President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, following his discharge from hospital over Covid-19. In a congratulatory letter dated April 14, 2020 to Mr Johnson, President Buhari said he received “with great relief the news of your discharge from hospital after being successfully treated for Covid-19.” Expressing delight...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Tuesday distributed foodstuffs to the 13 wards of Ikwerre Local Government Area as part of his support package to all communities of the state engaged in the fight to stop the spread of coronavirus. The foodstuffs were delivered to all the 13 wards...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the maltreatment of Nigerians in China has been resolved between both countries. The Speaker announced on his official twitter handle that the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria has communicated his finding on the issue and expressed hope that future communication will...
27 suspected COVID-19 cases have been discharged from isolation by the Niger state government after they tested negative to the virus. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muhammad Maikusidi, who discharged the suspected cases at the Social rehabilitation centre in Minna, said that 26 of the cases had contact with a...
The All Progressives Congress has vowed that the regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would tame “the emerging opportunistic crimes” being recorded in parts of the country as a result of the COVID-19 induced lockdown. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre...
Nigeria must not allow the bitter lessons of the coronavirus pandemic to go to waste, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has advised. Rather, he said, Nigerians should learn from other countries around the world that adopted drastic measures to protect their people and economies,...
Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the country does not have the capacity and resources to absorb Nigerians abroad who want to come home immediately due to the crisis caused globally by the coronavirus pamdemic. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday during “Channels TV Politics Today show”...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday said the current relaxation of the lockdown in the state from 7am to 2pm would be suspended on Friday. The governor also said the state would soon commence strict enforcement of wearing of face masks in the public, saying it would help flatten...
Kano State has recorded five more coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases in the state to nine. The Kano State Ministry of Health disclosed this on Wednesday. “As at 10:25 am, Wednesday, 15th April 2020, 5 additional cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Kano State,” it tweeted, adding...
The federal government has said its next target in the delivery of palliatives would be those who fall within the ‘urban poor’ category of the vulnerable in society. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents in Abuja, said...