archiveApril 27, 2020

The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said that the state had recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 746. The ministry, through its Twitter account, said that 587 cases were active and 123 discharged, while 15 cases had been transferred to...

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the COVID-19 testing centre at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) laboratory in Ondo. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the governor’s weekly press briefing at the Government House...

Activities in the nation’s bourse on Monday resumed for the week on a positive note with a marginal growth of 0.07 per cent due to mild increases in MTN Nigeria and some Tier one banks. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 16.90 points or 0.07 per cent to 22,616.28 compared...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says fighting COVID-19 in Africa needs total solidarity. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo said this on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday. “That’s why the polio programme is lending its tools of personal computer, workforce and surveillance network right-pointing magnifying...

The Senate will on Tuesday resume plenary session after about five weeks of break as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate had in March suspended its plenary for two weeks in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. The Upper Chamber later extended the break to...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased from 30,000 to over 31,000 in the past 24 hours. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday. “More...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has said despite progress so far made to combat the spread of the infection, the country had yet a long ground to cover. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the (PTF), Mr Boss...

The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Olukoya has  called on all Christians and other men of faith to join in a Seven-Day Prayer and fasting revolt against the Covid-19 pandemic, its systems and repercussions. According to a prayer programme signed by the...

The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to eight in Ondo State. A week ago, the state had only two active cases at the Infectious Disease Hospital. It was gathered one of the cases was from Abuja, who was denied access to her apartment by the landlord. The landlord was...

  Nigeria is desperately in need of testing materials to expand the daily testing capacity for the coronavirus, the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Sunday. Ihekweazu, who disclosed this on Twitter, also gave specification of the test kits Nigeria was looking for...