BREAKING: Bauchi Governor Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor has tested positive to coronavirus. This was disclosed by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, on Tuesday. This comes a day after the governor took the test after he had contact with the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, was confirmed to have been infected with the virus.
Coronavirus: “My Thoughts And Prayers Are With Abba Kyari” – Atiku
Nigeria former Vice president Atiku Abubakar has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff Abba Kyari testing positive for coronavirus. Multiple media reports Tuesday alleged that Kyari tested positive several days after returning from an official trip to Germany “My thoughts and prayers are with Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari,” Abubakar tweeted on Tuesday. The reports said Kyari was tested on Saturday...
Coronavirus: Panic In Kogi As Lawmaker Abroad Returnee Refuses To Be Quarantined
Tension has heightened in Lokoja the Kogi State as one of the state lawmakers who just returned from the US refused to quarantine himself for 14 days as ordered by the federal government and rather went round the state capital clubbing. It was also gathered that another two lecturers also arrived from a foreign country and were not quarantined. The lawmaker,...
BREAKING: Ex-Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, Wife Infected With Coronavirus
Nobel laureate and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari has contracted coronavirus, his office said on Tuesday. The 82-year-old was awarded the Peace Prize in 2008 for his career over three decades mediating peace deals to conflicts around the world, including Indonesia, Kosovo and Namibia. The former UN diplomat, who went on to serve in Finland's highest office between 1994 and 2000, was confirmed...
BREAKING: Buhari Tests Negative For Coronavirus
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative of the Coronavirus Disease despite claims his Chief of Staff (COS) Abba Kyari was diagnosed with the COVID-19 on Monday. Buhari was said to have subjected himself to be screened after the result of Kyari’s test conducted Sunday came in positive on Monday. It was gathered that Kyari who’s also a close relative of...
COVID-19: NAFDAC Approves Production Of Chloroquine For Clinical Trial
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the production of Chloroquine for clinical trials in tackling COVID-19. Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made the announcement on Friday at the NAFDAC headquarters in Lagos. She, however, pointed out that NAFDAC is not approving Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 but for clinical trials to find...
BREAKING: Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was said to have possibly contracted the virus during a visit to Germany and Egypt for a meeting on the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission, whose executive chairman, Prof. James Momoh, was part of. The CoS attended many meetings after his return from the trips last...
COVID-19: You Must Self-Isolate, Buhari Tells Returnee FG Officials
President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed a self-isolation order on all Federal Government officials including his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari who had just returned from Germany on an official engagement. The President has ordered all FG officials who returned from high burden COVID-19 countries to self-isolate after some of them returned from Germany last week, refusing to embark on...
BREAKING: Another Virus “HANTAVIRUS” Hits China, Kills Man After Testing Positive
A man from China’s Yunnan province tested positive for Hantavirus on Monday. He died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus, China’s Global Times reported. 32 other people have been tested, the report added. Following his death, hantavirus became a trend on social media, with people panicking that it was another COVID-19 ready to cause...
COVID-19: Gov. Matawalle Lockdowns Zamfara
Zamfara State Government has shut down all government offices, Ministries and MDAs across the state. Findings by the nation revealed that Governor Bello Muhammad has been mostly indoors since he came back to the state last Thursday from a foreign trip after staying for a while in Abuja. The Governor attended the inspection of the proposed quarantined coronavirus centre at the...
