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My CSO died of COVID-19 complications, but I’m negative —Tinubu

My CSO died of COVID-19 complications, but I’m negative —Tinubu

NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, disclosed that his late Chief Security Officer, CSO, Lateef Raheem, died of complications from the coronavirus but added that he and his wife, Senator Oluremi, tested negative to the disease, while another of his aide tested positive. Tinubu, in a statement by his…

Buhari signs Proclamation Order on mgt of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, FCT

Buhari signs Proclamation Order on mgt of COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, FCT

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari shortly after his nationwide broadcast, signed Proclamation Order on the General Management of Covid-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other States in Nigeria. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina said that “This was in exercise of the powers…

Nigeria’s total testing capacity now 50,000 —FG

Nigeria’s total testing capacity now 50,000 —FG

As the country continues to ramp up its capacity to detect cases of coronavirus, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has put Nigeria’s total testing capacity at about 50,000. This is even as the Federal Government said, yesterday, that Nigeria was not yet out of the woods, two months after it recorded its index case…

Support Africa with test kits, funds, Jonathan urges stronger economies, WHO, others

Support Africa with test kits, funds, Jonathan urges stronger economies, WHO, others

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged stronger economies and international agencies like the World Health Organisation, WHO, to support the efforts of African nations towards procuring necessary equipment and kits to enable them conduct aggressive testing that would make the current lock down imposed on cities more productive. The former President also appealed to international…