The Minister of Health, Professor Osagie Ehanire, says Lagos State, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is well prepared and ready to contain the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infectious disease if eventually, it breaks out in Nigeria. Ehanire gave this assurance on Sunday, while briefing newsmen after inspecting facilities at the Emergency Response Readiness designated for the…

Alhaji Ahmad Abubakar, the suspended chairman of Maradun Local Government in Zamfara, says he is not among the local government bosses that recently defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls that Malam Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary to Gov Bello Matawalle, had, on…

Bello Matawalle The Zamfara government has said that the north-western state has no case of Lassa fever. Its health commissioner, Mr Yahaya Kanoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Gusau that the only confirmed case was “imported” by a passenger on transit from Taraba. “The victim – Aisha Mohammed – came…

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) says by 2023 the North will only support candidates with genuine commitment to deal with its problems and political will to meet the region’s aspirations. This is contained in a statement by the Convener, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi in Zaria, Kaduna State on Sunday. He said: “The forum has observed…

Militants killed and wounded seven Egyptian soldiers in restive North Sinai on Sunday, Egypt’s military said. The army said it “foiled” an attack on security facilities, “killing 10 terrorists and destroying a four-wheel-drive used by the terrorist elements.” The casualties were of various ranks including two officers, according to the brief statement posted to the…

The unusually high winds that Storm Ciara blew up on Sunday played havoc with sports events across Europe as football and rugby matches were cancelled and a London road race was called off. Top tier football matches in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and England were called off as 140kmph gusts (87 mph) were recorded. Manchester…

Mbonu and new US Ambassador to Nigeria, Executive Director of Nigerian-American Council (NAC), and Former Presidential Aspirant in 2019 election Dr. Okey Samuel Mbonu, yesterday met with the new US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, in Washington DC, to discuss matters concerning Nigeria’s security challenges. Mbonu in a statement at the Washington DC think-tank,…

By Femi Aribisala A man asked his rich father for money to buy a car.  The father wrote him a cheque and he bought a Jeep.  Later he went to his father and asked him for money to buy a house.  The father wrote him another cheque and he bought a beautiful mansion in an…

Governor Akeredolu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has accused Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of using the personnel of Operation Amotekun to scuttle the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primaries in Owo Local Government area. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Saturday by the party’s Director of…

President Peter Mutharika of Malawi Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission have formally filed an appeal against a court ruling that overturned Mutharika’s narrow election victory last year. Earlier this week, the Constitutional Court annulled the vote held last May that returned Mutharika to power as president. It cited “widespread, systematic and…