Osun State Government has announced two new cases of coronavirus in the state, bringing its active cases to 10. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, in a tweet on Sunday said the new cases are wife and son of a previously confirmed coronavirus patient. Isamotu said, “#Covid19Osun Update as at 3rd May 2020:…
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 40,746 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 53 countries across Africa. The health agency stated this in a tweet on its official Twitter handle, Sunday morning. According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 1,754 people in Africa, while a…
Spain further demonstrated it has an upper-hand over the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest death toll since 18 March. According to the health ministry, 164 people died in the last 24 hours, its lowest one-day increase in six weeks. The national death toll is now 25,264. Confirmed cases of the virus also crept to…
A senior counselor in Kano Emirate Council, Prof. Isa Hashim, is dead. Hashim, who was the Jarman Kano, died on Sunday morning after a brief illness. A family source, Ibrahim Aliyu, told reporters that the 86- year -old traditional title holder died when his health deteriorated following the deaths of some of his childhood friends…
A mother-of-two believes that drinking smoothies with a shot of sperm have helped to boost her immune system and is helping to prevent coronavirus. Tracy Kiss, 32, says she’s not had a cold or flu for three years because of her concoction which is made using donations from her boyfriend and she takes three shots…
The deputy governor of Borno state, Umar Usman Kadafur, has compared the deadly coronavirus disease to Boko Haram. While addressing some residents of the state, Kadafur stated that some people doubted the existence of Coronavirus just as they dismissed Boko Haram activities when it initially started some years ago. “When Boko Haram started, a lot…
A mother-of-three nurse has died of coronavirus just two years before retiring after spending nearly 40 years in the job. Indian-born Philomina Cherian, 63, died at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Thursday, where she also worked as a nurse, Daily Mail reports. Ms. Cherian was married and had three children. According to her family,…
The Trade Union Congress has thrown its weight behind the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the easing of lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory, saying the economy cannot remain closed for too long. The Nigerian Medical Association had on Friday said the easing of the lockdown was “premature” as it…
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the life of yet another Nigerian. Immigration lawyer in the UK, Titi Adeyemo, died of the dreaded viral disease on Friday, May 1. Her friend and Nigerian motivational speaker, Dayo Olomu, announced her passing on his Facebook page. ”I am so devastated and upset Barrister Titi Adeyemo, a leading immigration…
The Ekiti State government on Saturday officially confirmed a record of three new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state, as announced Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The government said the three new COVID-19 cases were among those infected with the virus by the now late 29-year old pregnant woman. The…