…Mobile Court set up to  prosecute offenders The Adamawa State Government has imposed a lockdown throughout the State for another period of fourteen (14) days with effect from midnight Friday, April 24th, 2020, and to end on Friday midnight 8th May 2020. Mr. Solomon Kumangar the Director  General  Media and Communications, Government House Yola, said in a statement: ‘’ Painful as the decision is, it is the aftermath of the First COVID-19 index case recorded...

Contrary to rumour being peddled that the first COVID-19 index in Adamawa is dead,  hospital and government sources have confirmed that the victims are not dead and were in stable condition. Some journalists wearing nose and mouth masks visited the isolation center at the Yola Specialist Hospital and saw the victim in a stable condition. The quarantined victim, who returned from Kano a week ago told some reporters on phone that: ’’ I’m very much...

Adamawa state has recorded its first case of the coronavirus. The suspect is a returnee from Kano, the second state with the highest number of confirmed cases in Nigeria. He has been on self-isolation when he returned from Kano last week. Confirming the case to a colleague via a telephone conversation, he said, “I just got a call from the COVID-19 containment committee this morning, informing me that my result showed I’m positive for the...

A staff of the World Health Organization in Bauchi State has tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the office of Bauchi State Commissioner for Health Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro has said. Dr. Aliyu Maigoro said the ministry of health has decontaminated the offices of UNICEF/WHO and has sealed them temporarily. The commissioner said the closure of the UNICEF/WHO offices was necessary in order to “de-escalate the spread of the virus in the state.” The...