COVID-19: Nigeria marks 100 days since index case

… Confirmed cases hit 12,233 Nigeria has recorded 12,233 COVID-19 cases in 35 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), since the index case was confirmed on February 27, 2020, the NCDC says. The NCDC had on Saturday highlighted efforts by the agency, the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 and state emergency operation centres […]

I’ve no regrets revealing the identity of the COVID-19 index case in Benue – Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said he has no regrets revealing the identity of the state’s COVID-19 index case, Mrs. Susan Okpe, despite her desperate attempts to politicise the issue and whip up ethnic sentiments. He insisted that the decision was made in the best interest of the people of the state stressing […]

Benue: APC Chief Ignites Unease, Accuses Ortom of Blackmailing Buhari With COVID-19 Index Case

Is the Benue State Government, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) controlled state under the watch of Governor Samuel Ortom, blackmailing President Muhammadu Buhari with the controversial COVID-19 index case in the state? A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who is also a former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples […]

COVID-19: Benue index case accuses govt of incarcerating her

The storm that trailed the detection and announcement of the supposed Coronavirus index case in Benue, Mrs Susan Okpe may not settle anytime soon as the London based woman has again taken to her social media accounts to castigate the federal government for keeping her for treatment against her will. Recall that on March 28, […]