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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for coronavirus. Onyeama confirmed the development in a tweet on Sunday. He said his result came back positive after a fourth test, adding that he was on his way to an isolation center. “Did my fourth COVID-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time …

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has denied that schools will reopen on June 8. Nwajiuba, speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, asked parents and guardians to disregard the rumours making the rounds. “June 8 school resumption date report is false,” he said. The minister also explained the federal government’s …

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq says FG will use BVN, Mobile Phone and other means to identify poor Nigerians. The Minister revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to questions at Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19. Having agreed that COVID-19 relief funds have been released to reach the poorest Nigerians, She noted that …

The Coronavirus pandemic has put a pause on our everyday life as citizen are directed to observe various rules which are totally not used to most of them. The Federal Government has called on another 14 days lockdown in major cities across the country with the highest cases so far (Lagos, Abuja and Osun). According to Nigeria Centre for Disease …