COVID-19: This Is The Right Time To Lockdown – PTF Chairman
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha yesterday said considering the increasing cases of confirmed COVID-19 in the country, it won’t be out of place to lock down Nigeria the second time. Declaring this during the COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, Mustapha lamented that the way and...
15 Corps Members Test Positive Of COVID-19
Not less than 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Niger state have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Muhammed Makusidi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Thursday January 28 during a meeting with the state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello on measures to put in place to contain the spread of the novel virus in the...
COVID-19: Kano State Govt Orders Civil Servants To Stay At Home
In its effort to curtail the rise of COVID-19 cases, The Kano State Government on Tuesday directed all civil servants in the state to stay at home pending further directive. It also imposed a fresh ban on the activities of viewing and event centres across the 44 local government areas of the state following the increasing number of COVID-19 cases...
Shocking Reason For Death Of Cross River Lawmaker Akwaji Finally Revealed
The family of late Hon. Dr. Godwin Akwaji who until his death was the member representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, has denied insinuations that the late lawmaker died of coronavirus. The family insisted that until his death, late Akwaji never showed any symptoms of COVID-19, adding that publications that attributed his death to...
Abia Discharges 93 Coronavirus Patients
Ninety-three persons from Abia State were on Monday morning discharged from the state isolation centre in Amachara Specialist, Umuahia after they were treated and confirmed COVID-19 free. The result of their sample sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) laboratory at Abakiliki, Ebonyi State returned negative as at the weekend, prompting the Task Force on COVID-19 in Abia...
COVID-19: Abia Reinstates Ban On Public Gatherings, Others
Abia State Government has reinstated the ban on public gatherings, and compulsory wearing of facemasks in public places as the second wave of COVID-19 takes its toll on Nigeria. Following this, the state is set to map out a day in the coming days to observe Abia COVID-19 Awareness Day with the purpose of laying emphasis on the pandemic and...
BREAKING: Nigerians To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine By End Of January – FG
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the Minister, a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria. Details later… Source https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/breaking-appeal-court-nullifies-olisa-metuhs-conviction/
Many Abia Health Workers Could Be Infected For Attending To Patients Without PPE – Commissioner
John Okiyi Kalu, the Abia commissioner for information, says many health workers in the state might have been infected with COVID-19 as a result of unknowingly attending to patients without full protection. Kalu disclosed this on Monday while responding to questions on the COVID-19 situation in the state. The state recorded 15 new cases of the disease on Sunday and is...
Trump Received Oxygen In White House Before Being Hospitalised Friday — Report
Confusion has erupted over Donald Trump's condition as he fights coronavirus after the president's doctors said he is doing 'very well' while a White House source claimed his vitals are 'very concerning'. Trump's personal physician Sean Conley offered an update on his condition outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Saturday morning alongside several other members of...
Adamawa Governor Threatens To Demolish Houses Of COVID-19 Palliative Looters
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, has given all those who looted COVID-19 relief items in the state 12 hours to return them. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, Fintiri threatened to demolish any building that houses the stolen items. On Sunday, a mob hit a warehouse in Yola, the state capital, carting away food items such as spaghetti, groundnut oil and cartons of...
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