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President, Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has reportedly tested positive to coronavirus. A new  report by ThisDay  has it that Kyari who recently tested positive was at a meeting on containing the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria all through Sunday, where he reportedly started to cough. Subsequently, he voluntarily submitted himself for testing and was informed of his status yesterday. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),  THISDAY reports . The NCDC has informed the president on the outcome his negative result this morning in Abuja. According to presidential sources, the test for the president was necessitated after his Chief of Staff, Mr. Abba Kyari tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Kyari had travelled to Germany on Saturday, March 7th to meet wit...

Following the upswing of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria, the Edo State Government has directed that all schools in the state, including primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, be shut down with effect from Monday, March 23, 2020. In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said, “While we enjoin citizens and residents not to panic, we call on them to adhere to recommended hygiene instructions on frequent handwashing and use of alcohol-based sanitizers as well as guidelines on social distancing. “Government’s Action Committee on COVID-19 would unveil the full response plan within the next 24 hours.”

52 The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday said the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) will not die. Speaking during a live broadcast, Adeboye said the disease will only subside. The cleric maintained that although some prophets had claimed that the disease will be wiped out by rain, coronavirus will not die. Recall that Prophet T B Joshua had on March 2nd revealed that he had a vision that the killer virus will be wiped out. The cleric in a post on his Facebook page said: “Since yesterday, when the Lord brought the revelation about the rain and that this rain will wipe away the epidemic coronavirus, I asked the Lord to make this happen in the place where the coronavirus started which is Wuhan, China. “Right now, it is raining in Wuhan, China. The purpose of this rain is to wipe out this epidemic called coronavirus and it will continue till the end of this week. But Adeboye said, “I recently heard a proph...

10 The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has confirmed 10 (ten) new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. The ministry made the announcement via a release signed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire. According to the ministry, there are three new cases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and seven new cases in Lagos State. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 22. According to the release, “All 10 new cases are Nigerian nationals; nine of them have travel history to the Canada, France, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom. They returned to the country in the past one week. The tenth case is a close contact of a previously confirmed case. “The three cases in the FCT are being treated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada while the 7 (seven) new cases in Lagos are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba. All 10 (ten) new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are c...

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has urged residents of the State to go about their normal duties, saying that there is no confirmed case of Corona Virus in his domain. Mr. Emmanuel in his State broadcast on Corona Virus pandemic today March 21, stated as thus: My Fellow AKWAIBOMITES I bring you greetings and urge that we continue to stand in faith in the face of the global pandemic which has shaken the world to its foundations. You may have read a rash of mischievous information peddled by certain media platforms on the status of the Corona virus (COVID-19) in our State. I want to assure the public that the rumours and false information going around on social media are completely false. For emphasis, let me state here unequivocally that there is no confirmed case of COVID-19 disease in Akwa Ibom State as I speak to you. As a matter of fact, the measures put in place at our Airport is comprehensive and has no parallel anywhere in West Africa. In our usu...

Bans Social, Political, Religious and Family over 20 gathering  * Shutdown all Private, Public Institutions  Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, barred social, political, religious and family gatherings of more than 20 persons as part of efforts to check the spread of coronavirus. The governor, who announced that “all public and private schools and institutions in Ekiti State are to close down from Monday, March 23”, also directed that “all non-essential workers in private and public sectors are encouraged to work from home from Monday, March 23”. Fayemi, in a statewide broadcast in Ado Ekiti, said, “Now that we are aware of its presence in our midst, we must leave no stone unturned to make Ekiti State coronavirus (COVID-19) free. We must combat and curtail its spread by ensuring our people are actively involved in government’s efforts to fight this global pandemic. While the world frantically searches for a cure, our best and only defense is preventio...

The Akwa Ibom State Government has dismissed as false the news peddled on some media platforms that the State has recorded confirmed cases of novel Corona Virus. The Akwa Ibom State Government made this known today, Friday through the Commissioner for Health, Dr Dominic Ukpong while addressing the press. While describing the rumour as outright mischief, the Health Commissioner noted " For emphasis, let me state here,categorically and unambiguously, that there is no confirmed case of covID-19 infection in Akwa lbom State as I speak to you." He explained that before the first confirmed case in Nigeria was reported, Akwa lbom State Government had, through the Ministry of Health, initiated measures to prevent the outbreak and contain the infection in the event of an outbreak in the State. Dr Ukpong mentioned some of the actions initiated to include Creating awareness through the media, both print and electronic, jingles to sensitize the residents with relevant inf...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday nullified the judgment of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory delivered on January 17, 2020, which ordered the removal of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah as lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly. The appellate court held that Ubah was duly elected by people of his senatorial district. Delivering judgment in a motion on notice by Ubah where he raised jurisdictional issues on the competence of unsigned court processes by the respondents, Justice Stephen Adah leading a three-man panel said the motion “had merit and the reliefs are fully granted”. Ubah had argued through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), that the trial judge, Bello Kawu, assumed jurisdiction in the case when in fact there were no valid processes before him to confer jurisdiction on him. Ubah contested the election on the platform of Young Progressive Party. 

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that it had reviewed its Ex-coastal, Ex-depot and NNPC Retail pump prices. Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC confirmed this in a statement he personally signed Wednesday evening. The release made available to DAILY POST noted that the development was compliance with the directives of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva on PMS pricing. Kyari noted that effective 19th March 2020, NNPC, Ex-Coastal price for PMS has been reviewed downwards from N117.6/litre to N99.44/litre. Similarly, Ex-Depot price is reduced from N133.28/litre to N113.28/litre. He said these reductions will therefore translate to N125/litre retail pump price. Kyari added that despite “the obvious cost implication of this immediate adjustment to the Corporation, NNPC is delighted to effect this massive reduction of N20/litre for the benefit of all Nigerians. “Accordingly, all NNPC Retail stations nationwide h...

F Link The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has confirmed 5 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria within the last 36 hours, bringing total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 8. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who made this known in a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja said that: “Of the 5 new positive cases, 3 arrived from the United States, while 2 came in from the United Kingdom. “We are still collating information on the travellers; 2 of the 3 from the US are Nigerians, a mother and child, making the 6 weeks old baby the youngest COVID-19 patient we have, and the 3rd is an American national, who crosses the land border and became the first COVID-19 case not arriving by air. “The 2 cases from the UK are Nigerians. A detailed travel history of each person is being compiled and contacts currently being traced, to identify persons who have recently been in contact with anyone. “The National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) led by the Nig...

*Staff of Ritman Group of Schools (Primary, Secondary and University) protest nonpayment of 25 months salaries. *The Ritman Proprietor, Senator Emmanuel Ibokessien, bled the Akwa Ibom State Government owned Akwa Savings and Loans Limited to coma by refusing to repay a whooping N150 Million Naira loan. *He has been hiring SANs to battle the bank in court. He duped the bank. Senator Ibokessien should be picked up immediately by anti-graft agencies for fraud. *I've been threatened severally over this Ibokessien debt matter but they have to know that I am above destruction.

The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered security operatives to arrest anyone found selling or displaying wares along the Airport Road in Uyo, the state capital. The Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum Resources, Rt. Hon (Barr) Ekong Sampson Ph.D, gave the directive yesterday while visiting the Airport Road to clear the illegal roadside trading. The Commissioner described as worrisome and unbearable the fact that traders abandone various markets in the Metropolis only to display their wares on major highways where vehicles are plying on high-speed. The Environment Commissioner while condemning the acts, disclosed that he has warned the erring traders against doing businesses on the airport road as days of grace for such risky trading is gone. He maintained that the administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel will stop at nothing in protecting lives and properties of Akwa Ibom people, as well as preserving a serene and peaceful state for the good of all.

After two weeks of a bitter power struggle in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the reinstated National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday toed the path of reconciliation, saying he is ready to work with party leaders, irrespective of ideological differences. A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jabi on March 4 had ordered the suspension of Mr Oshiomhole as APC chairman, pending the determination of a substantive suit. The court order blew wide open the simmering crisis in the party as the contending forces showed their hands. At a meeting in Abuja, four ministers joined a group of leaders of the party from Mr Oshiomhole’s South-south region to call for his sack and replacement by Victor Giadom, the deputy national secretary who had announced his take over of the party’s national secretariat. Mr Giadom had also summoned a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party for Tuesday (today), a development that further deepened the ...

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Note:Your comments and observations are welcome Below is a comprehensive list of all Nigerian Tribes and the States where they live… 1 Abayon Cross River 2 Abua (Odual) Rivers 3 Achipa (Achipawa) Kebbi 4 Adim Cross River 5 Adun Cross River 6 Affade Yobe 7 Afizere Plateau 8 Afo Plateau 9 Agbo Cross River 10 Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) Cross River 11 Akweya-Yachi Benue 12 Alago (Arago) Piateau 13 Amo Plateau 14 Anaguta Plateau 15 Anang Akwa lbom 16 Andoni Akwa lbom, Rivers 17 Angas Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau 18 Ankwei Plateau 19 Anyima Cross River 20 Attakar (ataka) Kaduna 21 Auyoka (Auyokawa) Jigawa 22 Awori Lagos, Ogun 23 Ayu Kaduna 24 Babur Adamawa, Bomo, Taraba, Yobe 25 Bachama Adamawa 26 Bachere Cross River 27 Bada Plateau 28 Bade Yobe 29 Bahumono Cross River 30 Bakulung Taraba 31 Bali Taraba 32 Bambora (Bambarawa) Bauchi 33 Bambuko Taraba 34 Banda (Bandawa) Taraba 35 Banka (Bankalawa) Bauchi 36 Banso (Panso) Adama...