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 – NCDCÂ
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…
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…
COVID-19 now in 27 States and the FCT as confirmed cases surpass 1000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 144 new cases of coronavirus. According to the Centre in a series of tweets on Friday night, “As at 24th April,…
COVID-19: NMA working with other medical bodies to validate some mass screening kits
Nigeria’s Health System Is Weak, We Cannot Afford To Get Overwhelmed – NMA President NMA President, Dr Fancis Faduyile, recommends mass screening of Nigerians to curb the spread of COVID-19…
COVID-19: Kano testing centre suspends operation over lack of testing kits
Gov. Ganduje The newly established testing centre for COVID-19 in Kano State has suspended its operation. The Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Amimu Kano Teaching Hospital…
Nigeria records 117 Covid-19 cases in one day; total now 782
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782….
Coronavirus: Ganduje appeals to NCDC for more testing centres
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has appealed to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on the need to set up more testing centres for COVID-19…
COVID-19 now in 25 States as confirmed cases hits 665
Twenty five States in Nigeria have now recorded cases of coronavirus infection. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday night in a series of…
COVID-19: Gov. Tambuwal bars suspected infected patient, family entry into Sokoto
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has barred a suspected coronavirus patient and his family from entering the state in compliance to the guidelines of the…