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The Enugu State Ministry of Health has debunked reports trending on social media that the two cases in the state that tested positive for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Geoffrey Onyeama and his Personal Assistant. In a statement by the Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of …

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday confirmed he has tested positive to the rampaging coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-19. The governor who tweeted via his personal handle @seyiamakinde on Monday, said that he remains asymptomatic and would remain in isolation. Meanwhile, former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku …

The Lagos State Government on Monday discharged five coronavirus patients who were receiving treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. This is coming days after the government announced that six of the patients had recovered and would be discharged soon. The total number of those who have recovered is …

The Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), set up in Nigeria to battle the novel coronavirus pandemic has started operation in the country with the aim of providing and equipping medical facilities in the six geo-political zones of the country. In a statement, Isaac Okorafor, the Director, Corporate Communications, Central …

By Abujah Racheal/ Oluwafunke Ishola/ Harrison Arubu/ Ismaila Chafe/ Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja, March 29, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night confirmed 14 new cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria, with nine reported in Lagos State and five in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The …

  ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA , Dr. Bashir Jamoh has announced that following the current outbreak of COVID-19 and the need to mitigate the spread especially through shipping activities, the Agency has developed Guidance to support all types of ships that operate in …

By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, March 29, 2020 The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede, has tested positive to the corona virus disease, an official has disclosed. A statement by DCI Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the Immigration boss had been on self isolation since …

  Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the explosions that rocked Akure, the capital city of Ondo State on Saturday, March 28, 2020.    This was contained in a statement released by his Media Office, in which he commiserated with the …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Who ever imagined that we can all be treated as equal and same-same, as they say? Philosophers of all ages propounded the theory; wars and revolutions were made to actualize it; and the law, in fact, espouses it but, in real terms it is the views …

By Joshua Olomu, Abuja/Ariwodola Idowu, Ado Ekiti/ Stanley Nwanosike, Enugu, March 28, 2020 Ace Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, says he has decided to go into self-isolation as his fiancée, Chioma, has tested positive to the coronavirus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Davido …

The Korieocha family of Amuzi Obowo, Imo State, Nigeria have announced the demise of the matriarch of the family, Ezinne Elizabeth Korieocha. In a statement, the family said that she died at the age of 93 of age related conditions. A devout Christian, community leader and philanthropist, Ezinne Korieocha is …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), International Oil Companies (IOCs) as well as Independent Oil Companies in the Upstream and Downstream Sectors, have donated N11billion to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of its support to combat the Coronavirus pandemic in the Country. Group Managing Director of …

By Harrison Arubu, New York,/Mustapha Sumaila, Abuja, March 27, 2020 President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bipartisan bill, which …

Lagos, Nigeria, 27 March 2020: Sterling Bank Plc, has contributed N250 million as part of its commitment to the newly formed Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 created to help channel resources to combat the coronavirus disease under the theme: “We need you.” The bank, in an email to its …

  Emmanuel Yashim/ Oluwabukola Akanni Beijing, March 27, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States and China are “working closely together” to fight the coronavirus pandemic after a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. Trump tweeted that he and Xi had “a very good conversation” …

Chief ( Dr ) Mrs Shade Okoya, wife of billionaire industrialist, Chief Razak Okoya, has denied speculations that some of those that attended the 80th birthday party of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Justice Adesola George Oguntade, rtd, have died from coronavirus infection. In a statement, she admitted …

Riyadh, Washington, March 26, 2020 The leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies (G20) have promised to inject more than 5 trillion dollars into the global economy, as part of their coordinated response to the coronavirus pandemic. This is as the World Bank President, David Malpass, said in Washington, United …

Fidelity Bank says one of its staff returning from holidays in the UK has tested positive for COVID-19 but the bank’s proactiveness may have have averted its possible spread to others.  The staff according to a press statement issued by the bank today, went into self-isolation and testing in line …

By Harrison Arubu United Nations, March 25, 2020 UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the world “still lives in the shadow of the transatlantic slave trade” in spite of rejecting racism. In a video message to mark the 2020 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic …

Aliko Dangote through the Aliko Dangote Foundation will be leading a coalition of private sector organisations spearheading a coalition of private sector organisations to support the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) menace sweeping across the country. This gesture is in addition to the N200 million earlier …

In hopes of minimizing the chances of employee and customers’ exposure to the disease and to join responsive corporate entities across the country to restrain the spread of the COVID-19, Kia Motors Nigeria has introduced measures to curtail the spread of the virus. Rooted in the practice advisedby the World …

The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent Coronavirus Ransomware Application, which claims to provide updates on the virus and infections near the user. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the …

United Nations, March 25, 2020 President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande has called for concerted global action against modern slavery. Muhammad-Bande made the call in a message to mark the 2020 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. …

Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, reputed to be the defacto president of Nigeria, Malam Abba Kyari, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Details of his infection are still sketchy and the story is coming against the background of high level of anxiety that has gripped the people of Bauchi …