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...
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,...
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...
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.
BREAKING: 3 Of Abba Kyari’s Staff Test Positive For Coronavirus
There is palpable fears at the State House as three staff of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Meanwhile, all the aides at the Vice President’s wing with the exception of his media aide did not turn up for work. A source said the VP reported late...
COVID-19: I Will Support Total Lockdown If…,Says Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, threw his weight behind the call for the lockdown of Nigeria over Coronavirus. Tinubu spoke after a closed-door meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House, Marina. He explained that many countries have been locked down over rising cases of coronavirus. He said, “We need to observe social distancing....
Coronavirus: Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma’s Medical Supplies Arrive Nigeria (PHOTOS)
A consignment of medical supplies donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, has arrived in Nigeria. The Chinese billionaire had used his foundation to forward millions of face masks, testing kits and other protective equipment to Africa as the continent battles to arrest the spread of COVID-19, a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus. A cargo operated by Ethiopian...
BREAKING: First Child Dies From Coronavirus In US (VIDEO)
Los Angeles County reported the death of a child due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, marking the first time a person under the age of 18 has succumbed to COVID-19 in the US. The number of coronavirus cases in the state of California has skyrocketed to more than 2,200 as cities on the West Coast scramble to enforce lockdowns, manufacture medical supplies, procure...
Coronavirus: Gov. Wike Locks Down Rivers, Closes All Borders
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced the total lockdown of the state as part of drastic measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Wike said that air, sea and land routes into the state would be shut down to traffic beginning from 6 pm on Thursday. He said that such measures became necessary in view of recent developments. He...
BREAKING: Osinbajo Tests Negative For Coronavirus
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has tested negative to the dreaded Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This was disclosed by his spokesman, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Laolu Akande, in response to a media query. In a message provided on State House Correspondents’ WhatsApp platform, Akande said “good morning sirs and ma: have been inundated...
