As the Adamawa state government intensify efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19 with lockdown order, residents expressed support, as they beg for palliative. Some residents spoken to were emphatic that the lockdown the measure will significantly contain the spread of the disease. Habu Baba a resident of Malamre said though the measures taken by Gov. Fintiri will check the spread in Adamawa however prevailed on the need for community and religious leaders to assist....

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate total lockdown of Kano state for two weeks following the increasing number of infections and deaths from the Coronavirus disease. The president made this known his third nationwide broadcast since the beginning of the pandemic. The president who extend the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, and the FCT for one week and a gradual relaxing of the lockdown after the period said the changes do not affect Kano state....

In the last few days, Kano State is in the news with more than 12 high profile death on Saturday. Reports indicate that among the high profile deaths on Saturday were academics, bankers, politicians, business tycoons, and technocrat. Those high profile deaths are Prof Ibrahim Ayagi the CEO of Hassan Gwarzo School and former National Economic Adviser to Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alh. Dahiru Rabiu Former Kano Grand Khadi, Prof. Aliyu Umar Dikko of Physiology department...

Kano State Government says it has ordered for the production of 1 million face masks as part of an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the State. Gov.Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who dropped the hint while addressing journalists at a news conference said that the State Government will make the wearing of the face masks compulsory when the production is completed. “We have also directed all the 44 Local Governments in the State to...

Thousands of women in Jos, the Plateau capital have staged a protest against the government for not fulfilling its promise of distributing palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown. The protesting women are alleging that despite being at the venue of the distribution exercise since yesterday, nothing has come their way and no government official appeared at the venue with relief materials for distribution. Reports say the protesting women blocked Zaria road along with...