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The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Edo branch have organized free online awareness classes on Facebook in order to create awareness about Corona Virus (COVID-19). Dr Adesuwa Urhoghide-Edigin, the President of MWAN in Edo disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Benin. “Even though we face …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2020 national common entrance examination indefinitely over the Coronavirus outbreak in the country. In a statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, the examination into Federal Unity Colleges earlier slated for Saturday, March 28 has been moved to …

Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive for Coronavirus. President Buhari tested negative, according to Arise TV. Kyari who returned from Germany on March 14 did not self isolate as NCDC directed and attended a meeting on Sunday in Aso rock where he began …

Federal Civil Servants at grade levels one to 12 in Nigeria have been issued a stay at home order by the Federal Government, as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus in the country. Im a circular signed by the Head of the Civil Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan, said all …

Anambra and Imo state top the list of state with examination malpractices in the just concluded 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination which ended on Sunday, March 22. In a publication release by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the exam body said it caught 149 candidates for various examination …

Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has explained why services were held at the headquarters of the church and other branches across the nation despite the ban on large gatherings in Lagos, Ogun and some parts of the country. From the live stream of the service via the …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee yesterday (Monday) shared the sum of N581.56bn to the three tiers of government for the month of February. The February allocation represents a decline of N65.79bn when compared to the N647.35bn which was shared in the month of January. The distribution was made at the …

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, who said he shook hands with the son of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, have embarked on self-isolation. The governor, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, said he met …

A Yoruba group, under the Aggies of Yoruba United Front, has warned politicians in on the South-West not to allow the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Il, to build Fulani Camp in the region, saying his antecedents show him as an ethnic bigot and a hater of the Yoruba …

A Chinese Restaurant, Haufei restaurant and Mall at 33 Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island, Lagos, where Nigerians are not allowed to sit and eat have been shut down by the Nigeria government. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, confirmed this in a tweet, saying that staff of the restaurant, located …