Shocking: Wrong COVID-19 Patient Admitted Into Hospital Mortuary In Jigawa State

Amidst wild spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic and fear of uncertainty, residents of Ringim in Jigawa state, northwest Nigeria were shocked to their marrows as one Mustafa Auwal, a suspected coronavirus patient was kept in isolation inside a mortuary at Ringim General Hospital for four days. The suspected COVID-19 patient was a businessman trading between Ringim and   Lagos who returned from Lagos and developed symptoms of the disease and went to the hospital for medical attention. Mustafa Auwal said,...

Lockdown: Police Arrests 12 Journalists in Adamawa

No fewer than 12 journalists were arrested by police in Adamawa while sitting at the NUJ Press Centre, Yola waiting for any update on COVID-19 in the state, Mr. Ishaka Donald Dedan the state Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, has confirmed. Regretting the violation of NUJ sanctity, Dedan said, “The police stormed the NUJ secretariat at about 6 p.m. and  arrested  12 journalists on assignment because they were supposed to brief the...

Adamawa COVID-19 Committee Receives N2.5 Million Donations, 2 Mobile Ventilators

The Adamawa State Committee for Containment of COVID-19 has received a donation of N2.5 million cash from Members of the House of Representatives in the state. The lawmakers represented by Kwamoti Laori representing Numan Lamurde and Demsa Federal Constituency said the donation was aimed to support efforts of the government to contain the coronavirus. Similarly, the Committee has also received another N2 million naira from one Musa Garba a Yola based Businessman who has also...

APC Will Bounce Back and I Hold No Grudge Against Fintiri–Dr Umar Duhu

Dr Umar Duhu an APC stalwart in Adamawa state needs no introduction in the Nigerian politics; he held many positions and was among the founding fathers of the ruling APC- the party  which he held sway as acting national vice chairman ,north east. In telling truth, Duhu can call a spade a spade no matter whose ox is gored! In this exclusive interview with Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz,  Dr Umar Duhu said it all on APC lingering crisis...

JUST IN: Bauchi Relaxes Lockdown, Says No Palliative to Support Vulnerable

Bauchi State has reversed its decision on the total lockdown of the state due to the spread of coronavirus, saying no measures taken to cushion the effect of the lockdown on the masses. The state deputy governor senator Baba Tela during a press conference on Thursday said the decision was reversed following consultations with religious and traditional rulers. Baba Tela said the state government was yet to receive support from the federal government to enable...

The senator representing Adamawa Southern Senatorial District, Sen. Binos Dauda Yaroe has finally confided that he was tested negative for COVID-19 after 14 days of self-isolation. Binos were the first Adamawa senior politician to make his coronavirus status known. The senator who recently returned from an oversea trip told newsmen at his Yola residence said that as some good citizen and as an elected Senator went on self-isolation for 14 days due to the prevailing...

COVID-19: UN Launches Emergency Response In North East, IDPs

The United Nations (UN) has announced plans to begin an emergency response in the North East region of Nigeria to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the region. A statement, quoted Mr. Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria as saying that the displaced persons had already suffered enough and should not be left to suffer the effect of the pandemic. He said the response would focus on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp...

JUST IN: Atiku’s Son Speaks From Isolation: ‘I’m Well and Good’

For the first time, Mohammed Atiku, son of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has spoken from his isolation centre at the Gwagwalada University Teaching Hospital, Abuja, where he is being treated for Coronavirus, saying he is well and good. Mohammed stated that when he was brought to the centre, he was asymptomatic in his first few days and nervous. Mohammed, in a viral video posted by his father on his twitter handle, said he...

COVID-19: ICRP Calls For Release Of Zakzaky , Other Prisoners Of Conscience

A Nigerian human rights group, the Initiative For Conciliation And Right Protection (ICRP) has joined the call for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibraheem in the wake of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The group on Wednesday averred that considering the inadequate resources to manage this deadly virus in this country, ‘’we call on the government to release all prisoners that are on bail, the elderly, those with chronic illnesses and all prisoners...

Gunmen Kill 11 Persons In Kaduna

As ravaging deadly coronavirus continued to claim lives reports say that suspected gunmen have killed 11 persons including a traditional leader in three communities of  Kaduna, northwest Nigeria. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Mr. Luka Binniyat,  said the attacks took place in Guruku ward, Kuduru village both in Chikun Local Government Area and Jagindi, in Jema’a Local LGA. He said in Guruku ward, six people were killed...

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