Ivory Coast confirms first coronavirus case

   

  A local national who had recently stayed in Italy has been confirmed as Ivory Coast first coronavirus case, the government said on Wednesday. Africa has so far mostly escaped large numbers of cases of the epidemic that has spread across 110 countries since first emerging in China in December.

Coronavirus: Italy records 196 fresh deaths, 827 killed so far

    The coronavirus infection has now killed 827 persons in Italy with 196 new deaths recorded in the last couple of hours.

   The total number of cases in the country has also risen from 10,149 to 12,462, according to the Civil Protection Agency. The death toll is the largest in a day since the outbreak started in December 2019, extending the country’s record of 168 deaths in 24 hours.

Hope Uzondinma nominates 5 women, 17 others as commissioners

 

   Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has sent the names of five women and 17 others as commissioner-designates to the state’s House of Assembly.

  The names were announced by the House Speaker, Chiji Collins at the plenary on Wednesday. The    women include Dr. (Mrs) Osunkwo, Obiageri Ajoku, Doris Akubuo, Nkechi Ugwu, and Mrs. Love Ineh.

New Emir of Kano, Bayero receives letter of appointment from Ganduje

   

   Emotion betrayed Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the new emir of Kano, Wednesday, after receiving his letter of appointment alongside his brother, Nasiru Ado Bayero as the Emirs of Kano and Bichi respectively at the Kano Government House Coronation Hall, Kano State.

COVID-19: Lagos isolates six more persons

   Two men who were declared wanted for having contact with Nigeria’s first coronavirus case have been found, the Lagos State government said on Wednesday.

   The duo – Enwelunta Obumnore Godfrey and Salami Abiodun Sadeeq – boarded the same flight that brought the Italian that tested positive to coronavirus in Lagos. They were declared unreachable on Monday after efforts by the state government yielded no effort.