The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari and his manipulative All Progressives Congress (APC) have completely betrayed the Almajiris and other downtrodden, poor and vulnerable Nigerians after using them to grab power in 2015. The party asserts that the APC and its government have continued to show their true colours especially as manifested…
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has disclosed that a worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghana’s president said this in a nationwide address on Sunday night as he lifted the three weeks restriction on movement in parts of the…
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has announced that the extension of Coronavirus lockdown by three more weeks. The U.K. has the second-highest confirmed coronavirus death toll in the world and the highest in Europe. The country has reported more than 220,000 recorded cases and 31,000 deaths from the virus as of…
Ondo State has recorded its first death from Coronavirus. The patient died in the early hours of Monday at the Infectious Disease Hospital on Igbatoro Road in Akure, the state capital. Dr Wahab Adegbenro, Commissioner for Health in the state, made the disclosure during a chat with SaharaReporters. He said: “The patient died today at…
The Bauchi State Government says confirmed COVID-19 cases in the had risen to 183 following the confirmation of 22 new cases. The state Coordinator of COVID -19 Task Force, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Bauchi. “On Sunday, May 10, 2020, the Surveillance Team of the Bauchi State Task Force…
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed on Sunday confirmed the death of 150 people in Azare, headquarters of Katagum Local Government, in the last 30 days. He said they died of hypertension and other related diseases. Although he said the deaths were not linked to Coronavirus, he explained that Azare recorded 27 positive cases out of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas for two days only, with effect from Tuesday 12th May 2020. Governor Wike made the announcement in a State-Wide broadcast last night. He said that the total lockdown will be lifted on Tuesday…
Ondo State has recorded its first death of COVID-19, Daily Sun has learnt. According to a reliable source, the death was recorded on Monday morning at the isolation centre in Akure, the state capital. “The patient who has been in the isolation centre for some time died despite the treatment given to him,” the source said. Ondo…
Lagos has discharged 21 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centers to reunite with the society after testing negative twice consecutively. The Incident Commander and Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a statement he signed. According to him, the discharged patients, who are all Nigerians, were made up of 17 males and…
The kit is called ELIZA, an acronym for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the health minister announced the breakthrough on Sunday. ELISA kits are similar to rapid antibody tests, which detect antibodies in the blood to find out if an individual was infected with COVID-19 infection or not. “National Institute of Virology, Pune, has…