Kaduna State has confirmed one new case of COVID-19, raising the active cases to four Commissioner of Health Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni has disclosed. A statement by the Commissioner on Saturday said that the new case is a close contact of one of the three new cases announced earlier in the week. Baloni reiterated that…
The Governor of Ondo State says another positive case of Covid-19 has been reported in the state. The governor said the case is a police officer who was tested in Lagos state but came to the state after which he went back to Lagos and then returned to the state for treatment. The governor who…
An unnamed woman in Sapele, Delta State, has reportedly lost her life after two-month dry fasting. Eyewitnesses said that the incident happened along MTN Road, Okirigwhere in Sapele. It was gathered that the woman, her husband, son, and a friend locked themselves inside the house for two months to complete the 60-day fasting. Our correspondent…
The English Premier League stakeholders are eyeing a resumption of the season on June 8, behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, and reaching a climax on July 27, according to The Times. The paper claims football chiefs, along with other sports governing bodies, have been holding talks with the British government about when…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday, arrested one Mr. Godwin Jeremiah, a bricklayer from Ikot Udota Community in Eket local government area for allegedly raping his 13- year-old daughter, Miss Emem Godwin Jeremiah. The arrest was led by the DPO of Eket Police Division, Mr. Sunday Digha with the effort of Eket Local…
A housewife stabbed her husband to death in Bauchi State. According to a Facebook user, Datti Assalafiy, who shared photos of the deceased and the suspect on Saturday, April 25, the incident happened in Itas-Gadau Local Government Area of the state. The reason for the alleged murder is yet unknown.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to 28,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Saturday. “Over 28,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent – with over 8,000…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) ESUT Teaching Hospital (ESUT-TH) Parklane Enugu has resumed its indefinite strike pending the fulfillment of the agreement with Enugu State Government. The Association made this known in an official letter sent to the Chief Medical Director, ESUT-TH, Parklane, Enugu dated April 24th, 2020 by its President Dr. Chima Edoga…
Due to the coronavirus lock down, a couple in Kaduna has gone viral after getting married in their compound. Maintaining social distancing with few people in attendance, the couple were tied together in holy matrimony. See more photos below..
As Nigeria continues to battle the Coronavirus pandemic, the Ogun State Government says it will begin enforcing the wearing of face masks in the state, as from May 1, 2020. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this during a press conference in the state on Friday, April 24. He said offenders of the compulsory face mask order…