Category: Health

Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,483 new cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this on its Twitter page on Friday. It confirmed that Nigeria now has … Read More

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday raised the alarm that the country is currently in a critical situation with the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to a statement … Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion (about $17m) for the establishment of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of Covid-19 patients who … Read More

The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has said the country could assess COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February. A communique signed by the NGF Chairman, Kayode Fayemi claimed efforts are … Read More

The Presidential Task Force (PFT) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against a second lockdown in Nigeria. The Chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, made the call at a briefing in Abuja. … Read More

The National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC) has listed conditions that must be met by 2020 Batch “B” Stream II prospective corps members before they can be admitted into Orientation … Read More

A conjoined twins has successfully been separated at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. According to the Hospital, the conjoined twins were successfully separated by a team of medical experts … Read More

Mouthpiece NGR reports that Ice cream has been found contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested positive for the virus. Anti-epidemic authorities in north China‘s Tianjin Municipality are tracing … Read More

Medical doctors have faulted the plan by the National Youth Service Corps to open its orientation camps across the country and mobilise graduates for national service amid the ranging second … Read More

The Management of the Lagos State University has shut down all hostels at the College of Medicine, LASUCOM, as three students have tested positive for Coronavirus disease. A statement on … Read More

At least twenty doctors have been tested positive for COVID-19 at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH. According to the President of UITH chapter of Association of Resident Doctors … Read More

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,107,979 as of Wednesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental … Read More

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has said that the compliance level of Nigerians will determine whether a fresh lockdown will be imposed, amid the second wave of the … Read More

Nigerian Singer, Paul Okoye of the defunct Psquare group has tested positive for COVID-19. Paul revealed this on Tuesday morning via his Instagram page. The strictly warned Nigerians to accept … Read More

Another lockdown is likely in Nigeria with the rising COVID-19 cases, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus Control has warned. The ad hoc body working on prevention … Read More

Pupils in Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Sokoto states are expected back in the classrooms today. This is in spite of the Federal Government’s directive that all schools should remain closed … Read More

The unconfirmed report revealed that he is battling Covid-19 complications. Sources very close to the family made this known that they are not ready to talk on the issue for … Read More

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, may have lost two of his aides in an auto crash along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway. Although details of the incident were sketchy as of … Read More

The Federal Government on Saturday slammed a six-month travel ban on 100 passengers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after their return to the country. The affected persons … Read More

At least 4,176 persons infected with coronavirus in Lagos State are currently undergoing home-based treatment in the wake of the second wave infections across Nigeria, and the world at large. … Read More