. 

WEST Africa Container Terminal, WACT, has donated personal protective equipment including surgical nose masks, latex gloves and hand sanitizers to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Onne Port, Rivers State to support the prevention of the spread of coronavirus at the port. 

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Mr Atiku Mohammed Atiku-Abubakar, son of Nigeria’s former vice-president, has tested negative twice to the COVID-19 pandemic and going by the guidelines of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recovered from the disease. “I have just received my second consecutive negative result. My discharge is currently being processed, and I […]

Associate Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism in Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Dr. Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri, has urged compliance with preventive measures in the fight against the novel COVID-19 in a rap music video. The song explains the destructive tendencies of the disease, as the lecturer likened COVID-19 to missiles that kill without mercy, adding […]

By Elizabeth Osayande Foremost Mass Communication don, Professor Ralph Akinfeleye, has said only a governor that is intoxicated by power will ban journalists from doing their jobs. He was reacting to Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State banning Vanguard and The Sun newspapers’ journalists from the State House for life. Professor Akinfeleye, former Chairman, Mass […]

…Patient Stable, Disputes NCDC Result Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has announced a one-week stay-at-home for residents of the state following the index COVID-19 case reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night. Senator Diri, who gave the directive in a state broadcast on Monday, said everyone except those on […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has denied reports of the award of COVID-19 procurement contract to one Signora Concept Services Limited.

If we have the confidence to fulfill our dreams, they will all come true. And as we progress through life’s various spheres, our choices have a significant impact on us. Nevertheless, a man who aspires to greatness and achievement is rare, but every man is driven by the desire to make a difference in the […]

Says COVID- 19 is real, warns against stigmatization NCDC in contact tracing By Olasunkanmi Akoni The National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his wife, Oluremi have tested negative for deadly COVID-19, while his aides, tested positive. The media aide to Tinubu, Mr Tunde Ramon, who announced this in a statement on […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Worried by the waves of sudden deaths that hit Kano, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that autopsies are still being carried out to unravel the cause of the deaths. Ganduje on Monday disclosed this in a tweet on his official twitter handle. Recall that the state had at the […]

By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI – THE Imam of Ekakpamre Mosque in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, Mohammed Okotie, who was alleged to have violated the lockdown order in the state by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has denied being on the run. The Imam was alleged to have incited hundreds of Muslim faithful and […]

The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Fatima Sani, 37 of Gobirawa village in Mashegu Local Government Area for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to death. The Commissioner of police in the state, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday. Usman said that the suspect had […]