BREAKING: 11 More COVID-19 Patients Recover, Discharged In Lagos – Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu who is also the Incident Commander of the #Covid19Lagos, has announced the recovery and discharge of 11 more patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, after testing negative twice. The patients comprise nine males and two females, making the number of those who have recovered to 18. According to the governor, “I am happy...
FMC Umuahia To Host MDCAN Inaugural Annual Lecture Wednesday
All is now set for the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Umuahia, Abia State will host members of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN to a one day inaugural annual lecture. https://youtu.be/K42f7c0jpCc The event which is first of its kind has as the theme, The Prime Unpredictable Pass: Preempting And Prioritising The Process Professionally And Proficiently. Date for this event...
BREAKING: Punch Director Dr Lekan Are, Dies At 86
PUNCH director, businessman, agronomist and respected elder citizen, Dr. Lekan Are, is dead. A family member who confirmed his death to PUNCH on Saturday said Dr. Are died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, shortly after midnight. He was 86. Dr Lekan Are, the longest-serving director on the board of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, was the Chairman of Kakanfo Inn and a...
6 Side Effects Of Not Drinking Enough Water
Drinking water often helps to maintain a healthy balance. Mild dehydration can decrease one’s energy level and mental functioning and increase stress on the body while severe dehydration can have far more damaging effects. To avoid dehydration drink at least eight glasses of water every day as an adult. The importance of water to the mechanics of the human body cannot...
BREAKING: Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Surges By 627 In A Single Day
Italy's coronavirus death toll has leapt by 627 in a single day, an increase of 18.4 percent, taking the total to 4,032 - by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the virus emerged a month ago. On Thursday, Italy overtook China as the country to register most deaths from the highly contagious virus. Until today, Italy had never...
Sierra Leone Battles Mpox Outbreak: Over 1,100 Cases, 9 Deaths As Vaccination Efforts Intensify
Sierra Leone is grappling with a sharp rise in mpox cases, with 1,140 infections and nine deaths recorded so far in 2025, the country's health ministry confirmed Thursday. This marks a significant jump from last week’s tally of 763 cases and six deaths, underscoring the fast-moving nature of the outbreak that prompted the government to declare a public health emergency...
Two foreign-based Nigerian doctors die from COVID-19
Two foreign Nigerian medical professionals have died of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). They are Italy-based Dr Olumide Okunuga and a London-based female medical doctor whose name was not given. Okunuga, according to US-based blog, Irohinoodua, was the President of Egbe Omo Yoruba, Emila Romagna and Vice-President of Yoruba National Community in Italy. The 64-year-old pathologist from Ikenne Remo, in Ogun State, was a two-time...
Garba Shehu, Lai Mohammed, Others Reportedly Test Positive To COVID-19
A number of presidential aides have reportedly tested positive to Covid-19 and are now on self-isolation. Premium Times Saturday named those affected as the permanent secretary in the State House, Tijani Umar; the President’s Aide-de-camp (ADC), Yusuf Dodo; his chief security officer (CSO), Aliyu Musa, and his senior special assistant (media and publicity), Garba Shehu. The online newspaper said their results...
COVID-19: 8,000 Workers Sacked In Anambra State
About 8,000 staff members of a waste management company in Anambra State have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is coming as states have locked down their boundaries to stop the spread of the COVID-19. Managing Director, Redivivus Industries Ltd., Mr. Emeka Ajekwu, who disclosed this to newsmen in Awka, on Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic had adversely...
Aid Worker With Doctors Without Borders Dies Of COVID-19 In Borno
An aid worker employed by a humanitarian agency, Doctors Without Borders died in Borno State after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for the organisation told Reuters on Sunday. The death of an aid worker in a part of Africa’s most populous country where camps house many of the roughly two million people displaced by the insurgency will prompt fears of the...
