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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is in self-isolation, The PUNCH reports. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, stated this on Tuesday. Akande said his principal is self-isolating in accordance with the “protocols” of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The PUNCH reports that Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), tested positive for coronavirus …

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive for coronavirus, The PUNCH reports. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, disclosed this in a media statement made available on Tuesday. The governor earlier said he met and shook hands with Mohammed, the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Gidado …

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said on Tuesday that participants at the recently held Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award have been exposed to a confirmed case of coronavirus. The AMVCA 7 was held on March 14 at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos. Abayomi, who stated this in a string of tweets, advised all attendees to observe strict …

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across Nigeria has risen to 44, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed Tuesday. The confirmation came hours after Bauchi governor, Bala Mohammed, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The new confirmed cases appeared to be that of both officials as they were diagnosed in …

The Federal Government said it has established isolation facilities across all Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS as part of measures to enhance inmates’ protection in the face of the rampaging Coronavirus. Controller General of the Service, Jafaru Ahmed disclosed this in a statement Monday in Abuja.Jafaru in the statement which was signed by Chuks Austin Njoku, Service Public …

Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku has come out to set the records straight on his son’s movement just before testing positive for coronavirus. There have been insinuations by different section of the media on where and what the Atiku’s son had been up to as fear continues to mount on the spread of coronavirus. Atiku, in a statement signed by …

For not wanting to comply with government instructions, the behavior of the Right Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril exposed the lives of 167 deputies and their relatives, Ghanaweb reports. According to hospital sources, the President of the National Assembly of Cameroon has tested positive for Coronavirus. Indeed, the latter was part of an Air France flight declared to be high risk by …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,  Justice Tanko Muhammad, has ordered all courts in the country to shut down from Tuesday. The CJN, in a statement he issued on the official website of the National Judicial Council, NJC, said the measure became necessary, in view of the reality of the COVID-19 in the country. He said as preventive steps, all …

…orders civil servants below grade level 12 to work from home Following the confirmation of one case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo and the rapid spread of the deadly disease in Nigeria, the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has placed a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in any part of the state, as part of efforts …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called for a total lockdown of activities across the country as coronavirus toll hit 36 with one death recorded on Monday. Mrs Buhari specifically cited the case of state governors shutting down schools but allowing their parents to continue going to work. She noted that much as the move by the governors …