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Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections reported in the country to 1273. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website on Sunday. NCDC said, “On the 26th of April 2020, 91 new confirmed cases and five new deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “Four new states (Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba) have reported confirmed cases in the last 24 hours. “Till date, 1273 cases have been confirmed, 239 cases have been discharged and 40 deaths have been recorded in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “The 91 new cases are reported from sixteen states – Lagos (43), Sokoto (8), Taraba (6), Gombe (5), Ondo (3), FCT (3), Edo (3), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Bauchi (3), Osun (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Bayelsa (1), Ebonyi (1), Kebbi (1).” The centre also said that a case has been transferred from Lagos to Ondo State. “One case previously reported in Lagos is now an Ondo State case. The total number of confirmed ...

Determined to capture the children in the remote areas of the country in the Federal Government’s E-learning programme which has been upscaled during the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, parents have been asked to avail their children with transistor radio sets to key into the project. This call was made today (Monday) by Minister of State for Education, Honourable Emeka Nwajiuba who was a guest on ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Channels Television. He said that parents should equally strive to buy batteries for the children to be able to tune to the stations that run Educational Programme of the Federal Government. The Minister also advised parents and guardians to go a step further to teach their children and wards to take advantage of the E-learning to fill the gap created by the prolonged lockdown. Nwajiuba argued that children in the rural communities of the country where electricity is not readily available can learn through the radio, pointing out that most pare...

Adelani Adepegba The Federal Government has said that Nigerians infected by the coronavirus would not be evacuated to the country, adding that they would receive treatment in their country of residence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the positive cases could not wait till they were repatriated home before starting treatment, noting that this would be dangerous to their host community. The MFA spokesman, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, said this on Friday in response to questions from our correspondent in Abuja on the planned evacuation of over 2,000 Nigerians abroad, some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19. The PUNCH  had reported that 72 Nigerians in Guangzhou and 10 others in the United Kingdom tested positive for the virus. Responding to queries on the process for the evacuation, Nwonye stated, “Those who tested positive would be receiving treatment in China. Are they going to wait till they are evacuated, did they know when the evacuation would take place...

Good afternoon! Here is today’s summary from  Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Nigeria Center for Disease and Control, NCDC on Friday, confirmed 114 new cases of Coronavirus, thus, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 1095. In the latest report, 80 cases were reported in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT, 2 in Zamfara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Ogun 1 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Sokoto. 2. The Nigerian Government has offered a total of 5,000 health workers free health insurance cover. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this on Friday, said the Life Insurance cover is to the frontline workers, who are fighting the deadly virus. 3. The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Friday recommended the immediate compulsory retirement of two judges -Aliyu Musa and Chukwuma Francis Abosi for acts of misconduct. A statement by NJC’s Spokesperson, Soji Oye, said that the council took the decision after considering the report o...