The Edo State Government has said the rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Edo state in the past few days is as a result of the state’s ramped-up testing capacity, which is aimed at providing ample insights to properly calibrate its prevention, treatment and control measures. Special Adviser to the Edo […]

By Soni Daniel – Abuja After four weeks of sit-at-home order, President Muhammadu Buhari will this evening address Nigerians on what next his administration is to do going forward. The President will speak to Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast at 8 PM today, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, […]

Contractors have expressed their displeasure over the non-payment of salaries to outsourced workers of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, Osun State. The salary debt accumulating to 32 months affect workers comprising security guards, gardeners, cleaners among others. According to the report gathered on Saturday that the last salary received by this category of […]

Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. Israel closed schools and kindergartens in mid-March, worsening an economic lockdown as parents were forced to stay home to mind children. With unemployment peaking at […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Monday, said he slashed the N800 million provided in the Emeka Ihedioha’s 2020 budget, for renovation of government house, to N177 million. Uzodinma spoke in Owerri, during his state-wide broadcast on his 100 days in office, adding that he did it to save more […]

The Niger State Police Command said on Monday that one Fatima Sani has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to death. The state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this to journalists in Minna, the state capital. Usman said the suspect had a misunderstanding with her husband, Sani Umaru, on April 23 which […]

Says COVID- 19 is real, warns against stigmatization NCDC in contact tracing 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 Monday, added that […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station along College Road, Yaya Abatan, Ogba in Lagos State was ablaze on Monday. Lagosians at the scene were seen throwing sachet water at the truck with some commenting the water in the tanker will not be enough to quench the fire.   Video by: Akeem Salau ALSO […]

Taraba State government on Monday confirmed six index cases of coronavirus in the state. The state governor, Darius Ishaku, who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast from the Government House, Jalingo, added that the state government, with the support of Access Bank, would soon complete a 100-bed capacity isolation centre. Although Ishaku expressed worries over […]

By Gabriel Olawale – Benin Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin, Professor Friday Orumwense has commended federal government efforts to halt the spread of rampaging Coronavirus, covid19 pandemic in Nigeria. Orumwense who made the statement in Benin City appreciated the federal government of Nigeria for the efforts and approaches taken so far to halt the spread […]