Nigeria Records 387 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Hits 9302
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, announced that the country has recorded 387 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 9,302. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Friday night. Also Read: Lagos Estimates 120,000 COVID-19 Cases By July The centre also said that the number of fatalities has...
Trump Is Well Enough To Return To White House – Doctor
President Donald Trump will leave the hospital at 6.30 pm on Monday night despite his doctors saying he is 'not out of the woods' after being given a cocktail of drugs to treat COVID-19. Trump, 74, was admitted to Walter Reed on Friday amid reports he had trouble breathing and had a fever. He has since received care from the...
FG Raises Alarm Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccines From China
The Federal Government has raised alarm over three thousand doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines sent to Africa from China. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions. “The Ministry is in receipt of...
Release My Detained Aides, Aisha Buhari Tells IGP
The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari on Friday asked Police Inspector-General Mohammed Adamu to release her staff who are in police detention. Mrs. Buhari in a series of tweets said the IGP should “release my assigned Staff who are still in the custody of the Police in order to avoid putting their lives in danger or exposure to Covid-19 while...
President Trump, Wife Test Positive For Coronavirus
President Trump announced in a tweet early Friday morning that he and his wife Melania have both tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately," he wrote. "We will get through this TOGETHER!” The news came just hours after it was reported that Hope Hicks, a close adviser to Trump who traveled with...
COVID-19: FG Warns Against Christmas Carol, Tells Nigerians Abroad Not To Come Back
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to be wary of festivities such as Christmas carols as the year winds down. It also warned against non-essential travels just as it asked Nigerians abroad to remain wherever they are or stand the risk of being stranded in the country in the event that the government takes a decision on...
Malaysia-Base Man Held By COVID-19 Lockdown Killed Inside Barbing Saloon In Abia (Graphic Photo)
A 36-year-old man, Mr. Samuel Kalu, popularly known as ‘Akilu’ (Bitter Kola) has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. Mr. Kalu who was killed while having a haircut at a barbing saloon located at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba, Abia State was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He had returned to Nigeria before the COVID-19 lockdown and was planning...
It’s Not Time To Open Schools, Churches, Mosque, Others — Buhari Tells Nigerians
The Federal Government has insisted that Churches, Mosques in the country remain closed amid coronavirus in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated its decision in a post on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday, where it stressed that the updated guidelines for the ease of the COVID-19 lockdown were still in force. Also Read: We Will Continue To Repatriate Almajirai – Northern...
President Buhari Receives South African President Ramaphosa In Aso Rock Amid Omicron COVID-19 Concerns
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa at about 10 am on Wednesday and was received by Buhari. He, thereafter, inspected a guard of honour and was treated to a 21-gun salute. His visit to the Villa is coming hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
“I Was Paid To Pretend I Had Covid-19”- South African Rapper, AKA
A popular South African rapper AKA, has revealed that he was paid to pretend that he contracted the covid-19 virus. He made the disclosure on his Twitter account while replying a fan who called him out for campaigning for Cryil Ramaphosa. The SA rapper while giving his reasons for supporting Ramaphosa, said he was paid 10 Million Dollars to pretend he had...
