archiveApril 7, 2020

The Ogun Government says it has rolled out a mobile application for members of the public to self-assess themselves for the  Coronavirus pandemic. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, disclosed this in a statement Tuesday in Abeokuta. Coker said the new application, named “Ogun COVID-19 Assessment,” was not...

The Cross River Government has commenced the disbursement of N240million COVID-19 Intervention relief fund also known as Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). The money which was released by the Federal Government was to give succour to poor and vulnerable households across the 18 local government Apareas of the state. The disbursement...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed on Nigerians to support moves by the Federal Government to seek medical support from China in our bid to fight the scourge of the global Coronavirus pandemic in the country, saying the action was in the interest of the country. The...

Ms. Ajani Oluwatobi, a family health expert, says unless adequate measures are put in place, the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic will expose Nigerian women to high risk of rape and unwanted pregnancies. Oluwatobi made the assertion in a statement she signed and issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Asaba....

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has commended the Lagos State Government for its efforts in curbing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)  pandemic. The Chairman of the task force, Boss Mustapha, gave the commendation on Tuesday in Lagos,  while on an inspection tour of facilities put in place by the...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are 9, 600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on African continent with 466 deaths. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Tuesday. “There are over 9,600 cumulative cases reported in...

Kwara State Government has announced that no fewer than 75 persons had contact with the COVID-19 cases in the state as well as the suspected case at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). In a state-wide address in Ilorin on Tuesday, Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq, called for immediate suspension of...