The chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed has tested positive for COVID-19. The CJN was represented by Bode Rhodes-Vivour, a supreme court justice, at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 senior advocates of Nigeria (SAN) on Monday. Ibrahim Saulawa, justice of the supreme, on Tuesday, confirmed that the CJN tested positive for the virus and […]
The Kaduna State Government has announced the closure of schools across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This followed an upsurge of the COVID -19 in the state, according to the State Commissioner for Education , Dr. Shehu Makarfi . The statement directed all schools in the state to close as from Wednesday […]
Amidst rumours that he had been ill, he was on Monday absent at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 senior advocates of Nigeria. The 66-year-old chief justice has not been seen in public for weeks. The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the supreme court in Abuja, also marked the beginning […]
The United States on Sunday began nationwide distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine barely two days after its approval for emergency use. The move marks the start of a historic vaccination campaign aimed at checking a raging virus that is killing no fewer than 2,000 Americans daily. Officials say the government is aiming to […]
Libyan MP Omar Garmil has died in Morocco weeks after being infected with Covid-19, multiple sources said Monday. The UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and the UN mission in Libya offered their condolences without mentioning the cause or place of his death Sunday. Garmil had participated in a meeting in Tangiers in […]
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has notified the State House of Assembly of his medical trip to the United States , from Sunday, December 13 2020 to Saturday 29th December 2020. Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Abdullahi , read the governor ’ s letter to the lawmakers . The letter was titled, ‘ Notification […]
More concerns seem to be growing in the Nigerian Army after 26 generals who had contact with Major General Olu Irefin tested positive for COVID-19. Late Irefin, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, fell ill last week while attending the 2020 Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja. He was later taken to a […]
COVID-19 has killed Ambrose Dlamini, the prime minister of Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy. The 52 year-old prime minister died in a South African hospital on Sunday, the government said in a statement. Dlamini was hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa in early December, two weeks after testing positive for Covid-19. “Their Majesties have commanded that […]
The Nigerian army has narrated how John Olu Irefin, a major-general, died from COVID-19 complications. Irefin was attending the annual chief of army staff conference in Abuja before he took ill and died. The army authorities had immediately canceled the conference and directed all the participants to go into isolation. But in a statement signed […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is responding well to home-based care and treatment for COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Sunday via his verified Twitter account. According to him, the governor is in high spirit and very appreciative of the prayers and well wishes he has received […]
