BREAKING!! Lockdown: Abia Govt Gives 7 Days Extension
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has approved the extension the state-wide lockdown by seven days to curtail the spread of coronavirus. This extension in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem made available to ABN TV, will take effect from Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The state government said the extension is necessary...
BREAKING: Katsina Records First COVID-19 Death
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State on Tuesday announced the death of the state’s first COVID-19 patient. He is Dr. Aminu Yakubu, a Daura based private Medical practitioner who recently returned from Lagos to the state Details shortly…
BREAKING: UK’s Official Coronavirus Death Toll Leaps By 786 In A Day
Today has been Britain's darkest day yet in its coronavirus crisis with 786 more fatalities confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 6,159 victims. A 23-year-old who had no other known health problems was among those who have died, as well as hundreds of others aged up to 102. In total, 29 people did not...
Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri Testing Centres To Be Ready This Week – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says By the end of this week, there will be four new molecular diagnostic laboratories for testing the COVID-19 in Kano, Kaduna, Jos and Maiduguri. The Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this on Monday in Abuja at the sixth joint national briefing of the Presidential Taskforce Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said: “We...
BREAKING: ‘No Change’ In Boris Johnson’s Condition, Remains In Intensive Care
Boris Johnson is still battling coronavirus in intensive care today with 'no change' in his condition overnight - amid a wave of support from across the nation. Mr. Johnson was moved to ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in central London and given oxygen after his health deteriorated sharply over just two hours, leaving doctors fearing he will need a ventilator. The 55-year-old...
BREAKING: Ikpeazu Orders Commencement Of Distribution Of Palliative Materials From Tuesday
As part of measures to cushion the effect of the lockdown in Abia State to curtail the spread of coronavirus, the state governor on Monday inspected some of the relief materials for distribution to less privileged individuals in the State with a directive that the Inter-ministerial Committee commences distribution in earnest on Tuesday. In a release signed and made available...
VIDEO: Americans Are All Praying For Boris Johnson, Says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump offered his support for Boris Johnson after the UK prime minister was taken into intensive care in London on Monday. 'I want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine, and a friend to our nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson,' Trump said at his daily White House briefing. 'We are very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care this afternoon a little while...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 6 New COVID-19 Cases, 238 In Total
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday evening that two of the cases are Edo, two in Kwara, one in Rivers and one is FCT. Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT As at 09:30 pm 6th April there are 238...
BREAKING: Two New Suspected Cases In Abia Test Negative For COVID-19
The blood sample of a two-year-old girl who showed what appeared like symptoms of coronavirus and that of a 27-year-old lady sent to NCDC has finally emerged. The results in a statement signed and made available to ABN TV by Onyebuchi Ememanka, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu are negative. "Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has just received the results of two...
BREAKING: Ogun Records 2 New Cases Of Coronavirus
Ogun State has recorded two fresh cases of COVID-19. This brings the numbers of cases to six in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this at his Iperu residence, Ogun State while briefing reporters on Monday night, said the index cases have no travel history to countries with coronavirus pandemic or contacts with people with travel history. Abiodun said the...
