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The last few months will go down in infamy as one of the periods the human race was under threat by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic which is claiming lives across the globe per second per second. ln Nigeria, the casualty may currently be low but we must not be deceived. The reality is that we are in for a tough ... Read More »

Airforce lifts items to Abuja Two days after its expected delivery, the medical supplies donated to the Federal Government by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma to assist the fight against Coronavirus has arrived. The supplied arrived at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos around 3:20 pm through an Ethiopian Airlines Freighter. This is just as The Nation gathered that the ... Read More »

Ogun State Government said it has identified 32 persons, who had contact with a new case of coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker,  disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abeokuta. Coker said the new case involved a 62 – year- old resident of Sagamu while contacts included four family members and 28 healthcare givers. The ... Read More »

  … others advised to self-isolate Three officials in the of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the development. Efforts to reach Presidential spokesmen to confirm most of the developments within the State House on Tuesday were unsuccessful as neither the Special Adviser and ... Read More »

An Enugu State High Court has sacked the traditional ruler of Umuogbugbuagu Autonomous Community, Ugwuoba, in Oji River Local Government Area of the State, Igwe Anayo Anochili. The Court presided over by Hon. Justice Afam Nwobodo, held that Anochili was not qualified ab-initio to contest for the traditional stool, having presented a questionable Secondary School Certificate. Another contestant to the ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the procedure for the appointment of new permanent secretaries to fill the existing vacancies in 16 states of the federation. In a statement signed by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), on Tuesday in Abuja, the affected states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra ... Read More »

Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Lagos and Ogun states. One is in Lagos state and the other in Ogun state. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), one case is a returning traveller while the second case is contact of a previously confirmed case. So far,  there are 42 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly tested negative of the Coronavirus Disease despite claims his Chief of Staff (COS) Abba Kyari was diagnosed of the COVID-19 on Monday. Buhari was said to have subjected himself to be screened after result of Kyari’s test conducted Sunday came in positive on Monday. It was gathered that Kyari who’s also a close relative of ... Read More »

Lagos State civil servants from Grade Level 1-12 should stay at home for the next 14 days with effect from tomorrow 23rd of March, 2020 Read More »

L-R: Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Henry Oroh; Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Zenith Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Dr. Temitope Fasoranti; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadiri Hamzat; and Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Mr. Dennis Olisa during the visit by the Executive Management of the Bank to condole with the ... Read More »