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As the number of Nigerians infected by the Coronavirus continues to rise, reaching 81 on Friday, the College of Nigerian Pathologists (CNP) has asked the federal government to substantially decentralize the testing centres to accelerate the control of the outbreak, warning against the use of non-validated test kits in handling Covid-19 disease tests. In a […]

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the federal government of planning to re-arrest and infect him with COVID-19. In a post on his Facebook page, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election said his planned re-arrest was due to a […]

The federal government on Thursday tightened restrictions on places of worship, airports and bars to try and protect its population against the COVID-19 coronavirus, warning the nation’s estimated 190 million people could soon witnessed an “exponential” increase in coronavirus infections unless contacts of confirmed cases are tracked down quicker. So far 65 infections and one […]

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could hit 1.8 million worldwide this year even with swift and stringent measures to stop it, according to a study from Britain’s Imperial College published Thursday. Researchers estimate that tens of millions of lives could be saved if governments act fast to adopt strict public […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has requested the federal government to invoke the Quarantine Act, which provides for and regulates the imposition of quarantine and in accordance with its powers under Section 305 of the Constitution of Nigeria. He said that federal and state governments will have difficulties enforcing regulations they put in place […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday ordered the forfeiture of N293million, six parcels of land and 30, 000 MTN shares recovered from a former Commander of the military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, in the Niger Delta, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe (rtd). Justice Mohammed Liman made an order for the temporary forfeiture of […]

Despite the ban on all social activities, including weddings, traditional marriages, burials, clubbing and others, some communities in Anambra State defied government orders, and still held such gatherings, to the utter chagrin of the state authorities. www.www.aso.rocks search engine gathered that the flaunting of the order in the communities has angered the state Governor, Willie […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has arrested a total of 144 traffic offenders for overloading passenger vehicles in a bid to mitigate the further spread of Coronavirus among commuters in public transport. FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement by the Corps’ Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem on […]

The presidency Wednesday in Abuja said the State House, like the entire country, is under a partial lockdown but not completely shut, as a result of the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Speaking on the turn of events in the Presidential Villa, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, insisted that […]

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has gone into self-isolation as a precautionary step following contact with Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed and chief of staff to the President, Abba Kyari, both of whom have tested positive. Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, is the first confirmed […]

Cristiano Ronaldo (CT-7), Portugal’s captain and marksman for Italian Serie A giants, Juventus, has been picked by legendary Brazilian soccer icon, Pele as better than his Barcelona and Argentina alter ego, Lionel Messi. In the never-ending debate surrounding Ronaldo and Messi, Ronaldo was awarded the bragging rights by arguably football’s greatest-ever player. Brazil legend Pele […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who went into self-isolation on Tuesday has tested negative for COVID-19. Announcing the result of the test conducted on the vice-president, via a tweet on his Twitter handle, @babaloveme3, his political adviser, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, said Wednesday the outcome of the test was negative. “Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo tests negative,” Ojudu had tweeted. […]