A new mum identified as Stacey Jones has said the number two will be her new lucky number after her second son was born at 2.02 am on February 2 in a hospital delivery room 2 and weighing 122oz (3.4kg). Stacey’s labor with newborn Dominic was said to have lasted a total of 32 minutes….
The federal government has acquired necessary reagents to test for suspected cases of the Novel Coronavirus in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the briefing after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House. The Minister also disclosed that Nigeria has set up three laboratories across the country to…
At least 50 people are under close watch for Lassa fever in Anambra State, the government said on Tuesday. It said the only confirmed case was a 25-year-old Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) student, who is receiving treatment at the Virology Centre in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don…
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said “Covid-19” would be the new official name for the deadly coronavirus that was first identified in China on December 31. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva, explaining that “co” stood for “corona”, “vi” for…
-Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health, assures Nigerians that the health ministry in collaboration with the Lagos state government is well ready to contain the novel coronavirus if eventually the disease eventually breaks out in Nigeria. Ehanire notes that Lagos state is ready to combat the virus as there are high readiness and awareness in…
Some Nigerians who are currently in Wuhan, the Chinese city where coronavirus broke out two weeks ago, are appealing to the federal government to evacuate them. As of Monday morning, the virus had killed 362 people in China. Many countries have been evacuating their citizens as a result of the health crisis. But last week,…
Odion Ighalo says becoming a Manchester United player is a dream come true. Ighalo sealed a last-gasp Deadline Day loan move to United from the Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. The former Watford striker touched down at Manchester Airport on Sunday morning and said he is relishing the chance to prove himself at Old…
The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, has said the government is tackling the Lassa fever with vigor. Adegbenro stated this at the meeting of the state Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committee on Friday in Akure, the state capital. He said, “The state has not been sleeping over the issue, as the fatality…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has assured that Nigeria has the capacity to detect and respond to the coronavirus if it is imported into the country. The coronavirus, a deadly new virus which originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 170 people and spread to several provinces in the country as well…
The Nigeria Police in Abuja have arrested five persons for falsely claiming that they had contracted the dreaded coronavirus disease. They were said to have stormed the Wuse District Hospital claiming that one of them had been infected by coronavirus. The incident reportedly sparked panic and confusion and also disrupted normal health service delivery at…