BREAKING: Gov El-Rufai Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for coronavirus. “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test,” El-Rufai said in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday. “The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive.” https://youtu.be/sECfu6BIuC4
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Ikpeazu Shuts Land Borders On Sunday
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the closure of all the state's land borders with effect from 4am on Sunday, 29th March, 2020. This is following the recommendation of the state’s inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19 based on situational reviews. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, and made available to ABN TV...
BREAKING: Buhari Meets Minister Of Health, NCDC DG In Abuja [Photos, Video]
President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the COVID-19 situation in the country by Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, and Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He was briefed on Saturday afternoon at his residence in the state house, Abuja. TheCable previously reported that Buhari was in his office on Wednesday before it was fumigated on Thursday. He...
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Ambassador To Germany, Tuggar Tests negative For Coronavirus
Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar has tested negative for the coronavirus. Tuggar had been in close contact with Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, during discussions with Siemens in Germany over projects in the Nigerian power sector. Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has also tested positive. With Kyari and Mohammed testing positive, there were fears that those...
COVID-19: Abia Locks Down On Tuesday
The enlarged Inter-Ministerial Committee on Coronavirus set up by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu met on Friday to review progress made to prevent the disease from afflicting the state as well as put in place control and mitigation plans in case of an unlikely outbreak and wish to restate that the state is yet to record any case of the virus. In...
Uche Ogah, 42 Other Ministers Donate 50% Of March Salary To Support Fight Against Coronavirus
Nigeria’s 43 Ministers have donated 50% of their March 2020 salaries to support Federal Government’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria has recorded 81 cases with one death and three discharged as of March 27, 2020. Though what the 50% amounted to was not disclosed, a statement in Abuja on Saturday stated that the Minister of State for Transportation, Senator...
BREAKING: Oyo Identifies 84 Suspected COVID-19 Cases, Imposes Curfew
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state after two new confirmed cases were confirmed and 84 new suspected infections were discovered. Makinde made this known via a series of tweets on Saturday morning. This is coming a few hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that Oyo had recorded three cases of...
Nigerian Senators Sneak Into Private Hospitals For Coronavirus Tests
The last executive session of the Senate before sitting was suspended for two weeks was with a drama over coronavirus. About 35 Senators who recently came back from London after a seminar on Petroleum Industry Governance Bill were isolated by their colleagues at the session because they refused to subject themselves to Coronavirus test. All the remaining senators refused to...
BREAKING: NCDC Confirms 11 New Coronavirus Cases
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed eleven new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Eight new cases were confirmed in Lagos, two in Enugu state and one in Edo state This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 81. According to the NCDC, “11 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 8 in Lagos, 2...
Coronavirus Kills Dad, Daughter In 24 hours In UK
A FRONTLINE Heathrow immigration officer and his daughter died from coronavirus 24 hours apart. Terminal 3 worker Sudhir Sharma, 61, passed away on Wednesday and pharmacist Pooja, 33, the following day. Officials do not believe Sudhir contracted Covid-19 on duty as he last worked on January 7, making it more likely he picked up the virus elsewhere. But a source said: “It’s an absolute...
