The Supreme Court, on Friday in Abuja, dismissed a money laundering charge brought against Dele Belgore, a former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara State. The Apex court allowed the appeal against the ruling of Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court, Lagos delivered in November 2018. Justice Aikawa Read more
The Osun state government announced it has found a coronavirus patient who reportedly fled the state’s isolation Centre. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ishmael Omipidan, said the patient was found on Saturday afternoon. “The missing person has been recovered a few minutes ago,” Omipidan said in a Facebook post. There were reports that Read more
It has become important to let the world know the true picture of events in Idumuje-Ugboko from 2015 to date (2020) considering the wicked falsehood being fed the public particularly the current media propaganda by certain individuals aimed at tarnishing the enviable image and track record of an illustrious son of Idumuje-Ugboko (Prince Ned Nwoko). Read more
The Ogun State government has concluded plans to commence the distribution of stimulus package to homes across the state starting from tomorrow, Saturday, April 4. Announcing the state government’s resolve to ensure that the Coronavirus pandemic is curbed, Governor Dapo Abiodun stated that the package would cushion the adverse socio-economic effects of the lockdown directive Read more
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says Nigeria is seen as one of the countries that would be crushed by the virus and therefore, called on Nigerians to prove the world wrong on COVID-19. Mustapha, who is the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, stated this at a briefing Read more
AFP The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised to recommend the use of face masks for everyone. Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told Fox News the guidance on masks would be Read more
AFP From being a killer in the shadows, to having its own international day and UN programme, HIV’s emergence into a global reality can offer many lessons in how to respond to COVID-19, the head of the International Aids Society told AFP Thursday. Kevin Osborne, who has lived with HIV for nearly half his life, Read more
The Lagos State Government has discharged eleven coronavirus patients Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos after two rounds of tests each. The governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday evening broke the news in a series of tweets. “I am happy to break to you, my good people of Lagos, the news of the Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to pay March salaries following the movement restriction in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The President gave the directive while meeting the COVID-19 Impact Assessment Committee at the Presidential Villa to review the effect of the outbreak on Read more
…virus threatening the continent’s fragile health system BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), April 2, 2020/ — With more than 6000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the virus is threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Infections are increasingly spreading not only between African countries but within different localities in the hardest-hit countries. For instance, in Read more
