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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 …

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says 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. The governor said in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, that he met Atiku’s son on an Aero Contractors’ flight recently. He, therefore, stated that he …

As at 9.45 am Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of coronavirus across Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 35. The new cases include two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two in Lagos and one in Edo. The total number of active cases are 33 with two discharged. NCDC …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, cautioned Nigerians to avoid social visits to police stations across Nigeria. This is just as he warned officers to avoid “unnecessary arrests and detention of suspects.” The statement, signed by force’ spokesperson, Frank Mba, with Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.2/, reads:  “The IGP, while urging officers to observe personal safety measures, further directs the Zonal AIGs …

Edo State has recorded its first confirmed coronavirus case. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle. The NCDC said an additional five cases of the virus were recorded on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in Nigeria to 35. The NCDC via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday said, “Five new …