Mohammed Atiku-Abubakar, a son of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has now tested negative for coronavirus. This is coming on the same day that Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, the chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owner of AIT and Raypower, disclosed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Mohammed said he will soon be discharged from Gwagwalada Specialist…
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, has tested positive for coronavirus. He disclosed this in a short message to members of staff in Abuja, AIT reported on Monday evening. Dokpesi was said to have been self-isolating in the past week before he developed malaria symptoms and started coughing. He reportedly contacted the Nigerian…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered all senior appointees and top civil servants in the state to “donate 50% of their salaries” to fund the next phase of the provision of relief items to vulnerable people in the state. The PUNCH had reported on Sunday that the government extended the lockdown in the state by…
Three persons who tested positive for Coronavirus in Kano state, have reportedly fled from their known addresses. Kano State coordinator of the technical response team on COVID-19, Tijjani Hussaini told Premium Times that his team is working with security agencies to trace the patients who fled their places of residence and switched off their phones. When…
A father has cried out after his son, a primary school teacher allegedly beat him and his wife up over land in Delta state. 78-year-old Benson Ekpenisi, from Owan-Nta Aliosimi in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, said he and his wife have suffered so much in the hands of their fifth…
Kano State Government has said the recent deaths in the state were caused by “complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria”. The state Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba made this known in a statement on Sunday night. He said, “Although an investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary reports…
Ghana has confirmed 271 new cases of Coronavirus just a week after lifting lockdown in Accra and Kumasi, the country’s two largest cities. According to Ghana Web, Ghana Health Service (GHS) confirmed the 271 new cases on Sunday to take their total number to 1,550. A new death from the disease was also recorded. The death…
Health officials in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic, that has affected over two million people worldwide causing 206,000 known deaths, have revealed that the city’s hospitals do not have any Coronavirus patients. Mi Feng, the Chinese National Health Commission spokesman, said the number of new Covid-19 patients in the city was zero. According…
A second Coronavirus death has been recorded in Oyo state as confirmed by the state’s Governor, Seyi Makinde in tweets shared in the late hours of Sunday, April 26. The recent death brings the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state to two. There are currently eight active cases in Oyo State. Governor Makinde…
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says President Muhammadu Buhari will determine when to lift the lockdown order in Lagos, Abuja and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ehanire disclosed this on Sunday while speaking on the efforts made by the Federal Government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. “The President will make that…