Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has accused his counterparts in the North of playing politics with the evacuation of Almajiri and their COVID-19 status. Some of the Almajiris had tested positive to COVID-19 upon arrival in their States of origin.Recall that Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has beenContinue Reading
A total of 160 Nigerians evacuated by the Nigerian Missions in the United States have arrived at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Daily Sun reports. Kimiebi Ebienfa of the Crises Monitoring and Public Communications Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed the details of the arrival in a terse message inContinue Reading
As Covid-19 cases in Plateau State rise to 17, with one discharged, Governor Simon Bako Lalong is asking citizens of the State not to panic, but to continue to strictly adhere to regulations put in place to contain the disease and curtail community spread.Governor Lalong while responding to the riseContinue Reading
The committee constituted by the Jigawa state government to investigate the mysterious deaths in Hadejia local government area in the state, says investigation so far has shown that 92 bodies were buried in the two cemeteries in the area in just one week. Two days ago, there were fears in the state afterContinue Reading
PLATEAU STATE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN RELAXATION: A REMINDER Further to the Statewide broadcast by Plateau State Governor Rt. Hon. (Dr) Simon Bako Lalong where he announced the pattern for the total lockdown of the State and its relaxation in the fight against COVID-19, it is important to reiterate the following. ThatContinue Reading
The Plateau Commissioner for Health, Mr Lar Ndam, has said that 11 family members who had contact with a COVID-19 patient have been traced and placed on supervised isolation. Ndam made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday.“We traced the family members of aContinue Reading
The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country. The move is part of measures to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON). TheContinue Reading
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has revealed the drug used in treating COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. Ehanire during a press briefing on Tuesday said Nigeria has started using Remdesivir.Remdesivir is an antiretroviral drug, in managing COVID-19 patients.“We have been using that (Remdesivir); we have tried that in Lagos too,”Continue Reading
Annually, over N120billion is budgeted for the National Assembly to make laws and carry out its oversight functions. Yet, what Nigeria sees is signs of an overfed National Assembly, while getting zilch in return on investment. We buy them exotic cars. But in coming up with ordinary bills they have to copy shamelesslyContinue Reading
Nigeria has recorded 148 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2950. The new cases were reported on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Lagos accounted for the majority of cases with 43. Kano, with 32 new case recorded the second highest figure; while Zamfara (14 new cases) and Abuja,Continue Reading