At least 13 doctors have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana, an official of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) said on Tuesday. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the GMA, Paa Baidoo, disclosed this to the media in Accra. Baidoo blamed the development on the poor distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health facilities…
Nasarawa state has recorded its index case of Coronavirus. The state governor, Abdullahi Sule, announced this at a press briefing on Tuesday morning, April 28. According to the governor, the index case is a woman who returned from Kano State to Kokona Local Government Area of the State. He said she has been quarantined at…
The Federal Government on Monday debunked claims that it distributed weevil-infested rice to South-West states, arguing that the palliatives were certified fit for human consumption. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, specifically said the distributed trucks of rice were certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration…
The Lagos State Government has warned private school owners against a plan to resume academic activities for the third term, 2019/2020 session via online teaching. Commissioner for education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, stated categorically that all schools in Lagos State remain closed and have not yet been opened for the third term, stressing that the State…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Monday that two children were among the four persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in the state at the weekend. They are among the four contacts of the 45-year-old medical doctor who contracted the disease from a patient, who is now dead, that he conducted…
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has called on stronger economies and international agencies like the World Health Organisation to support the efforts of Nigeria and other African nations towards procuring the necessary equipment and kits to enable them to conduct aggressive COVID-19 testing. He also said lockdown would fail without effective coronavirus testing. He also…
64 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in 5 Nigerian states which include; Gombe, Taraba, Borno, Lagos, and Abuja. A break down of the Coronavirus cases in each state is as follows; 34-Lagos, 15-FCT, 11-Borno, 2-Taraba, 2-Gombe As at 11:20 pm on Monday, April 27, there are 1337 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria….
Son of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Mohammed Abubakar, has recovered from COVID-19 after spending 40 days in the hospital. In March, his father had announced that one of his sons tested positive for the disease after he returned from Switzerland. In a statement on Monday, Mohammed said his experience as a COVID-19 patient humbled him as…
A test result has now shown that Lateef Raheem, the late chief security officer to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, died of coronavirus. Mr. Raheem died last Friday and was buried the same day in accordance with Islamic rites. As a precautionary measure, Tinubu, on Saturday, had his sample…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is appalled that President Muhammadu Buhari, in his Monday’s COVID-19 address, again, failed to offer decisive solutions to protect Nigerians from the deadly pandemic. The party also expressed disappointment that President Buhari did not offer any post lockdown stimulus to assist Nigerians in the private sector whose businesses had been…