President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received briefing from Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, on the latest development over Coronavirus and the reported strange disease in Kano. Ehanire, who spoke to State House correspondents on the outcome of the closed-door meeting in Abuja, said they briefed the president on the activities and overall positions of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The News Agency...

Fear has enveloped residents of Kano metropolis as more people continue to succumb to a strange illness that has hit some parts of the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of people, including elites and prominent sons of the state, have been lost to the yet-to-be-identified disease, with Dala, Fagge, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale and Kano Municipal worst hit. Among those already buried are academics, administrators, bankers, media practitioners, and businessmen A...

Healthcare workers working in Mainland Hospital, treating COVID-19 patients in an infectious disease facility in Yaba, Lagos have raised alarm over an alleged Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortage in the hospital. They raised concerns that the shortage of medical equipment exposed them to the risk of contracting the virus. A report in Punch Healthwise reported that the source who spoke with journalists on of anonymity laments the shortage of the medical equipment, saying it is...

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...