For now, there is palpable tension and anxiety in Adamawa State Emirate Council as a titleholder in the emirate, Ma’ajin Adamawa, Rufai Ahmad Duwa died from suspected COVID-19 infection. Duwa died in the early hours of Friday after he grappled with an ailment many said has semblance with COVID-19 infection. He was interred at the Muslim cemetery in Damare, Yola South at about 5:00 pm on Friday. Multiple sources from Federal Medical Center (FMC), Yola...

The Director-General of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Amitolu Shittu, had said what the security outfit had was more sophisticated than the guns and ammunition that the Police are using. The DG disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with Bola Bamigbola. He stated that the corps is not meant for Yoruba people alone, but everyone living in the Southwest, whether Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba. He lamented that the coronavirus had affected the operation...

Another traditional ruler in the north of Nigeria, the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Ahmad Muhammad Asha, has died. According to Daily Trust, the Emir of Kaura Namoda, Ahmad Muhammad Asha also known as Sarkin Kiyawan Kaura Namoda has died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 71. His younger brother,  Abdulkarim Ahmad Asha, the Dan Jekan  Kaura Namoda told Daily Trust that the Emir had battled diabetes and hypertension fora long time. “He...