THERE are palpable fears at the State House as three staff of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Babajide Sanwoolu has ordered the closure of all markets and stores in Lagos State except markets that sell food, water, drugs and other essential life-saving items from Thursday 26th March 2020 for 7 days.

SOCIAL clusters such as in drinking joints, burials and weddings have been suspended indefinitely in Enugu state, until the ravaging coronavirus disease is contained.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday confirmed two new cases of COVID-19. The Centre disclosed this via its Twitter handle,  saying the two cases returned from Germany and the United Kingdom. It said: “Two new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: one in FCT and one in Bauchi. READ ALSO: Fear […]

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday ordered the closure of all markets not dealing in essential commodities across the state. The essential commodities are medical equipment, water, and foodstuff. The governor, who stated this in a live media briefing, said the directive takes effect from Thursday. He said: “It is not a total […]

By Sola Ogundipe and Chioma Obinna Even before Nigeria recorded its first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), there had been outcry nationwide over what was widely perceived as the country’s ‘unpreparedness’ towards containment of the dreaded respiratory disease. Many Nigerians expressed reservations about government’s claims of readiness to find, isolate, test and treat every […]

PRESIDENT the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has received with shock the news of the death of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, Senator Rose Oko, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Cross North.

The Governor of Bauchi State, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). Gov Mohammed’s media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, disclosed the news in a statement on Tuesday. ALSO READ: [BREAKING] COVID-19: 3 of Kyari’s staff test positive This disclosure comes a day after the governor took the test after  he had contact with the son […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Tuesday, directed all its office-based staff, below management cadre to with effect from today (Tuesday), begin working from home, as parts of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic currently ravaging the globe.

The Youth party has urged the federal government and all state governments to take decisive steps to halt the spread of the Coronavirus. In a statement signed by the director of communications, Ms Ilamosi Ekenimoh, the party stated that “the sudden surge in the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria requires a strong […]