Soldier shoots man for not wearing a face mask Ekohotblog, September 18, 2020 A soldier allegedly shot a 27-year-old man in South Africa for flouting face mask rule imposed on the country due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Our reporter gathered that the incident happened on Thursday, September17 after a soldier approached a group of young … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday disclosed that the country has recorded 131 new cases. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to the agency, of the 131 cases, 45 were detected in Lagos, 17 in Kaduna, Plateau-17, FCT-16, Delta-6 Niger-6, Kwara-5, … Read more
Ekohotblog, September 17, 2020 Federal government has explained why it is not compulsory for children under age five to wear face masks. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said COVID-19 fatality rate among them is less than 0.3 percent, the Federal Government has explained. The Minister added that the use of face mask may … Read more
The federal government on Wednesday revealed the crucial factors that made Nigeria fight against COVID-19 relatively successful. The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 says poverty and demography has contributed to the success in Nigeria’s fight against COVID-19. PTF national coordinator, Sani Aliyu, made this known when he appeared before the joint senate committee on … Read more
Nigeria Records 126 New Cases, 3 Deaths Ekohotblog, September 17, 2020.. On the 16th of September 2020, 126 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports. Till date, 56604 cases have been confirmed, 47872 cases have been discharged and 1091 deaths have been recorded in 36 … Read more
Benue Schools To Reopen On Monday, September 21 Ekohotblog, September 16, 2020.. Benue State Government has approved Monday, September 21, 2020 as resumption date for all schools in the state, Ekohotblog reports. Commissioner for Education, Professor Dennis Ityavyar announced this on Wednesday at Government House Makurdi. While making the announcement, Ityavyar told journalists that the date is for … Read more
An official of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guizhen Wu, has said the coronavirus vaccines may be ready for use by the general public as early as November 2020. Ekohotblog gathered that the vaccine is being developed in China. According to france24.com, China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stage of … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday, September 15 2020, disclosed that the country has confirmed 90 new cases of COVID-19. In its daily situation report of the virulent infection on its official twitter page, it also announced that 8 new people passed away due to the viruses while 93 persons were discharged. According … Read more
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has raised the alarm that international travellers from some specific countries, who are COVID-19 positive, have been making their way into the country by presenting fake PCR results. The National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this on Tuesday, in response to the joint Senate committees … Read more
By IfeanyiChukwu Afuba This is not a time to envy leadership in Nigeria’s 36 States. After twenty years of fourth republic democracy, the country still operates a military era revenue formula that allocates a hefty fifty-two percent of national earnings to the federal government and pittance of twenty-six percent to States, the centres of development. … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the ministry of foreign affairs have received funds from the PTF. The federal government on Monday revealed how much the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has spent from the ₦22 billion earmarked for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government had announced earlier in September that … Read more
Lagos State had the highest number of recorded cases on Monday with 52, Gombe State followed with 27 cases and Plateau State came next with 17 cases. 1,083 people have died of Coronavirus in Nigeria. This is according to a tweet released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC) on Monday night. The NCDC … Read more
14 September, 2020 Lagos State Commissioner for Education has stated that schools in Lagos State would reopen in phases in order to measure up with COVID-19 guidelines. The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo has disclosed that the Ministry was adopting a phased approach to the reopening of schools in Lagos State in … Read more
Homegrown Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has inaugurated a Ministerial Committee on herbal remedies and natural compounds towards developing a homegrown treatment The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has inaugurated a Ministerial Committee on herbal remedies and natural compounds towards developing a homegrown treatment for COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced that the country has confirmed 79 new cases. The latest daily toll count is the lowest since April. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to the agency, of 79 new cases, 30 are confirmed … Read more
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 160 New Cases, 2 Deaths Ekohotblog, September 13, 2020 On the 12th of September 2020, 160 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports. Till date, 56177 cases have been confirmed, 44088 cases have been discharged and 1078 deaths have been recorded in … Read more
September 11, 2020. Federal Government of Nigeria has announced 188 fresh cases of corona-virus (COVID-19) with 56,017 total cases in the country. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a series of tweet on Twitter on Friday night. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 43,998 patients … Read more
Group bemaons the exposure of women and children to communicable disease by insurgency As part of the concerted effort to tackle the virulent COVID-19 pandemic and also help in flattening the curve, a team of health workers and humanitarian groups, comprising COVID – 19 research group of the kaduna state ministry of health, 44 Nigerian … Read more
Lagos State Government has said that the state’s COVID-19 related deaths have increased to 205. Mr Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure on Friday. The commissioner said 33 new infections were confirmed out of the most recent 806 COVID-19 tests conducted. This jerked up cases of the total number of confirmed cases in … Read more
PTF reveals why Plateau cases are increasing drastically The federal government on Thursday disclosed why Lagos state is witnessing a steady drop in number of COVID-19 cases recorded. Presidential task force on COVID-19, attributed the drastic reduction in cases to the massive large-scale testing conducted in the past. The national coordinator of the PTF, Sani … Read more