Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire said that Nigeria has been using an anti-retroviral drug named, remdesivir in managing COVID-19 patients. Addressing members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday,…
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Kano: Police commander dies; 10 doctors test positive for COVID-19
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Atiku Nagodi has died in Kano State It was gathered that Nagodi, 54, who was the squadron commander, 9 police mobile force, Kano, died…
Union Bank staff dies from Coronavirus in Lagos
A Union Bank staff has died from Coronavirus complications as confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Emeka Emuwa. In an internal memo made public on Monday May 4,…
Chinese doctors have started work in isolation centres across the country – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that the Chinese doctors, who came into Nigeria over a month ago, have already started working at different isolation centres…
Niger confirms that Minister of Labour, Omar died of COVID-19
Niger’s minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar’s cause of death has been revealed. The minister’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) reported that Ben Omar, 55, had died on Sunday…
Trouble in Gombe as Covid-19 patients hit the road to protest inadequate medical attention
There might be an avoidable escalation of Coronavirus disease in Gombe state soon after some positive patients at the Kwadon Isolation Centre, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area took to the…
Kano Discharges Three COVID-19 Patients who have made recovery
Three patients who were positive to COVID-19 pandemic in Kano are now certified free of the virus. Briefing journalists on COVID-19 update in Kano, the state task force coordinator Dr Tijani Hussain…
Kogi Gov’t raises alarm over plans to declare fake COVID-19 cases in the state
The Kogi state government has alleged that there are plans in motion to declare fake COVID-19 cases in the state. Since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria, it has…
Just in: Controversial Bill on vaccination and infectious diseases passes first reading at the Senate
The Senate and the House of Representatives seem to be in union in insuring the passage of a controversial bill they hope will tackle the Coronavirus pandemic and other infectious…
Tension in Jigawa as over 100 persons die mysteriously, residents raise alarm
Confusion and fear have gripped residents of Hadejia in Jigawa state following reports of rise in mysterious deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
3,000 samples yet to be tested in Lagos over shortage of reagents – Gov. Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has lamented the shortage of reagents which has caused the delay in testing 3,000 samples that has already been collected in the state. The…
16 Doctors test positive for Coronavirus in Lagos
The Chairman of the Guild, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, has revealed at a media briefing on Monday in Lagos, that 16 doctors have tested positive to COVID-19 in Lagos state. According…
US officials concerned China will extort the world if they develop a Covid-19 vaccine first
National Security officials of the United States have expressed worry that China could hasten it’s development of a Coronavirus vaccine first, and use it to extort the world. The United…
Breaking: Nigeria records 245 new coronavirus cases, 76 in Lagos, total now 2802
Nigeria has rocorded 245 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the tatol number of confirmed cases in the country to 2802. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos…
Customers run for their lives as man with symptoms of Covid-19 collapsed in a bank (Video)
As activities resumed partially today in Lagos state, an FCMB branch in the state witnessed a scare that saw customers running for their lives as a man showing Covid-19 symptoms…
Three policemen test positive for COVID-19
Three policemen attached to Yaba Police Division, Ondo town, Ondo State, have tested positive for COVID-19. They were said to have contracted the disease from a female senior colleague who…
100,000 Americans may die from Coronavirus – Trump predicts
United States President, Donald Trump has predicted that 100,000 Americans may die from the deadly Coronavirus. Already, over 67,000 Americans have died from the dreaded virus, with over a million…
COVID-19 Outbreak: Kano is in trouble – Gov. Ganduje confesses
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has confessed that the state is in serious trouble with regards to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Kano has the…
Breaking: Another set of 14 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the discharge of another fourteen recovered coronavirus patients from isolation centres in the state. They were discharged after testing negative for COVID-19…
Video: US-based Nigerian doctor leads major study on Covid-19 drug
A US-based Nigerian medical doctor named Babafemi Taiwo is leading a major study on an antiviral drug named Remdesivir that appears to be effective in treating COVID-19. CNN interviewed Dr…
