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Nigeria Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mamman has dismissed the speculations that the federal government will pay two-month electricity for Nigerians as part of palliatives to citizens to cushion the effect of the lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Mr. Mammam revealed this to BBC Hausa in an interview published on its twitter handle @bbchausa and monitored by our correspondent. According to him ” this matter has not been concluded yet, we are only looking at the possibility of doing so, the fact is, you see this power supply the first thing we do when the government declared this lockdown because of COVID-19 is to ensure there is stable power supply for people to be more comfortable staying at home. The Minister said “you see there are first those generating this power, then those transmitting it as well as those distributing the power to various household, those generating this power are hundred business private business people that own all of their equipment and it i...

The Lagos State government Saturday confirmed another COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the total fatality in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre to 19. The state Ministry of Health disclosed this in its daily coronavirus update posted on Twitter. The ministry acknowledged the 80 new infections announced on Friday night by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which brought the total number of cases in the state to 670. It said: “80 new cases of COVID-19 Infections confirmed. Total confirmed cases in Lagos now 670. “5 previously confirmed COVID-19Lagos patients were however transferred to Ogun State. Total transferred now 13. “10 more COVID-19Lagos patients; 3 females & 7 males including 3 foreign nationals – 2 Indians & 1 Filipino were discharged after full recovery & testing negative twice consecutively. With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos now 117. “1 COVID-19 death was recorded, bringing the total nu...

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and ex-Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly taken tests for COVID-19 - Tinubu took the test as a precaution following the death of one of his closest aides on Friday, April 24 - The results of the tests, which also included Tinubu's personal aides, are expected on Monday, April 27 The Cable is reporting that former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has submitted his samples for coronavirus testing by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. According to the exclusive report by the online newspaper, Tinubu and some of his very close aides took the test on Saturday, April 25 as a precaution following the death of one of the politician's aides just over a day ago. It could immediately verify the report but the news medium quoted sources as saying that the results of the tests are expected on Monday, April 27.  The report hinted that although the aide was not suspected to have died of coronavirus because of...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has said that the state could not relax the COVID-19 lockdown in the state for the Ramadan because of the dangers the disease posed to citizens. According to the governor, in a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Muyiwa Adekeye, ‘’the severe challenges posed to lives and livelihoods by COVID-19 made it impossible to relax the quarantine conditions at this time.” El Rufai, who appealed to Muslims to see the special circumstances under which Ramadan was being observed this year as a necessary sacrifice to safeguard public health, expressed gratitude to Allah for His Mercy even in this difficult moment. Saluting Muslims as the fasting begins the said appealed to ‘’Muslims to pray for the country, peace in the land and the containment of Covid-19 as they observe the discipline of fasting, worship and spiritual renewal in the holy month of Ramadan.” El Rufai also commended the commitment of Imams and o...

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has called on the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors and (NGE) to investigate allegations of fake news against two journalists by Ebonyi State government. This was contained in a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA and signed by Israel Bolaji, the NGIJ vice president. This newspaper recalled that falsehood allegation was levied against The Sun newspaper correspondent, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper correspondent, Peter Okutu. The duo was arrested and banned from entering government facilities in the state. The NGIJ in its reaction said: “as much as the indisputable role of Journalists as partners and critical stakeholders in nation-building is sacrosanct, the profession upholds the highest level of ethics and standards and expects every practitioner to be responsible. “As far as we are concerned, journalists must be free to carry out their duty without any fear or hindrance ...

Another batch of 900 British travellers stranded in Nigeria are set to return home on three flights charterred by the UK Government over the next 11 days. The British High Commission in Nigeria said in a statement on Friday that the three additional flights would bring the total number of people flown back to the UK from Nigeria on Government charter flights to around 2,000. According to the statement, the new flights are scheduled as follows: April 28: Abuja – London, May 1: Lagos – London and May 5: Lagos – London. It said that the additional charter flights had been arranged for British travellers and their dependents whose primary residence is the UK, adding that priority would be given to most vulnerable travellers such as people with health conditions. “Our next phase of UK Government charter flights will mean another 900 British travellers are able to return home from Nigeria. “We appreciate the country’s effort as this has been a difficult time and we will continu...

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Thursday the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) had deployed 17 personnel to Kano State to support the fight against coronavirus in the state. Aliyu, who disclosed this during the daily briefing of the task force in Abuja, said additional laboratory equipment were sent to the state on Thursday. He said: “The PTF has directed and, in line with the directive, the NCDC has already redeployed at least 17 persons, including seven from the WHO, to Kano to deal with the current issues that have arisen. “In addition, the Director-General, NCDC has worked with the state emergency operating centre to reorganise the way it functions and a joint team, together with that from the state government, is currently investigating the concerns with regard to this.” The coordinator noted that some states had continued to record a low level of testing. Aliy...