BREAKING: Senator Munir Muse Is Dead
Senator Munir Adekunle Muse, a former Senator, former Apapa Port Manager, and former Chairman of Apapa Local Government is dead. He died at the age of 81 His death was announced by his son, Sulaimon Muse, on Tuesday. Born on 17 May 1939 in Olowogbowo, Central Lagos, the late politician joined Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in 1961 as a clerk, and...
About 60% Of 979 Deaths In Kano Linked To COVID-19 – Health Minister
About 60 per cent of the 979 deaths reported in Kano State may have been triggered by a coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Monday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 which held in Abuja. He explained that the figures were the outcome of an investigation carried out by the...
COVID-19 Has Turned Everything Upside Down In Nigeria – PTF
As Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 12,000 and the death toll hit 342 on Sunday, Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the epidemic. The PTF lamented that Nigerians were avoiding being tested; a situation he said was responsible for the low testing ratio to the population. This was made known at...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 681 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 14554
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has just announced that the record for the COVID-19 in Nigeria has risen to 14,554. 681 new cases were recorded today. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle. The new cases per states are listed below: https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1271212716196274177?s=20
COSEYL Calls For Revitalisation Of Nigeria’s Health Sector
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has called on State and federal governments to make efforts to use the opportunity of COVID-19 pandemic to rejig the country's health sector. COSEYL made the call in a statement signed by Hon. Goodluck Egwu Ibem and Comrade Kanice Igwe, the President and Secretary-General respectively on Monday. The Coalition noted that times when...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 490 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 17,148
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Striking Doctors Get N4.5bn For April, May Salary Arrears
The Federal Government has settled hazard and inducement allowances worth about N4.5bn to 31 teaching hospitals and federal medical centres. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. The meeting was over the ongoing strike by resident doctors in the country. Flanked by his Health counterpart,...
Abia Govt Set To Launch Two COVID-19 Test Centres, One Commences Operation Next Week
The test centre for COVID-19 in Abia State will next week commence operation following the receipt of one of the two GeneXpert equipment ordered by the Ikpeazu administration in April 2020 from the United States of America. The State Commssioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji revealed this on Friday in interaction with newsmen. He said the state government and the NCDC...
COVID-19 Is Weakening, Could Die Out On Its Own Without A Vaccine – Claims Top Expert
The coronavirus (COVID-19), once an 'aggressive tiger' of a disease, has weakened and become more like a wild cat, according to a top Italian doctor. Professor Matteo Bassetti said he is convinced the virus is 'changing in severity' and patients are now surviving infections that would have killed them before. And if the virus's weakening is true, COVID-19 could even disappear without the...
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...
