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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 38 new COVID-19 cases. This was announced on the NCDC’s Twitter handle on Monday night. The cases were recorded in five states, bringing Nigeria’s total to 665. According to the breakdown, 23 were recorded in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two in …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, says his government will review the nearly three weeks-long lockdown in the state in the next seven days. The governor, at the second virtual meeting with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) on the COVID-19 Business Challenges and Support, assured them that …

The Nigerian government through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, at the weekend, said a total of 428,941 beneficiaries have benefited from the Conditional Cash Transfer in 24 states, with 130,455 of them from Katsina State. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday by special adviser to the …

WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of Africa for COVID-19 saying researches are still ongoing on the deadly viral disease. WHO Immunisation Team Lead, Dr Fiona Braka, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria …

Key leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have been killed in multiple air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole. The Defence Headquarters said the terror kingpins were neutralised at Durbada in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday in …

The immediate past Kano State Commissioner of Works and Infrastructural Development, Engr Muazu Magaji, who was relieved of his appointment following alleged unguarded utterances he made against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari, has finally cleared the air of what he actually …

Oluwo of Iwo with ex-Queen, Chanel Chin Chanel Chin, the ex-queen to the controversial monarch, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has released some damming details about the king, dishing out various secret about him during their time together. Chanel, after her messy divorce late last year, has, however, in …

A file photo of Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi. Photo: Twitter- @ProfAkinAbayomi   The private hospital in Lagos where Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari died, is a government-accredited facility, Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has said. In a …

Chairman of the PTF on (COVID-19), Mr Boss Mustapha The federal government has warned that return to normal way of life and suspension of strict measures would depend on how much success was achieved in the fight to reduce the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria. Chairman of the …

President Buhari with late Abba Kyari Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has described his late chief of staff, Abba Kyari, as a loyal friend and compatriot who served without any interest in publicity or personal gains to implement his agenda. Buhari said this in a tribute written in honour of Kyari on Saturday. The …