The co-chairman of Kano State Task Force on COVID-19, Abdulrazak Habib, has recounted his experience as a patient of the novel coronavirus. Habib, a professor, who works in the Department of Medicine at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and the Bayero University Kano, was discharged on Thursday, upon treatment and recovery from the infection. The…
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said the state is making steady progress in the management of coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that all active cases of COVID-19 are being managed at different isolations centers across the state and are responding well to treatment. Speaking to journalists in Benin City, Okundia said Edo…
The Lagos State Ministry for Health has denied reports making the rounds that the commissioner for health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement from the ministry signed by its Public Affairs Officers, Tubosun Ogunbanwo, it described the report as fake news, urging the public to disregard it. “We hereby urge…
A new study suggests that men who have recovered from Coronavirus should be advised to abstain from sex in order to avoid passing the virus on via their semen. Patients in China who donated samples several days after their virus symptoms had faded were found to show evidence of Covid-19, Telegraph.co.uk reports. The findings have…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called for a separate account for donated funds for COVID-19. The Assembly also said the appointment of the Amotekun Corps Commander by the state governor must be scrutinised by the lawmakers. A statement said both issues were discussed at the Committee of the Whole on Thursday…
COVID-19: Fear Grips Lagosians As 381 New Cases Is Recorded In Nigeria,183 In Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has on Thursday reported that the nation has confirmed 381 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country as Lagos gets the highest number again. According to their tweet the figures and…
FIFA will approve an increase from three to five substitutions per match when football returns amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Referees chief, Nicola Rizzoli, feels football’s governing body will accommodate the requests of individual associations. It is believed that an increase in replacements, will reduce the strain on players with fixture lists across the globe…
Dr Chinoso Egemba, popularly known as Aproko Doctor has given reasons why men need not use boxers for more than two days. Aprolo Doctor stated that boxers, when used for more than two days, can lead to the breeding of fungi which he says causes jock itch. He also revealed that the fungal infection can…
At least 25 passengers on a flight from Kano to Beirut on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The Middle East Airlines had been directed by the Lebanese government to evacuate its citizens from foreign countries in early April. The Ministry of Health in its statement on Wednesday said…
Nigerian Singer Cum Politician, Bankole Wellington has reacted to an old tweet of his former protege, Wizkid, wherein the latter had begged the former to be signed onto his label as he was still a struggling act at the time. Fans had dug up the tweet which was from 10 years ago in a move…