By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Monday announced the recovery and discharge of eight COVID-19 patients including two children from its isolation centre. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu disclosed this in a statement on Monday evening. He explained that Osun had not recorded any new case in the last […]

By David Royal According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria has recorded 170 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the country’s total infections to 2558. The NCDC also said Nigeria recorded  2 deaths, bringing the total number to 87. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila to subject the Infectious Disease Control Bill to public hearing. The party gave the advice in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan on Saturday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the bill should not be passed […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday faulted moves by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to pass the Infectious Disease Control Bill without recourse to the laid down procedure of public hearing to avail Nigerians opportunity to make their input in the proposed law.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it tested 2000 samples on April 30, the highest daily test recorded since the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Friday in […]