BREAKING: Nigeria Records 91 Coronavirus Cases, Total Now 873
Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Wednesday evening, said 74 of the new cases are in Lagos, five in Katsina, four in Ogun, two in Delta, two in Edo, one in Kwara, one in Oyo, one in FCT, one in Adamawa 91 new cases...
BREAKING: Edo Confirms Death Of Another Coronavirus Patient
The Edo Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, on Wednesday, confirmed the death of another COVID-19 patient in the state, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in the state into two. Okundia, who confirmed the death of the patient to newsmen in Benin, described it as unfortunate. “We had an unfortunate situation of a 57-year-old police officer, who passed on...
BREAKING: UK COVID-19 Official Death Toll Passes 18K
England, Scotland, and Wales have announced 757 more deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, taking Britain's total number of victims to 18,094. A further 665 people have died in England's NHS hospitals and 92 more deaths were recorded in Scotland and Wales overnight. A full round-up for the UK is expected this afternoon from the Department of Health and will adjust...
Gov. El-Rufai Tests Negative For COVID-19 After 4 Weeks In Isolation [VIDEO]
Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has announced that he has tested negative for coronavirus after spending four weeks in isolation. Announcing this in his twitter handle, Governor el-Rufai said he has now been cleared after he tested negative for the virus twice. According to him, “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four weeks of observing a...
BREAKING: Doctor Who Died Had No Link With COVID-19 Patients — FMC Umuahia MD
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia has debunked rumours that a new house officer, who died four (4) days after his resumption in the hospital died of COVID-19. In a release signed by the Chief Medical Director of the Centre, Dr. Azubuike Onyebuchi made available to ABN TV, he said even though the demise of the doctor coincided with the...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 117 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 782
Nigeria has recorded 117 new cases of coronavirus which now takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 782. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases were recorded in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Borno, Katsina, Ogun, Rivers and Bauchi states. 59 in Lagos 29 in FCT 14 in Kano 6 in Borno 4 in Katsina 3 in Ogun 1 in...
Lagos Discharges 9 More COVID-19 Patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced the discharge of nine more COVID-19 patients in the state. The announcement was revealed in a tweet by Sanwo-Olu’s special adviser on new media, Jubril Gawat. According to Jubril, the patients include five females and four males, and one Polish national. https://twitter.com/followlasg/status/1252619933227323392?s=20 This brings the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos to 107. On...
JUST IN: Globe Motors Chairman, Willie Anumudu, Dies At 68
He was reported to have died around 4am on Tuesday before he could be flown for Germany for treatment. Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu, confirmed the development. Momodu tweeted: “One of Nigeria’s biggest car dealers WILLY ANUMUDU has died! The Chairman of GLOBE MOTORS, Victoria Island, suffered some health challenges few days ago and “was tested for COVID-19 which came out negative”. “He...
BREAKING: Tension As Abia Closes Private Hospital Treating Coronavirus Patients
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has announced the indefinite closure of a private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention before their referral to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia. Ikpeazu, in a media briefing in Umuahia, the state capital, added that all the medical staffers and patients on admission...
Tension As Medical Doctor Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Ekiti State government has identified the fourth case of coronavirus in the state as a medical doctor. The government said on Tuesday that the medical doctor was working with a private clinic before contracting the virus while treating the third index case, a 29-year old pregnant woman. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who made these known to newsmen...
