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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, says the state is in trouble due to the presence of the coronavirus disease. Speaking on Sunday at the presentation of a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Centre donated by the Dangote Foundation to the state, Ganduje said the delay in testing suspected cases was responsible for the exploding number of coronavirus infections in the state. According …

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals on Sunday called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to reverse his decision on the easing of  COVID-19 lockdown,  which takes effect today (Monday). The NUAHP made the call in a statement signed by its National President, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, and its General Secretary, Martin Egbanubi. As health workers advised the …

Edo State Government has said that the state’s former governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has continued to violate directives to halt the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and cause crisis in the state by organizing political gatherings through the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM). In a statement, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie and …

…Charges Journalist to be Fearless and Objective! Edo State branch of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), today May 3, 2020 saluted journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, charging them to be fearless and objective. The PDP charged the media community not to relent in its commendable role as fearless and objective partners in the collective effort to …

The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmad Asha, died in the early hours of Sunday. He was said to have died of suspected coronavirus-related complications. The Emir, according to the Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in the state, Alhaji Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, had been in isolation at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau …

…says normalcy won’t return until 2021, cases hit 2,388 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has expressed fears that the number of coronavirus cases in the country will continue to rise for the next few months. This hint came as the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states ends at 11:59pm today. The Director General, NCDC, …

•Emirate dismisses COVID-19 theory A few hours after Rano Emirate Council confirmed that the Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila II, was hospitalized and responding to treatment, the monarch passed on. He died yesterday at a hospital in Kano at the age of 74. House of Representatives member and  Turakin Rano, Alhaji Kabir Alhassan Rururm, confirmed the death. The …

The FCTA says it will enforce rigorously the guidelines regulating the easing of the lockdown in the FCT as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Territory. In his message to the residents of the FCT, announcing the new guidelines, the Minister, Muhammad Bello, said that security agencies have been mandated to arrest and prosecute, through the mobile …

Find below the description of the types of activities allowed under Phase 1 of the post-lockdown era in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja (4th -17th May, 2020) as released by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, who chairs the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus: SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ON NEW COVID-19 MEASURES Following improvements in the multisectoral …

Edo State Government said at the weekend that it has screened over 40,000 persons in the state for coronavirus (COVID-19), “leveraging a strategic partnership with private hospitals, clinics and pharmacies, which complement the screening exercise ongoing across designated government hospitals.” Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this to journalists in Benin City. According to him, the state government has …