High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says it remains focused on the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The agency said on Monday in Abuja that it would increase testing for the virus across the country as a strategy to succeed. Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the reassurance at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task...
COVID-19 Patient Delivers Baby At LUTH
A COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos State. ABN TV reports that LUTH made this know in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday afternoon, saying the mother and child are well and alive. “A team of LUTH Drs, anesthetists & nurses delivered a woman with Covid19 of a...
BREAKING: Bola Tinubu’s Personal Aides Test Positive For COVID-19
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, one of his aides had tested positive for COVID-19 after his late Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Lateef Raheem, died from COVID-19 complications. He explained that another aide, who also tested positive after the death of Raheem, had been isolated in accordance with the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
BREAKING: DSS DG, Yusuf Bichi’s Mother Dies In Kano
Karimatu Abubakar, the mother of the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, is dead. She died in Bichi town on Sunday night and was buried on Monday. There has been an uptick in strange deaths in Kano, though the state government said they are not COVID-19 related. On Sunday, Muhammad Garba, commissioner of information, asked residents not...
Nicotine Could Protect From COVID-19, French Researchers Suggest
Researchers studying COVID-19 patients in the Paris public hospital network have found evidence that smokers could be better protected from the virus than others, though they warn that smoking can aggravate symptoms for those who do contract the illness. Researchers from several institutions saw that of the 11,000 or so patients hospitalised in Paris public hospitals for COVID-19 at the...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 91 New Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 1273
The total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has increased to 1273 after 91 new infections were recorded on Sunday. The 91 new cases were recorded in Lagos, Sokoto, Taraba, Kaduna, Gombe, Ondo, FCT, Edo, Oyo, Rivers, Bauchi, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Kebbi. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle on Sunday. It tweeted: “As at...
Ebonyi Records First COVID-19 Case As Governor Gives Details [VIDEO]
Ebonyi State has recorded its first COVID-19 case. The state Governor David Umahi stated this in a statement on Sunday evening. He said the patient is a 31- year- old man from Ukawu in Onicha Local government area of the state. According to him: “Today 26th of April 2020, unfortunately, I wish to announce that Ebonyi has recorded the first Covid-19 index...
BREAKING: Two COVID-19 Patients Escape In Borno
Two patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Borno state are on the run, according to Salisu Kwayabura, the commissioner for health. Kwayabura said the patients – Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24-year-old male, and Hauwa Mohammed, 42-year-old female – fled the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital after their results came positive. He said while Hassan resides at Layin Tanki in Gwange 11...
[UPDATE] Imo Records First Coronavirus Case
The update from the Nigeria Cenre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night revealed that Imo state has recorded its first case of COVID-19. Addressing members of staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, on the development, the Medical Director, Dr. Achigbu Kingsley stated that the index case “is a 45year old man who lives and works in Owerri...
BREAKING: Suspected Killer Of Fasoranti’s Daughter, 2 Others Test Positive For Coronavirus In Ondo
Ondo State has reported three new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the state to seven. The state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, announced this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He disclosed that one of the new cases was one a suspect arraigned in a court in Akure, the state capital on Friday last week. The...
