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...
Atiku’s Son Mohammed Reportedly Struggling To Survive From COVID-19
Mohammed Atiku, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, is still battling with COVID-19 and his situation is not looking good, according to a report from investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo. The former vice president had on March 23rd broken the news that his son had tested positive and had been taken to the University of Abuja Specialist Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada....
BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 86 New COVID-19 Cases, Toll Hits 627
Nigeria has recorded 86 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 627. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases were recorded in Lagos, Abuja, Katsina, Akwa Ibom, Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno. 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at...
BREAKING: Lagos Discharges 4 More COVID-19 Patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the discharge of another set of patients from isolation centres in Lagos. “I am delighted to once again intimate you on the success we are recording in the battle against the lethal COVID19 infection. “Today, four more persons; all-male were discharged to reunite with their families and the community. “The patients; 3 from the Mainland...
Davido’s Fiancee, Chioma Tests Negative For COVID-19
Chioma Rowland, the fiancee of Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke aka Davido, has won her battle with the dreaded COVID-19. Excited Davido broke the good news on Sunday night, saying that she has tested negative twice. Davido had announced on March 27th that Chioma who had recently returned from the United Kingdom had tested positive for the virus. He also disclosed...
BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 49 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 542
Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti. As at 10:40 pm 18th April, there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 166 have been discharged with 19 deaths. 23 in Lagos 12 in FCT 10 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Oyo 1 in Ekiti As...
BREAKING: Fleeing Suspected COVID-19 Patient Captured In Abia, Quarantined (Photos)
The Abia state government has announced that a fleeing coronavirus patient Vincent Prosper, who had earlier had contact with a confirmed case in Akwa Ibom is now in custody, ABN TV reports. The suspected patient was tracked down with the help of security agents who pinned him to his location after he had severally refused to turn up for testing. A...
BREAKING: Lagos Records 3 COVID-19 Deaths
Three more COVID-19 patients in Lagos have died. Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, announced this on Saturday. According to him, the deceased are two males and a female aged 52, 63 and 67 respectively. He added that two of the victims had underlying health issues. “32 new #COVID19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 17, 2020. Total number of confirmed...
FCT Confirms 2 New Cases Of COVID-19
Two new cases of Coronavirus has been confirmed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The FCTA in a post on its Twitter account confirmed that it has so far recorded two deaths and the total number of active cases remains at 44. “Two new cases in the F.C.T. Summary of #COVID19FCT as at 10:10 pm, 17th April 2020.” “Total number of confirmed...
