Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, has recovered from Coronavirus after four weeks of isolation and treatment. On his tweeter handle, the Governor announced yesterday that after nearly four weeks of observing a strict medical regime, he had received the all-clear after two consecutive negative test results. He thanked Almighty Allah for His grace and mercy […]
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has urged federal government to relax the lockdown it imposed on Lagos State as a result of COVID- 19 pandemic. George, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, yesterday said the lockdown imposed since March 29 was adversely affecting […]
The actual number of Nigerians infected by coronavirus in China, the outbreak centre of the global pandemic, is yet to be ascertained after conflicting figures from the Nigerian Government, Chinese authorities and a section of local media. The Nigerian Government on Friday disagreed with Chinese authorities over the claim that 72 Nigerians had been infected […]
By Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo | NNP | April 24, 2020 –This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is raging. At an African regional policy platform, […]
Former director-general of the Nigeria Law School Dr Kole Abayomi has died in the United Kingdom (UK) after contracting coronavirus. Abayomi died on Thursday, April 3, a statement by the secretary of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), Seyi Sowemimo, SAN, disclosed. “The BOSAN Secretariat wishes to announce the death of Dr Koleade […]
By Concerned Citizen: First they broke lockdown rules by flying him from Abuja to Lagos. Then they treated him privately at First Cardiology in Ikoyi despite positivity and isolating other positive members of the public in isolation centre, some people by force despite personal protests. Then they flew his Covid 19 positive body […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | April 18, 2020 – COVID-19, a strain of Coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, has been slow to take root in Africa but the number of cases is now growing. With about 1,500 people testing positive globally as of Wednesday […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has expressed disbelief and lamented the current state of Nigeria’s healthcare infrastructure. Mr Boss Mustapha who serves as the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 made this known in a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday. The […]
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Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa’s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic […]
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