Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed that he infected four persons in the state with Coronavirus, all of whom have recovered. El-Rufai, who doubles as the index case in the state, made the revelation at the 24th edition of The Platform hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade. He said “As I announced some days … Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday has confirmed six new COVID-19 cases. He announced via his twitter account that a doctor with the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and an official of the Department of State Services (DSS) have tested positive for coronavirus in Oyo State. “We have started receiving results of pending COVID -19 confirmation … Read more
Ten more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bauchi bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 48 – 42 active cases and six recoveries. Confirming the new infections shortly after the announcement by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night, the Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development … Read more
IgbereTV has revealed that the Anambra state government has started a home-to-home search for persons with Covid19 symptoms in all communities within the state. Governor Willie Obiano disclosed this on Friday during a special statewide broadcast on the COVID-19 update. He said that the NCDC, WHO and UNICEF have assured the state government of their … Read more
Lagos state government has rolled out a broad list of guidelines for transport operations, which would kick- off on Monday, May 4th 2020 as the state enters the phased lifting of lockdown and imposition of curfew. Under the guideline, no danfo operator can carry more than eight passengers, including conductor/bus assistant while all Bus Rapid … Read more
ThPUNCH(under DAAR Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, his daughter-in-law, and six members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. This came three days after his son and Chairman of the board of the company, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, also tested positive for the virus. According to ait.live, a test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for … Read more
Lagos state government has discharged 26 more coronavirus patients undergoing treatment at state isolation centres. This was made known by Lagos COVID-19 Incident Commander and the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday. He said, “Today, 26 more COVID19Lagos patients; 14 males and 12 females including two foreign nationals – a Polish and a Filipino have … Read more
No less than two Doctors, two Nurses and other medical health workers have tested positive to COVID-19 after attending to a Delta infected female patient, Omamuzo Ijala. Delta State had recorded 8 new COVID-19 cases barely 24hours after the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa relaxed the statewide restriction of movement order imposed by the … Read more
The Plateau State Government on Thursday has forbidden all movements within the state in order to curb the community spread of coronavirus. In his address, Governor Simon Lalong said the move is part of his administration’s efforts in battling the virus following the only confirmed case in the state. The governor remarked that it was … Read more
The Bauchi State government on Friday has recorded nine new cases of Coronavirus bringing the number of positive cases in the State to 38. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, told Newsmen that the results were sent in last on Thursday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja. He confirmed … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the activation of second Molecular Laboratory in Kano State, to improve detection and curb further spread of the coronavirus in the state. The agency via its verified Twitter handle @ncdcgov, on Thursday said the centre had been activated at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK). “The … Read more
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has announced that a sixty-eight-year-old woman from Akwa Ibom State has died of Coronavirus with three new positive cases of coronavirus within the week. Emmanuel made the disclosure on Thursday while giving an update on COVID-19 in the state at Government House, Uyo. According to Emmanuel, the new death … Read more
Bishop Oyedepo founder and presiding Bishop of the megachurch Faith Tabernacle worldwide Living Faith Church popularly known as Winners Chapel has released a scary prophecy, revealing what will happen after Coronavirus (COVID-19). An online news medium NewsOne Nigeria reported that Bishop David Oyedepo a live broadcast revealed that many other diseases and plagues are coming, … Read more
US President, Donald Trump on Tuesday, had a telephone conversation with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari over the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The Personal Assistant to the President, Bashir Ahmad, divulged this on his Twitter handle. He tweeted, “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone conversation with the US President Donald Trump today, the two leaders … Read more
The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu alongside his personal aides have carried out tests for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). Recall that Tinubu’s CSO was reported dead on Friday. According to Ekohotblog, before Tinubu’s CSO burial on Friday, samples were taken from his body for laboratory tests to determine if … Read more
The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has relaxed the lockdown on the state and has asked churches to resume full activities. The governor stated this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday evening. Before the Saturday broadcast, church activities had been restricted for 14 days as one of the measures to … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the origin of 223 of the confirmed 873 cases is unknown. The figure was revealed in the latest COVID-19 Situation report released by the agency on Thursday. Previously, the number of cases classified as ‘unknown origin’ was 203. According to the report covering 26 states, cases with travel … Read more
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello has authorized the extension of business hours for Markets in Abuja to operate from 8a.m. to 3p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Bello in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, explained that the directive which takes effect from Saturday, April 25, was against the earlier approved time of 10a.m. … Read more
The Lagos State Government has confirmed that it recorded fresh COVID-19 related deaths. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said this in a tweet on Tuesday. He noted that although no fresh cases of the coronavirus disease had been recorded on Monday, April 20, there were related deaths from the pandemic. READ ALSO: … Read more
Lagos State has recorded 32 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of infections in the state to 283. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Friday night via its Twitter handle. “As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” it announced, adding … Read more