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Following the confirmation of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Edo State Government has step-up measures to sensitise residents to check the spread of the virus. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, addressing journalists at a Press Conference in Benin City, on Friday, said the state government has …

Following the incident of Coronavirus recorded in Ogun State, the state government says 28 people who had contact with the Italian victim of the disease have been identified and quarantined. The government also said the firm where the victim visited in Ewekoro has been shut down. The state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, disclosed this, on Friday, while addressing newsmen on the …

The Ogun State Government on Friday confirmed that the Italian infected by the Coronavirus visited Ewekoro, an industrial town in the state. Addressing a press conference at the Oke-Mosan Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said the Italian who was infected with the Coronavirus disease came to Ewekoro from Lagos and had a short …

The Lagos State State Government has begun a search for all the contacts of the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement by the Ministry of Health in Lagos State on Friday. The statement signed by the Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, expressed concern that the disease might be severe in those …

The Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has berated the Senate for saying there are no thermal scanners at the airports. Ogunlesi said this in a series of tweets barely six hours before Nigeria recorded its first coronavirus case. He said the lawmakers should have reached out to the Federal Ministry of Health or the Nigerian Centre …

Following the announcement of the first case of the novel Coronavirus disease in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday warned Nigerians against spreading falsehood on social media. The minister stated this today at a press conference in Abuja. An Italian businessman, who flew a Turkish Airlines flight into the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos from Milan, Italy, having transited through …

In the current internal schism within the ranks of the insurgency, however, Ba Idrisa’s ironic difficulties arose from his insistence, sources claim, on preserving some of the ideals under which they fought and parted ways with Shekau. According to multiple sources, “Ba Idrisa was toppled because he ignored a call within the group to initiate a new campaign that portrays …

The sacked Governor-Elect of Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon, has accepted the verdict of Supreme Court on its judgement that nullified his victory at the November 16th, 2019 governorship election. David Lyon, in a statement on Thursday, said though the decision of the apex court to stick to its February 13th judgement dashed the hope of the people of the …

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) will soon implement the recommendations of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai Committee on true federalism. Its chairman and Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu said this in Akure during the 3rd anniversary lecture and book presentation on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s administration in Ondo State. Bagudu who was the chairman …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, indicted the Federal Ministry of Health for not putting serious measures in place to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria. He, therefore, urged the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care to further liaise with the Ministry to intensify screening of passengers at the nation’s airports and seaports. Lawan stated this …