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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...