Fears As 18 Nigerian Army Generals Test Positive For COVID-19
At least 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), military sources told Channels Television (not ABN TV) on Sunday. The infected military officers were said to have had contact with late Major General Olu Irefin who died from COVID-19 complications last week. According to the sources, the affected senior army officers were attendees of the 2020 Chief of Army Staff...
Test Results Of 90 People Showing COVID-19 Symptoms In Abuja Revealed
The results of ninety (90) people who showed symptoms of Coronavirus 9COVID-19) were released by the Federal Capital Territory Administration on Thursday. According to FCTA in a post on their Twitter account noted that people that were tested for COVID-19 were confirmed negative. A further report revealed that individuals tested were from the Mpape community of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). FCTA...
Switzerland Trains Sniffer Dogs For Detecting COVID-19
Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19, media reports said on Wednesday. Three dogs are being trained by researchers from Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) for four weeks by exposing to samples of sick and healthy people. The dogs will thereafter go through a sweat-sniffing test to see if...
NAFDAC Accuses Social Media Influencer Of Inciting Drug Traders To Defy Regulations
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has accused social media personality Very Dark Man (VDM) of inciting traders at the Onitsha Bridge Head Market to resist federal regulatory measures, following recent crackdowns on open drug markets across Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, condemned the influencer's alleged actions,...
NAFDAC Reacts To Claims Of Herbal COVID-19 Remedies
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has reacted to claims of the herbal COVID-19 remedies. The agency said that all claims of herbal COVID-19 remedies are domiciled in either the conventional news media or social media. In a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye said that they only received an application from one...
COVID-19: Suspend Flights From UK Now, Atiku Warns FG
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday urged the federal government to immediately restrict flights, temporarily, from the United Kingdom. Atiku’s call comes on the heels of news of a new strain of COVID-19 circulating in the UK. The new strain is said to be more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus. Several countries, including France and other EU states, have already...
Another Woman With Coronavirus Delivers Baby Boy At LUTH
A team of doctors, anesthetists, and nurses, at LUTH, Idi-Araba, delivered another woman, 37, with Coronavirus (COVID-19), of a baby boy weighing (2.6kg). A team of doctors, anesthetists, and nurses, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, delivered another woman, 37, with Coronavirus (COVID-19), of a baby boy weighing (2.6kg). Also Read: COVID-19: Lagos Govt Orders Scavengers To Vacate Refuse...
NAFDAC Bans Indomie Importation
Foremost Nigerian food and drug regulator, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has confirmed placing a ban on the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. This is in connection with alleged discovery of a cancer-causing chemical in the noodles and failure to obtain registration certificate from the agency. The agency's Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Senate Closes Gallery, Suspends Public Hearing
The Senate has announced the partial closure of its activities to members of the public to safeguard the National Assembly Complex from coronavirus. Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced the development at plenary after a one-hour closed session. Lawan said all forms of public hearing and excursion of students to the Senate have been suspended till further notice. The Senate President, in addition,...
Ikpeazu Diagnosed With Diabetes, In Stable Condition As Coronavirus Treatment Continues – Report
Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has been confirmed to have diabetes as medical personnel do all they can to save his life from Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Tuesday, SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that kidney failure had further complicated the treatment of the Abia governor, who was moved to Abuja for better care. A source close to the governor on Wednesday however, told SaharaReporters...
