COVID-19: School Feeding Programme Will Continue Despite Closure Of Schools – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, has said on Monday that the school feeding programme will be implemented despite the closure of schools Nationwide. Schools across Nigeria have been closed for about one week to check the spread of COVID-19. She said talks with state governors to ensure the continuation of the programme as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari has...
BREAKING: Biafra Leader Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The National President of the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, Princewill Chimezie Richard has tested positive for COVID-19. The group disclosed this in a statement to Daily Post on Monday by BNYL Press Secretary, Richard Dianabasi. According to Dianabasi, the BNYL leader tested positive because he received his brother who returned from Sweden days ago “and who also tested positive at...
First Coronavirus Patient In Oyo Discharged
The Oyo State Government has announced the recovery of the index COVID-19 case in the state. This came moments after the state governor, Seyi Makinde, tested positive to the infection. “The news of Makinde’s positive test came on the heels of the release of the state’s index case from the COVID-19 isolation centre,” Taiwo Adisa, the chief press secretary of Mr Makinde, wrote in a...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 4 New Cases Of COVID-19
Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in Osun and 1 in Ogun As at 11:15 am 31st March there are 135 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 2 deaths. NCDC confirmed the update; Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in Osun and 1 in Ogun As of 11:15 am 31st March...
China Records 48 New COVID-19 Cases, 5 Deaths
China on Tuesday reported 48 new cases of coronavirus and five more deaths, in the latest figures released by the National Health Commission. According to the commission, all the new cases were imported cases, detected in people who had recently travelled outside the country. ABN TV reports that Chinese scientists have developed a new weapon to combat the #coronavirus. Earlier, new infections...
Coronavirus: I’m Not Aware Of Abba Kyari’s Location In Lagos – Health Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that he does not know the location of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, in Lagos. Kyari, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, in a statement on Sunday, said he would be in Lagos on Monday for “further tests and observations”. Abayomi said, “I’m not...
BREAKING: Fears As Spain Suffers 950 Coronavirus Deaths In One Day
Spain has suffered another record-breaking day of coronavirus deaths, with 950 people killed by the disease in the last 24 hours. It marks the country's third consecutive day of record death totals, with 849 dead on Tuesday, 864 killed Wednesday and now 950 dying between Wednesday and today. The new toll also brings the country's total fatalities above 10,000, rising from...
Fears As America Becomes Number One Country To Record 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths In A Day
The US was the first country to report 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day on Wednesday as the death toll soared past 5,000. With more than 216,000 infections across the country, America is now worse affected by COVID-19 than any other country in the world has been. The virus shows no signs of slowing down, despite the entire nation is...
BREAKING: UCH CMD Tests Negative For Coronavirus
After eight days of isolation and treatment, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, has tested negative for COVID-19. , The Nation gathered through the Head of Public Relations Unit of the hospital Mr. Toye Akinrinlola that the last test on his blood sample has come back negative. Akinrinlola said the test result arrived...
BREAKING: Ebonyi, Abia, Enugu Suspected COVID-19 Cases Test Negative
Suspected cases of the coronavirus pandemic from Ebonyi, Abia, Enugu states whose samples have so far been tested at the new testing Laboratory in Ebonyi State have all tested negative. The laboratory, which is situated at the Virology Centre built by Governor David Umahi at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki was upgraded to a COVID-19 testing facility...
