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Senators representing Edo State at the National Assembly have donated two trailer loads of food items to support the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. The senators are Matthew Urhoghide, representing Edo South Senatorial District under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Clifford Ordia, representing Edo Central under the PDP and …

Edo State Government has said that it never released any photograph of the fleeing COVID-19 patient, a nursing mother, who is wanted for treatment in the state. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said this in reaction to a video on social media by someone claiming to have been falsely …

Following the gradual ease of the lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari in Ogun State, residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday, refused to observe social distancing and wearing of face masks order by the state government as they went about their normal business activities. Visit by our correspondent to banks, markets, motor parks, revealed that many residents …

The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the receipt of $311m looted by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The PUNCH reports that the loot was repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar …

Fifty cases of COVID-19 in Kaduna State are from the almajiris repatriated from Kano State. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made this known in his verified Twitter handle on Sunday. El-Rufai said 15 more almajiris  that were brought from Kano to Kaduna had tested positive for Covid-19. He said out of the 16 tested positive, 15 of them were all almajiris. The governor tweeted, …

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 …