…Urges FG To Create Test Center …As Police Changes Strategy By Demola Akinyemi Kwara State Government on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the rising positive cases of Covid-19 in the state with 23 new cases on Monday, the highest since this pandemic found its way into the state, and urged the federal government to speedily […]

Filed by David Royal The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria has now reached 10,819 with only 3,239 cases discharged so far and 314 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory. On the 2nd of June 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced on its official website that 241 […]

The Federal Government is to engage community volunteers on house-to-house sensitisation on the dangers and spread of COVID-19. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF), briefing on COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Nigeria currently has 10,578 confirmed CCOVID-19 cases in 35 States […]

Lagos State has recorded another eight COVID-19 related deaths, increasing the infection mortality in Lagos to 67, says the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. Abayomi stated this in his verified twitter handle on Tuesday, adding that the deaths were recorded on Monday, June 1. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Abayomi […]

No fewer than 812   health workers, including 29 staff of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on the frontline in the fight against

The novel coronavirus killed another 1,081 people in the United States (US) within 24 hours on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. That means 106,180 people have so far officially died from the virus out of 1,831,435 official cases, according to the Baltimore-based school. The US has had by far the most […]

Lagos State Government has said it was not in hurry to reopen hospitality and entertainment businesses in view of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

In a statement by the Secretary to the Government of the State, SGS, Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, made available to journalists in Katsina, the decision came after wide consultation with relevant stakeholders in the state.

…says Delta Govt lied By Festus Ahon, Asaba The Chief Nursing Officer of Central Hospital, Agbor, Delta State, Mr Michael Mordi who was said to have been forcefully removed from the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Asaba by seven of his relatives, Monday evening, has opened up, saying he was not suffering from COVID-19. The 53 […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni As religious houses — Churches and Mosques— in Lagos State remain shut to curtail COVID-19, an Imam has said he would not be able to tell if the number of worshippers praying behind him would be 20 or 50, in accordance with regulations. Recall that the Federal Government had, on Monday, June […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday 1st of June 2020, announced that 416 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria. This is the second-highest daily figure recorded by the centre after it announced 553 confirmed cases on Saturday 30th May 2020, since the outbreak of the pandemic in […]

By Festus Ahon APPREHENSION, Monday enveloped Asaba metropolis and its environs as seven men reportedly stormed the Federal Medical Centre,  FMC, Asaba and forcefully moved a 53 years Chief Nursing Officer, Mr Michael Mordi who tested positive for COVID-19 from the hospital. The men, who Vanguard gathered came in two cars, entered the hospital premises […]

Malaysia has gone into 10 days without any new COVID-19 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Monday, leaving the total deaths so far at 115. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia reported 38 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 7,857. Imported cases made up the majority […]

Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as “MC-Oluomo”, has presented locally-fabricated face masks to the leadership of Lagos State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, towards combating COVID-19 in the state.

Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becoming increasingly resistant to the medicines traditionally used to treat them. The […]