Almost 24 hours after the Nigeria Center for Disease Center (NCDC) disclosed that two confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Kogi, the state Government has rejected the new data. Recall that NCDC in
Lagos will see decline in number of COVID19 patients in four to six months’ time – Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, says the state will begin
Known global cases near 5.7m. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, at least 5,693,066 people are known to have contracted the virus since the pandemic began, while at least 355,653 people are known to
Kogi State has recorded its first cases of the deadly Coronavirus since the pandemic broke out in February in the country. Kogi and Cross Rivers State previously held the record as the only two states
Ogoni women in Rivers State today staged a peaceful protest over what they termed the ”continuous detention” of the manager of Prudent Hotel that was demolished under the supervision of the state governor, Nyesom Wike,
Ireland recorded no new deaths from the coronavirus for the first time since March 21. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called it a “significant milestone”, adding on Twitter: “This is a day of hope. We will
UN agency says it’s ‘pleased to hear a very consistent message from China’ as US and others pile on criticism. World Health Organization officials have renewed praise for China in response to the COVID-19 outbreak,
A clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients has been suspended amid safety concerns. The drug has been touted by President Donald Trump and he even revealed he took the medication for
Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of “hard negotiations”, the federal civil aviation minister has said, after some states sought to limit the number of flights. Flights will restart under
The Authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, have confirmed one case of the coronavirus at the hospital. Prof. Anthony Igwegbe, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, disclosed this on
In Niger state, COVID-19 patients have called out the state government over alleged poor treatments meted to them at the isolation center in Minna. According to The Nation, some of the patients who spoke to
The State Ministry of Health made this known in a tweet on Sunday, but before then also the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Saturday revealed that Lagos State recorded the highest number
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has revealed that only eight patients out of the 73 confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in the state are still at the isolation center. Matawalle made this known on Sunday
What we know so far on what COVID-19 does to the human body in cases of infections and deaths. A new coronavirus that emerged in China late last year has spread to at least 188
The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that coronavirus is a test from Allah. Atiku noted that the “current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic is a test from Allah, and having fasted