Author: Chronicle Editor

Borno State Committee on the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 has identified 97 contacts with the dead index case for tracing and isolation. Borno deputy governor and chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Umar Kadafur disclosed at a press briefing in Maiduguri that the idea is to mop up all the people who had contact with the index case. The Chairman of the Committee also used the occasion to officially announce the outbreak of coronavirus in the state where a patient has also died saying, “the Borno State High- powered committee on the prevention and control of COVID-19 hereby announce to…

As Muslims begin Ramadan fasting this week, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that, there will be no Ramadan lecture sessions and congregation prayers in mosques. The Sultan told Nigerian Muslims that, this year’s Ramadan is one with a difference, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, hence everyone should pray at home with their families, as Muslims cannot afford to be reckless with their lives. Sultan in a statement issued through the Secretary-General of JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, therefore, recommended that Muslim faithful should in addition to…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 infections

As a scientifically impossible conspiracy theory linking the deployment of 5G radio antennas to the coronavirus pandemic refuses to go away, here’s why it is nonsense.

The residents of Shogunle in Oshodi, Lagos state woke up to a horrific scene on Monday as some men of the underworld were caught coming out of their hideouts, which is – the newly constructed drainage on Agege motor road. A passerby noticed a man creeping out of the drainage and he accosted him. At first the man pretended to be a mad man but other passersby pounced on him and he pretended to be dead. When they threatened to bury his remains, he responded and suddenly came back to life. This led residents to investigate the hideout and has…

MultiChoice has announced the launch of two brand new reality TV shows: Mercy and Ike which will kick off on Sunday, April 26 and Judging Matters which will kick off on Monday, April 27, 2020, on Africa Magic Showcase on DStv channel 151. Mercy and Ike reality TV show follows the love life of Mercy Eke, the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 4 and Ike Onyema, her fellow housemate, who began a relationship during their time at the Big Brother house. Their unlikely bond during the show makes for a great love story as they continued to entertain viewers with their pranks and…

The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos has condemned the arrest of The Sun correspondent, Chijioke Agwu by the Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi. The IPC noted that the journalist was whisked away from the Ebonyi Government House on orders of the governor. “The attention of the International Press Centre Lagos’ has been drawn to renewed assault on press freedom in the country as evident in the harassment of a journalist in Ebonyi state and the abduction of another one in Kaduna state,” IPC statement read. Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director IPC in a statement condemned the onslaught on Chijioke Agwu, The…

The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease. NHS Blood and Transplant is asking some people who recovered from Covid-19 to donate blood so they can potentially assess the therapy in trials. The hope is that the antibodies they have built up will help to clear the virus in others. The US has already started a major project to study this, involving more than 1,500 hospitals. When a person has Covid-19, their immune system responds by creating antibodies, which attack the virus. Over time these build up and…

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, at the weekend, delivered three trucks of rice to Katsina State as part of COVID-19 palliatives. The palliatives, according to Farouq, is for the less privileged, vulnerable and people with disabilities, to cushion effects of the lockdown. Farouq kicked off disbursement of TraderMoni and MarketMoni to beneficiaries in the state to help them start-up or expand existing micro-businesses. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by Special Adviser to the minister on Media Salisu Dambatta. Farouq, who was represented by Deputy Director in charge of Disaster…

An aid worker employed by humanitarian agency Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) died in Borno after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for the organisation said on Sunday. Borno is at the epicentre of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, spawned by a decade-long Islamist militant insurgency that has left 7 million people in need of aid. The death of an aid worker in a part of Africa’s most populous country where camps house many of the roughly two million people displaced by the insurgency will prompt fears of the highly infectious lung disease spreading quickly among malnourished people, many of whom…