By Omeiza Ajayi Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that the remaining states in Nigeria that have not recorded COVID-19 cases cannot hide it. There are only four states at the moment that have not reported a case in Nigeria – Cross River, Kogi, Nasarawa and Yobe. According to the DG of NCDC, […]

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 […]