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...
Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Reportedly Sick, Suspected Of Contracting Coronavirus
Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, is said to be seriously ill and in fact suspected of being infected with Coronavirus. A top government source told SaharaReporters on Monday that Kyari has been serious "down" since returning from a trip abroad. Kyari visited Germany and Egypt and only returned this week, giving credence to the fact that...
Nigeria Might End Up Having Cases, Deaths Like China, Italy – FG Warns
The Federal Government on Monday said Nigeria had 40 coronavirus cases and one death caused by the disease. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had earlier at a press conference in Abuja on Monday said the country had 36. But at 11 pm on Monday, the National Centre for Disease Control on its twitter handle said the cases had increased...
COVID-19: Niger Declares Lockdown
Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has announced a shut down in the state, declaring restriction of movement from 8 am to 8 pm. The restriction of movement, according to the Governor in a state broadcast on Monday, would begin from Wednesday. He said that this move became necessary due to the new cases emerging from Abuja, of which Niger...
BREAKING: Another Senator, Oko Is Dead
Senator representing Cross River North, Rose Oko is dead. She was aged 63. She was a second-term member of the upper chamber and served as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment. She was said to have passed on last night at a United Kingdom (UK) medical facility where she had been receiving treatment in the last month. “She...
