By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has discharged 21 more patients from its various isolation facilities having recovered fully and tested negative twice consecutively for COVID-19. With the latest record, the total number of cases successfully managed and discharged from isolation facilities across the state has risen to 469. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who […]

Cross River State coronavirus disease (COVID-19) curfew enforcement personnel flogged violators at  Triangle, opposite water board, Marian, Calabar. Video below: Vanguard News Nigeria.

The Edo State Government, as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has ramped up ongoing screening and testing exercise across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs), screening over 104,186 persons, testing about 704 residents and contact tracing over 689 others who have had various degrees of contacts with confirmed cases. Commissioner […]

China on Sunday reported the first case of coronavirus in over a month in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak first started in December last year. China’s National Health Commission also reported the first double-digit increase in countrywide cases in nearly 10 days, saying 14 new infections had been confirmed. Two of the cases were […]

By Victor Young Organised labour in maritime sector has accused Rivers State government of arresting dockworkers returning from essential duties. The maritime workers threatened to shut the nation’s maritime sector by Wednesday if the workers are not released unconditionally in the next 48 hours. ALSO READ: Maritime industry’ll never be the same after COVID-19 — […]

Following efforts by Edo State Government to boost the state’s capacity to test for coronavirus (COVID-19) and achieve its target of testing 1,000 residents daily, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has validated a new Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick […]

“With respect to CovidOrganics, Madagascar is with his African brothers to heal and save lives. Our duty is to preserve the health of our people” “Chad sent a plane to collect CVO donations. Thanks to President Idriss Deby Itno for his confidence,” these sentences were in a tweet posted by the Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Saturday, in an emergency call, rescued a lady suspected to a patient of COVID-19 along Ajose Adeogun by Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the report saying the patient has been taken to general hospital […]

*Says no testing center set up in S’south by FG By Chioma Onuegbu & Emmanuel Harris GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has disclosed that his government has installed 3G cameras in all the busy borders in order to effectively monitor every movement into the state. Emmanuel made the disclosure Saturday evening during a […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has revealed the list of the local government areas in the state with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Till date, Lagos has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. According to the list released by the commissioner, Lagos Mainland […]

By David Royal On the 9th of May 2020, 239 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The new cases have raised the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 4,151. According to NCDC, 239 people tested positive […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has announced the discharge of 39 persons from its Covid-19 treatment centres, having serially tested negative to the disease after days of treatment. This was as some patients at the Treatment Centre in Asokoro District Hospital were said to have gone on a rampage on […]

Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia represents Jigawa North in the Senate. In this interview, Hadejia dismisses reports that coronavirus killed 100 people in his senatorial district and speaks on the ‘deportation’ of 400 almajirai from Kano by Governor Ganduje to Jigawa.

Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru, has said the state has quarantined no fewer than 431 almajirai before they would be evacuated to their respective states.

In the last few weeks, many patients have been denied access to healthcare for fear of the unknown by the healthcare professionals in many hospitals across the country. In Lagos, there have been stories of people resorting to self-help s a result of the development.