By Dayo Johnson – Akure Reacting to the death of the commissioner, the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Alex Kalejaye said that ” the piercing news of the passage of the Hon. Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, Dr. Wahab Oluropo Adegbenro, came to us as traumatic and deflating. “Dr. Adegbenro has been […]

…Declares today work-free day in his honour By Dayo Johnson – Akure Ondo state mourned the death of its Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro who died at the age of 65 from COVID-19 related complications. The state described him as a “General” who “died healing others”. The Ondo State information and Orientation Commissioner, Donald Ojogo, […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Ondo state’s University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A statement by Adeeyo Babatunde on behalf of the CMD said he” is currently being treated and responding to the treatment positively. The statement advised all members of […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano KANO State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has announced the total lifting of lockdown in the state following a decline in the rate of transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Ganduje made the announcement while delivering an address on Thursday at the briefing organised by the State Taskforce on COVID-19. However, the governor […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure The wife of Ondo governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The wife’s health status announcement is coming few days after her husband, state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, embarked on self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Members of the House of Assembly who followed Gov Akeredolu to […]

The Edo Government on Thursday announced the discharge of 130 more coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of discharged patients in the state to 448. The Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, made the disclosure on his official twitter handle, @GovernorObaseki. He said the patients who had fully recovered tested negative for the virus and were cleared […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Ondo state Health Commissioner, Dr Wahab Adegbenro is dead. Reports from government quarters said he died of COVID-19. Family sources said the deceased commissioner had been battling with chronic diabetes before he now contacted the virus. Adegbenro was said to have died at the Federal Medical Center FMC in Owo […]

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its new highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 26, 484. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle. The NCDC said, as at July  1, Nigeria recorded 13 deaths from COVID-19. The health agency said that no new state […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 60 per cent of the total 10.3 million global COVID-19 cases was reported in June. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, disclosed this on Wednesday during the COVID-19 media briefing. “More than 10.3 million cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO, and more than 506,000 […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 790 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Wednesday. The 790 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 26,484. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 406 patients from isolation centers across the country with […]