Category: Breaking News

COVID-19: Three top University of Ibadan staff test positive

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The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and the Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan have both tested positive for coronavirus. The Public Relations Officer of UCH, Toye Akinrinlola, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. The CMD of UCH, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, had earlier revealed news of contracting the virus on his official Twitter account: @UchCmd. Otegbayo tweeted: “On Monday 23rd March, we commenced a 12-man quarterly board meeting which was meant to last 5 days in the…

COVID-19 : Gov El-Rufai tests positive

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The Kaduna state Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has tested positive for the pandemic Corona Virus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19. Read his full statement : Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test. The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive. According to the protocols for managing Covid-19, I am in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the NCDC for a someone that is no showing symptoms. I wish to appeal to the people of Kaduna…

Breaking: Eight new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Oyo, Osun, Kaduna, FCT

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced eight fresh cases of Coronavirus Disease in the country. The NCDC said this in an update it provided at 10:40pm on Saturday. It said the eight cases were two in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; four in Oyo State; One in Kaduna State; and one in Osun State. The update added: “As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.”

JUST IN: 2 New Coronavirus Cases Reported In Oyo

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced two new cases of coronavirus in the Oyo state. The NCDC stated this in a series of tweet where it announced five new cases in the country. The tweet read, “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 3 in FCT & 2 in Oyo State As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death. This brings the total number if confirmed cases in the country to 70 and the index of Oyo State is now…

BREAKING: Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Reportedly Sick, Suspected Of Contracting Coronavirus

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Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is said to be seriously ill and in fact suspected of being infected with Coronavirus. A top government source told SaharaReporters on Monday that Kyari has been seriously “down” since returning from a trip abroad. Kyari visited Germany and Egypt and only returned this week, giving credence to the fact that he may have indeed been infected with the virus. Egypt has 327 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 14 deaths while Germany has 29,056 infections and 123 deaths. Though coughing…

Nigeria Senate loses another Senator

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The 9th Senate has lost three members in a space of three months, with the death of Senator Rose Oko, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River North, last night. Oko, who as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, died at a UK medical facility at the age of 63. The late Senator, who was one of the female lawmakers at the Hallowed Chamber was elected into office as the first female Senator from her Senatorial District in June 2015 in the 8th Senate and was re-elected in 2019.…

COVID-19: Suleja Council Chairman orders closure of private Almajiri, Islamiya schools

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The Executive Chairman of Suleja Local Government Council Hon. Abdullahi S Maje today Monday directed the closure of all private Almajiri and Islamiya schools in Suleja Local Government Area following the prevailing cases of coronavirus in the country, and the consequent directives of the Niger State government. The Council Chairman urged all Private, Almajiri and Islamiya schools operators to close their premises with effect from Tuesday 24th March, 2020 till further notice. According to the Chairman, the closure became necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world. He added…

BREAKING: Lagos govt bans religious gathering over Coronavirus

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As part of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak, the Lagos State Government has banned all religious gathering of over 50 people within the state. According to a statement on Wednesday, the decision was arrived at after a meeting of the Lagos State Government with religious bodies in the state, which included the Christian Association of Nigeria and Muslim leaders. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said the meeting agreed that “all large religious gathering of over 50 people should be suspended immediately”. He said…

JUST IN : Gov Makinde approves N30,000 minimum wage for workers

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Oyo State Government and the Organised Labour on Wednesday reached an agreement on the N30,000 minimum wage passed into law by the Federal Government in 2019. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that the pact was reached following a meeting between the State government’s delegation and the organized Labour. The new Minimum wage according to the agreement takes effect from January 2020. Secretary to the Government of Oyo State (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, who chaired the State’s Minimum Wage Implementation Committee,…

Kogi Decides Update: Yahaya Bello, APC Forcing INEC, NYSC Officials To Sign Pre-filled Results Sheets – PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)haa alerted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that agents of Governor Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress (APC) were threatening and forcing INEC presiding officers, including NYSC members to endorse prefilled results sheets in favour of the APC, in some local government areas, ahead of the poll. The party confirmed that this was ongoing in Okene and Okehi Local Government Areas in Kogi Central Senatorial zone, where the governor and the APC were desperate to allocate fictitious votes and fabricate results in their favour.…