The Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, is dead. He died on Friday at age 81. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said the deceased died of COVID-19. Announcing Kyari’s death via his verified Twitter handle, @GarShehu, Shehu wrote, “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff ...

By Casmir Igbokwe This stay-at-home order has turned the brains of many Nigerians upside down. They stay in the comfort of their rooms to churn out fantastic breaking news almost on a daily basis. I was greatly amused when a relative called my wife last week. According to her, we should all get hold of our Bible, open the book of ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says the novel Coronavirus pandemic has exposed our naked and empty teaching hospitals. According to the body, it ordered its members, who are lecturers across universities, to embark on strike during the coronavirus pandemic because there would never be a time approved for such an action. The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. ...

Anambra Government has announced the closure of the Onitsha end of the River Niger bridge following the shut down of Delta State borders. A statement from the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, yesterday, directed security agencies to enforce the closure order. “Delta state has announced the closure of all its land borders with effect from Sunday,  March 29. ...

An employee in Nantong, China, checks the production of chloroquine phosphate, an old drug for the treatment of malaria. Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County An Arizona man died, and his wife was hospitalized, after taking a form of chloroquine, which President Trump has touted as an effective treatment for COVID-19. The couple ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has joined other Nigerians in responding to news that the son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election, and ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has tested positive for coronavirus. In a tweet early Monday morning, shortly after the former Vice President sent out a tweet about his son’s diagnosis, the ...

Casmir Igbokwe I attended their wedding late 2018 in Festac, Lagos. The bride was a first-class graduate and worked in an oil company. The groom was also an epitome of success in his business. Their parents were overjoyed that their only son and only daughter had finally settled down in life. But, penultimate Sunday, death ultimately settled Mr. Emmanuel Aniakor, from ...

The first case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, an Italian who flew into the country via Istanbul has tested negative and certified fit to go home, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared. Sanwo-Olu, who is the incident commander for COVID-19 in Lagos State said in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Saturday that after weeks of ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins, has placed restrictions  on public Masses and Easter activities in Lagos. He also instructed the Catholic faithful in Lagos to observe the social distance rule as stipulated by the Lagos State Government as a way of  curtailing the spread of the Coronavirus in the country. In a statement he issued today, Archbishop ...

The Lagos State Government on Thursday confirmed four new coronavirus cases, bringing to 12, the total number of cases in the country. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi,  who disclosed this at a press conference in  Ikeja, also said the Italian, who was the first person in the country to be diagnosed with the disease, had tested negative. Abayomi ...