The government of Kaduna says 65 of the 72 active cases receiving treatment for COVID-19 in the state are almajiri kids. The state also said two police officers are among the active COVID-19 cases. Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser on media to Nasir el-Rufai, the governor, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He disclosed that … Read more
In line with its humanitarian disposition and part of its contribution to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has donated all its 425 medical facilities across the country as isolation centres for COVID-19. Secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the presidential task … Read more
The spectre of strange deaths that’s beleaguered some northern states for weeks on end has spread its tentacle to Potiskum, the commercial hub of Yobe state. The residents of the state were thrown into trepidation after fears that some persons may have died from COVID-19 complications. The deaths were recorded in the commercial town of … Read more
The Stallion Circle, Epe, Lagos state, as part of its humanitarian gesture, to lift the spirit of forlorn souls, in this gloomy period, has given stimulus package of cash donations to sixty residents of the iconic town. The club said the gesture was part of its effort to ameliorate the biting effects of the lockdown … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday announced that the country has confirmed two hundred and fourty eight new COVID-19 cases. The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to NCDC, Of the 248 cases, 81 are confirmed in Lagos, 35 in Jigawa, 26 in … Read more
The Kano state government on Sunday announced that 47 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19. Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on COVID-19, announced this at a press conference in Kano. He said the infected health workers had contracted the disease the previous week, adding that no medical personnel got infected in … Read more
Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, has berated his northern counterparts for trying to score political points with the almajiri kids repatriation. Ganduje at a media briefing on Sunday, said Kano also received almajiri from other states and didn’t make a public show of it. He said while an agreement was reached for almajiri … Read more
A sailor of the Nigerian Navy on Saturday fled from a COVID-19 isolation centre in Oghara, Delta state. Identified as SM Ahmadu, the rating is said to be serving on board the navy’s base maintenance unit (BMU) in Warri. Spokesperson of Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, Ehiedu Anagwu, said Ahmadu had wanted to smoke … Read more
Zambia has recorded 100 new COVID-19 cases within 24-hours of lifting the lockdown order in the country. President Edgar Lungu had reopened the economy after citing adverse economic and humanitarian effects of the coronavirus-induced lockdown on the country. As of yesterday, Zambia had recorded a total of 252 coronavirus cases including 7 deaths and 112 recoveries. … Read more
Nothing less than 533 workers at an industrial manufacturing facility in Ghana have tested positive for COVID-19, health authorities in the country has disclosed. The health authorities made the disclosure in its situation report. It said 533 of 1, 300 workers tested positive for the virus and this made about 50 percent of the recently … Read more
The United States (US) has recorded 1,565 more deaths from COVID-19 in one day. The country is the worst hit by the pandemic, leapfrogging China — where the pandemic broke out and, for a while, its epicenter — in terms of cases and deaths recorded. The country has a total of 1,309,164 infections and over … Read more
PRESIDENT Donald Trump might have again stir the hornet’s nest when, at the weekend, he proclaimed that the virulent coronavirus infection will go away without the help of any vaccine. Trump told reporters “This is going to go away without a vaccine, it’s gonna go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, … Read more
Strange COVID-19 related disease reported kills three children in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo disclosed on Saturday. The disease, which has also been reported in Chicago, Illinois, may augur a pandemic risk for children. Recall Gov. Cuomo had on Friday disclosed the death of a 5-year old linked to the coronavirus. Cuomo also disclosed a … Read more
Jigawa State government has announced that Twenty-four more almajiri returnees have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The state commissioner for health, Abba Zakaria, made this known at a media briefing on Friday. Zakari, who doubles asthe chairman of the state’s task force on COVID-19, said health workers also tested positive. He disclosed that … Read more
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state may be forced to review the lockdown easing if flouting of public health directives by residents persist. President Muhammadu Buhari had eased the five-week lockdown he imposed on Lagos, Ogun and Abuja to check the spread of COVID-19. But there have been complaints of non-adherence to … Read more
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has said the state could witness unprecedented escalation of COVID-19 due to the untoward posturing and shenanigans of the federal government. Wike in a statewide broadcast on Friday, call on residents of the State and the entire Nigerians to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government responsible if COVID-19 escalates … Read more
Allegation of payroll fraud has been levelled against a Permanent Secretary at one of the ministries in Oyo State, under the administration of former governor, Abiola Ajimobi. Make No mistake about it, payroll fraud is another name for ghost workers racket. The allegations are thrust of a virtual confrontation which led to a heated argument … Read more
The Lagos state government on Friday bemoaned what appears to be lack of cooperation on the part of some residents of the state in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, commissioner for health in the state, Akin Abayomi, attributed the empty bed spaces in isolation centres to difficulty the … Read more
Nigeria is approaching a difficult era in response to the ongoing COVID-19 disease outbreak says Federal Government. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, gave the explanation at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) daily briefing on COVID19 on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 381 persons tested … Read more
Dr. Ifegbike Kalu, a medical doctor, who works with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, has today dropped his opinion on the possibility of transmitting COVID-19 through sex. Kalu who spoke with newsmen today said it’s possible to find COVID-19 in semen hence the possibility of transmitting the virus through sex. READ ALSO: JUST … Read more