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…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 …

…salutes courage, commitment Journalists have been charged to uphold the ethics of the journalism profession and live up to their responsibilities of providing reliable and credible information to the public. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki gave the charge at the weekend in commemoration of the 2020 World Press Freedom Day with the theme, ‘Journalism without Fear or Favour,’ marked …

…Says “How we must change the narrative” Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo assured Nigerians at the weekend that the country will get through COVID-19 pandemic much stronger economically “and much stronger as a people because of our resilience.” “There are a lot of challenges but they offer significant opportunities for us to turn things around,” Osinbajo noted with optimism. …

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s Gubernatorial Campaign Organization has exposed plots to cause disaffection among aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State. A statement by his Campaign at the weekend said: “some persons have been paid to sponsored articles and other media contents against aspirants seeking the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, including the respected former Deputy Governor of …

Nigerians will have to learn to live with the coronavirus (COVID-19) until a vaccine is found, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Friday. According to the Nation’s report, he made this declaration while addressing the issue of stigmatization towards those that have been infected with the virus. His declaration followed a complaint by …

• Worried indigenes seek explanation for mysterious death of kinsmen Last weekend, residents of Kano State were thrown into panic with the death of many prominent indigenes of the state. The deaths, estimated at more than 300, cut across the different walks of life from the corporate world to academics and science and technology. Even the media was not spared …