Oil prices loses 3 percent on Friday The COVID-19 status of United States Of America President, Donald Trump is already taking a serious toll on the world economy. Trump had announced in a tweet on Friday morning that he and his wife had contracted the virulent infection. Trump announcement came hours after the White House … Read more
The federal government on Friday gives the nod to schools across the country to resume full academic and curricula activities Minister of education, Adamu Adamu, announced the approval at a media briefing. Adamu said ”unity schools” are to reopen on October 12 while private and state schools will determine their own opening schedule. “We have … Read more
President Donald Trump and the First Lady are under quarantine that is supposed to last 14 days having tested positive for COVID 19. Donald Trump made the announcement confirming the COVID 19 status in a Tweet. “Melanie and I have tested positive. We will begin the quarantine and recovery process immediately, and we will get through this … Read more
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has now exceeded 59,000 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 153 new positive samples. The 153 new cases are recorded in 13 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) with Lagos topping the list with 81 new infections, while Rivers recorded 21, … Read more
New test kit is faster than the PCR which takes hours to produce results Nigeria appears to have made a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The federal government on Tuesday disclosed that it has developed a test kit — SARS-COV-2 Isothermal Molecular Assay (SIMA) — … Read more
Liverpool’s New Signing Thiago Tests Positive For COVID-19 Ekohotblog, September 30, 2020…. Liverpool’s new midfield signing Thiago Alcantara has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating with minor symptoms, the reigning English Premier League (EPL) champions said on Tuesday. The Spaniard joined from Bayern Munich earlier this month and made his debut in their 2-0 … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday announced that the country has recorded 187 news COVID-19 cases. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report and update on COVID-19 for 29th September 2020. The country, according to NCDC, however, didn’t record any COVID-19 related death during the time under review. NCDC also … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday disclosed that 136 COVID-19 test samples returned positive. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19. Breakdown of the cases shows that Lagos recorded 71 while Rivers followed with 23 and Plateau 12. The latest developments brings the total number of confirmed cases … Read more
COVID-19, Nigeria Nigeria on Saturday recorded 136 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were recorded in 16 states of the federation. Read Also: Strike: Govs Hold Talks With Labour, To Meet Buhari It added that three persons died from complications resulting … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday announced that the country has recorded one hundred and eleven COVID-19 cases. The agency disclosed this in its latest update on Wednesday. Lagos topped the list of states with new infections with 31 positive samples, followed by Gombe and Kaduna with 18 cases each. Two persons were … Read more
Face masks Lagos COVID-19 One of the earliest and most prominent victims of COVID-19 in Nigeria was Abba Kyari, the long-time friend and Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The news of his death in mid-April was met with strong reactions on social media. Many considered it a potent victory against politicians who had … Read more
COVID-19 Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 176 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were recorded in 13 states of the federation and Abuja. Read Also: Akeredolu, APC Will Lose Ondo – Primate Ayodele It added that no COVID-19 death was recorded on … Read more
Jose Gimenez Atletico Madrid has confirmed Jose Gimenez tested positive for COVID-19. The measure to cancel training on Tuesday was taken strictly as a precaution as the club comply with safety protocols. Read Also: Fake Army Lieutenant In EFCC Net For Fraud Diego Simeone recently tested positive for coronavirus. Simeone, Renan Lodi, Angel Correa, Simo … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday disclosed that the country has recorded 195 new cases in 10 states and the federal capital territory. The agency confirmed the new cases in its update for September 21, 2020 The new daily count is nearly a 100% jump form previous day with just 97 positive … Read more
21st September, 2020 The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the people of the State not accept COVID-19 As An Excuse For non-performance. The governor disclosed this during his opening address at 2-day Ministerial Performance Review Retreat. Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has stated that the people of Lagos would not accept COVID-19 … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday 20, 2020, announced that the country has confirmed 97 new cases. The new daily count of the infection is the second time the country recorded below 100 cases last week. The agency made the announcement in its daily update of positive samples test across the country. According … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 221 new coronavirus infections. This is the first time since September 9 that Nigeria will record more than 200 new positive samples in its daily count of COVID-19 cases. Before Friday, the cases had dropped to as low as 79 infections on September 13 — Nigeria’s … Read more
The federal government on Friday announced withdrawal of the approval granted to Emirates to conduct international flight operations in the country. Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement via a post on his Twitter handle. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had, in a memo earlier in September, included Emirates in the list of … Read more
Trump “Trump’s hacks just sidestepped the CDC entirely and shamelessly wrote their own politically-motivated testing guidelines and published them under the agency’s imprimatur.” Trump administration officials at the Department of Health and Human Services reportedly bypassed career government scientists and authored the significantly relaxed coronavirus testing guidelines that experts criticized as medically unsound and dangerous … Read more
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research at Yaba, Lagos, says it has developed a molecular test kit for COVID-19 named as the SARS CoV-2 Isothermal Molecular Assay (SIMA). According to the institute’s Director-General, Prof. Babatunde Salako, he said the test kit was made for COVID-19. Salako said the innovation was borne out of the global … Read more