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...
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...
