The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second confirmed case of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The victim had contact with the Italian that brought coronavirus to Nigeria.
The victim was said to be one of those under isolation.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed this in a tweet on Monday.
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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday rallied support for women empowerment, girl child education, and equal opportunity for all genders.
"I join the rest of the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day," the Governor said in a statement by his spokesman Rafiu Ajakaye.
The statement is in commemoration of...
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Maurice Iwu, seeking the transfer of his N1.23bn fraud trial from Lagos to Abuja.
The judge, in a ruling on Friday, said the application lacked...
President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the nation that the challenges faced by the nation is higher than our national income.
He said this is a major challenge that must be overcome as a nation if we are to make progress.
The President added that although the government has been challenged on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday unfolded plans to kick start electronic voting with the 2023 general elections.
Its chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, said should the Electoral Act is amended, based on its proposals, the 2019 elections would be the last mainly manually conducted election.
He spoke in Lagos...
The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22,798,446,773.00 external loan request.
Buhari had requested for the loan to fund critical infrastructure projects under the 2016 – 2018 External Borrowing Plan.
The process of approving the loan by Senators however led to vehement disagreements in the upper chamber.
While some Senators supported...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday in Abuja said that he was not aware of the reported sack of the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Dakuku Peterside, by President Mohammed Buhari.
Dakuku’s tenure, Amaechi said, expires on Tuesday, noting: “until his...
Kogi state government has expressed readiness to manage fire disasters in the state.
Governor Yahaya Bello made this known on Wednesday when he took delivery of a new fire service truck for the state.
Represented by his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, the Governor stated that the state government will put in...
House of Representatives has approved N346.388 billion budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
This approval followed the unanimous adoption of a report by the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) during plenary yesterday.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Ojo, said the House received...
A review of the N10.594 trillion 2020 budget of the Federal Government is imminent as a result of the impact of coronavirus on the world oil price.
Minister of Finance and National Planning, Mr. Zainab Ahmed dropped this hint after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja.
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