COVID-19: LASG discharges 123 patients as infections in Nigeria rises to 1182
In an early-morning tweet on Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said 87 new infections have been reported in the country. Lagos recorded 33 cases while Borno…
NCDC, AOLG refute voice note recording on COVID-19 figure in the Council area
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Amuwo Odofin Local Government (AOLG) in Lagos State on Saturday refuted claims of giving out an alarming figure of confirmed COVID-19…
COVID-19: Woman cries out in viral video, blames NCDC for son-in-law’s death in Kano
An audio message from a woman in Abuja alleging her son-in-law died in Kano from a disease suspected to be COVID-19 due to slow response by the Nigeria Centre for…
Nigeria adds 2 molecular laboratories to test for COVID-19 – NCDC
Nigeria has added two new molecular laboratory network to test for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the News Agency…
COVID-19: There’re several natural remedies that we can look to – Abayomi
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, says there’s a possibility that traditional medicine could be the way to go in the treatment of COVID-19. Abayomi, who was…
LASG approves e-Lecture learning portals for State-owned tertiary institutions
Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State government has approved special e-portals that will allow the state tertiary institutions to commence online lectures as part of measures to reduce the…
Lockdown: LASG says mortuaries are full, corpses need to be buried, gives two weeks ultimatum to families to collect corpses
Lagos gives has revealed that mortuaries in the State are now full due to the lockdown and the inability for families to bury their dead. The was disclosed by…
Saudi Arabia abolishes court-ordered floggings as punishment
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a form of punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his…
COVID-19: Jigawa receives 524 Almajiri pupils evacuated from Kano
The Jigawa Government has received a total of 524 Almajiri pupils evacuated by neighbouring Kano State. Receiving the pupils at Gen. Yakubu Gowon NYSC Camp in Dutse, the state Gov….
WHO appoints Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. She…