The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has apologised over violations that took place during the burial of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Mustapha who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation says it is regrettable that…
Popular CNN anchor Richard Quest has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus which first broke out in Wuhan, China. Richard Quest who hosts Quest Means Business stated that the only symptom he has gotten so far is a mild cough. In a tweet he shared, he advised people to stay at home and…
Saudi Arabia has just announced the suspension of Taraweeh prayers in Mecca and Medina during the Ramadan. Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, is expected to begin on April 23. However, owing to increasing cases of COVID-19 globally, Saudi’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, in a statement, announced that the suspension of the…
Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and its agencies especially the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, the Ministry of Finance and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to display transparency and accountability in the…
Some angry residents in Oworo chased away the Sanwo-Olu food kitchen after they argued that they expected more from the govt in this period of the coronavirus lockdown. The Food Kitchen Programme initiated by the governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was rejected by the youth in the Oworo area of the state. In a…
Some angry residents in Oworo chased away the Sanwo-Olu food kitchen after they argued that they expected more from the govt in this period of the coronavirus lockdown. The Food Kitchen Programme initiated by the governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was rejected by the youth in the Oworo area of the state. In a…
After being exposed to a Coronavirus patient, one of the largest private hospitals in Lagos, St. Nicholas, has shut down its Lagos Island branch for a period of two weeks. In a statement signed by its clinical director, Ebun Bamgboye, the hospital said the decision was as a result of exposure to COVID-19. The hospital…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, on Monday asked Muslims in the country to avoid congregational prayers during the coming Ramadan fast. He asked the faithful to pray at homes during the period. The Sultan, who spoke through the Secretary General of the JNI, Dr…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. Akinjide passed on at the age of 88 in his Ibadan residence, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the legal icon, who died of complications from a protracted illness around 1 am, had been sick for three years. Akinjide, an…
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP), part of the Department of Health, confirmed there were no new cases of coronavirus reported on Monday, the first such day since cases began to be recorded. The city’s tracking, monitoring, and treatment of those infected, together with measures to decrease and eliminate transmissions, have taken effect, with…