BREAKING: Buhari’s Personal Bodyguard, Lawal Mato Is dead
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday, passed away. He died after three years of struggling with diabetes, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, announced in a statement. The President described the officer, who had been working with him for many years before he won the 2015 elections, as “very thorough, trustworthy and dependable soldier who carried out...
Lagos Records Fresh Coronavirus Deaths
Lagos state has recorded fresh COVID-19 related deaths. This was announced by the state Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi in a Tweet on Tuesday. He stated that although the state had no fresh cases as at 20th of April, there were related deaths from coronavirus. According to him, one of the deceased was a 45- year old Nigerian man who returned...
BREAKING: CNN Presenter, Richard Quest Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Cable News Network (CNN) presenter and journalist Richard Quest has tested positive for coronavirus. Quest disclosed this in a tweet on his verified handle. He however said he has only experienced a few symptoms of the disease. “I have caught coronavirus; I’m blessed I have a few symptoms: just a cough. “I’m saving my thoughts and prayers for those less fortunate, stay in...
BREAKING: Abia First Suspected COVID-19 Case To Be Released After Testing Negative
The man, Prosper Vincent earlier suspected to have COVID-19 in Abia State has tested negative for the virus and will be promptly released for isolation, says Abia Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu in a press statement on Monday. Prosper Vincent was said to have sneaked into Abia from the neighbouring Akwa Ibom after having to contact with a...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 38 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 665
Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 23 in Kano 5 in Gombe 3 in Kaduna 2 in Borno 2 in Abia 1 in FCT 1 in Sokoto 1 in Ekiti As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 188 Deaths: 22 As at 11:10pm 20th April, breakdown of cases by states: Lagos-376 FCT-89 Kano-59 Osun-20 Oyo-16 Edo-15 Ogun-12 Kwara-9 Katsina-12 Bauchi-7 Kaduna-9 Akwa Ibom-9 Delta-4 Ekiti-4 Ondo-3 Enugu-2 Rivers-2 Niger-2 Benue-1 Anambra-1 Borno-3 Jigawa-2 Abia-2 Gombe-5 Sokoto-1
BREAKING: Doctor Reportedly Slumps, Dies At FMC Umuahia
A medical worker with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia, Abia State on Monday reportedly collapsed and died. The doctor whose name was given as Dr. Okparaeke died of an undisclosed ailment. The source who spoke with ABN TV on the condition of anonymity said he was before his death undergoing his house manship in the medical facility. More details later.....
BREAKING: Abia Records 2 COVID-19 Cases
Abia State Government says the state has recorded two confirmed cases of coronavirus. This is the index case the state is recording since the novel coronavirus was first confirmed in Nigeria. The state in a release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu on Monday says both patients are advanced in age but currently stable at an isolation...
Another 4 Patients Discharged In Lagos After Testing Negative For COVID-19
Lagos State has discharged four additional fully recovered COVID-19 patients. The discharged persons, all-male, brings the number of patients that have so far recovered fully from the coronavirus disease in Lagos to 98. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this via his Twitter handle. The commissioner also confirmed 70 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Lagos on Sunday. Giving...
Aid Worker With Doctors Without Borders Dies Of COVID-19 In Borno
An aid worker employed by a humanitarian agency, Doctors Without Borders died in Borno State after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for the organisation told Reuters on Sunday. The death of an aid worker in a part of Africa’s most populous country where camps house many of the roughly two million people displaced by the insurgency will prompt fears of the...
Jack Ma Gives-Out Fresh 500K Test Kits, 300 Ventilators To Nigeria, Others To Fight Coronavirus
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, has given-out more medical equipment and donation to African countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC. Here is jack’s tweets below; https://twitter.com/JackMa/status/1252136657672790016?s=20 “This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test...
