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COVID-19: Lagos Hospital Warn Visitors To Quarantine As Staff Tests Positive
A private hospital in Lagos State, Vedic Lifecare, has urged its visitors to undergo self-isolation. The hospital made the request while confirming that two of its staff tested positive for coronavirus. Vedic Lifecare, on its official Twitter page on Monday, said its staff contracted the disease after treating a patient who later tested positive for the disease. The hospital located at Lekki...
Minister Refute Claims That COVID-19 Palliatives Are For Party Supporters
The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramat Aliyu, has denied claims that palliatives being distributed for FCT residents are meant for political party supporters only. Aliyu, in an interview on Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics, described the claim as a figment of the imagination of some people who do not understand the processes for the distribution. While explaining the modalities, she...
COVID-19: Gov Bello Reveals Why Kogi Has Not Tested Anyone
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Sunday, revealed that the state has not tested anyone for Coronavirus. Speaking on Channels TV on Sunday, Bello said this was because it developed an application for tracking symptoms and no one has so far manifested signs in the state. Bello boasted that its COVID-19 sensitization campaign was yielding good results. He said, “So far,...
Soldiers Repel Boko Haram Attacks In Yobe
Soldiers have repelled the attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Geidam local government Area of Yobe state. The attack by the insurgents came few hours after several key Boko Haram Terrorists/ISWAP leaders were killed in multiple airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Durbada in Borno. Sources within Geidam confirmed that the insurgents stormed the town...
Nigeria, Other African Countries Need $114bn To Fight COVID-19 – IMF
Nigeria and other African countries need an estimated $114bn to fund the campaign against the outbreak of the coronavirus disease on the continent. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the website of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday. The statement was issued after a meeting of African leaders, bilateral partners and multilateral institutions, which was jointly convened by the...
428,941 Nigerians Got Cash In 24 States, 130,455 From Katsina – Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari administration, on Sunday, gave an update on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to Nigerians. But the latest information will again irk Nigerians who have been condemning the criteria. The Government announced that of the 428,941 beneficiaries that have received money, 130,455 are from Katsina State. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, spoke at the weekend,...
Borno, Akwa Ibom Record First COVID-19 Deaths As Infected Patients Rise
Borno and Akwa Ibom States have recorded their first deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in an early morning tweet on Monday. The fatality in Borno was the index and only case in the state, while a total of nine cases have been confirmed in Akwa Ibom. Of the remaining eight cases in...
COVID-19: No Approved Vaccine In Nigeria Yet – WHO
The World Health Organisation on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of Africa for COVID-19 saying researches are still ongoing on the deadly viral disease. WHO Immunisation Team Lead, Dr Fiona Braka, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on the efforts of the world body on the reported vaccines for the deadly virus. Braka said...
Defence HQ Confirms Killing Of Key Boko Haram Leaders In Borno
The Defence Headquarters on Monday confirmed that several key Boko Haram terrorists/ISWAP leaders have been killed in multiple airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Durbada in Borno State. A statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche said that structures belonging to the terrorists were also destroyed. Enenche stated that the operation...
COVID-19: Two COVID-19 Patients Discharged, 43 Samples Await Test Results In Kwara
Two coronavirus patients undergoing treatment at the Kwara State Isolation Centre have been discharged. Kwara State Government said, on Wednesday, that discharged two of its four COVID-19 patients after they have both twice tested negative. They were discharged alongside five members of their families who were also at the state’s isolation centre and have equally twice tested negative, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq...
