Kaduna shut schools over COVID-19
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,…
Anxiety over CJN’s health as he misses SANs’ inauguration
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…
U.S. Begins Distribution Of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
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…
Libyan MP Dies Of COVID-19 In Morocco Hospital
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…
Nasarawa gov reportedly on trip to US for medical check-up – hands over deputy
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…
26 Army Generals Positive As 417 Personnel Take COVID-19 Test
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…
ESwatini prime minister Ambrose Dlamini dies from COVID-19 complications
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…
Army insists Gen Irefin died of COVID-19, gives details
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…
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Is Responding Well To Treatment, Says Abayomi
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…
[BREAKING] COVID-19 Task Force Chairman, Boss Mustapha, goes into self-isolation, as family members test positive
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force PTF on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has gone into self-isolation after some members of his family tested…
18 Nigerian Army Generals Test Positive For COVID-19
At least 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), military sources told Channels Television on Sunday. The infected military officers were said to have had contact with…
Vaccine will be the final nail for COVID-19, says Nigerian-American leading Pfizer research
Onyema Ogbuagu, a Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, says the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “will be the final nail in the coffin” for the virus that has killed over…
‘COVID can’t hold Lagos down’ — Sanwo-Olu embarks on lone walk
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, took a walk around the Lagos house, Marina on Saturday. The governor, who tested positive for COVID-19, wore a jersey of Arsenal Football Club…
Sanwo-Olu tests positive for COVID-19
Lagos State Governor , Babajide Sanwo- Olu, has tested positive for coronavirus , the state health commissioner announced on Saturday . The governor had gone into isolation on Friday following…
Kinsmen query military claim of COVID-19 death of General Irefin
The Ayetoro-Gbedde Development Association (AGDA)/Ayetoro-Gbedde Traditional Council on Saturday queried the military authorities over claims that late Major General Olubunmi Irefin died of COVID-19 complications. Irefin who was the serving…