Tag: COVID-19
Covid-19: FCT Discharges 7 Patients
The Federal Capital Territory authorities said seven patients at the COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital UATH have...
Covid-19: Kaduna Discharges One Patient
Kaduna State Government says it has discharged one of the six Covid-19 patients from the Infectious Disease Centre.Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed Baloni disclosed...
Kano Records 5 More Cases Of Coronavirus
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kano state has risen to nine as five more cases were recorded today.The state’s Commissioner for Health...
Covid-19: We Now Have Evidence Of Community Transmission — FG
The Federal Government announced that it now has evidence of community transmission of coronavirus in the country, saying over 9,000 persons of interest have...
No Palliatives For Nigerians With Over N5,000 In Bank
The Federal Government has said that people with over 5,000 naira in their bank account will not benefit from the palliatives to cushion the...
Buhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila Meet Over Covid-19 Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari met with president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on coordination of the...
IMF Excludes Nigeria From 25 Nations Granted Debt Relief
The International Monetary Fund, IMF
has granted debt relief to 25 countries, mostly African nations with the
exception of Nigeria.IMF Managing Director Kristalina
Georgieva in a statement...
Covid-19: Experts Back Buhari On Lockdown Extension
President
Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Lagos and Ogun States.In a nationwide broadcast, Buhari
cited briefings and report from...
Covid-19: NCDC Announces 20 More, Confirmed Cases Now 343
The Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control, NCDC confirmed 20 new coronavirus cases Monday night. Thirteen of the
cases were confirmed in Lagos; two each in Edo,...
Covid-19: 136 South Africans Evacuated From Nigeria
136 South
Africa nationals were airlifted out of Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos.This makes
South Africa the ninth country to evacuate its citizens out...
COVID-19: Kano State Govt Fumigates 5 Places
Kano State
government has fumigated five locations where the index patient of Coronavirus
visited prior to discovery of his virus status.Confirming
the development, the State Commissioner of...
Covid-19: NCDC Discharges 85
The Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control NCDC has treated 228 active cases of COVID-19 and
discharged 85 of them as the total number of the cases...
COVID-19 Lockdown: Police Inspector In Viral Video Arrested, Tried For Extortion
By Maryam IbrahimPolice in Lagos have arrested a police inspector for extortion during lockdown.In a statement released by the spokesperson of Lagos state police...
Coronavirus: WHO Says Dead Bodies Not Infectious
The World Health Organisation, WHO
says that except in cases of hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Marburg and
cholera, dead bodies from COVID-19 are generally not...
Covid-19 Crisis: FG Cautions States Relaxing Restriction Protocols
The Federal Government has cautioned states that are relaxing restrictions rules, stressing that it may reverse the gains recorded against the coronavirus so far.The...
NCDC, NAFDAC Must Certified With Chinese Drugs And Doctors...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that all medicines brought into the country as gifts by the Chinese government to fight...
Covid-19: Police Arrest Congo President’s Aid, Uganda Bans Outdoors Exercises
The chief of staff to the President of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, Vital Kamerhe was arrested in the capital, Kinshasa, after
hours of questioning into...
Lockdown: KDSG Threatens 14-Day Quarantine For Travellers Into State
The Kaduna State Government has cautioned travellers against violating the stay-at-home order imposed to curb Covid-19 spread, noting that no traveller is allowed into...
Covid-19: PDP, Labour Protest As Chinese Doctors Arrive
A medical team from China has arrived in Nigeria earlier designated for that purpose by the Federal Government.The 15-man team that came with
medical deliveries...
Covid-19: FG Slashes 2020 Budget As Cases Hit 276
The Federal Government has sent a reviewed 2020 budget to the National Assembly for deliberation. The 10.59 trillion naira 2020 budget was signed into...
