Category: Health

Nigeria Confirms 681 new cases of COVID-19
June 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 681 new cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has recorded its highest daily COVID-19 infections with 681 new cases. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control(NCDC) explained that this brings the total number of infections in the country to 14,554. The NCDC announced this on Thursday through its...
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Nigeria Warns Hospitals Against Rejection Of Patients
June 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Warns Hospitals Against Rejection Of Patients

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has warned management of hospitals across Nigeria against rejection of patients, saying it is unethical. Ehanire, who gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja, at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 press...
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Nigeria Confirms 409 New Coronavirus Cases
June 11, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 409 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC)  has recorded 409  new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections  to 13,873 The NCDC announced this on Wednesday on its official Twitter handle, adding that  no new sta...
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Nigeria Confirms 663 New Cases Of Coronavirus
June 10, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 663 New Cases Of Coronavirus

Nigeria has recorded its highest daily COVID-19 infections with 663 new cases. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control(NCDC) explained that this brings the total number of infections in the country to 13,464. The NCDC announced this on Tuesday through its...
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Senate Wades Into Bonny Island’s Mysterious Deaths
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Senate Wades Into Bonny Island’s Mysterious Deaths

The Senate has mandated its Committee on Health (Primary and Communicable Disease) to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) following the number of mysterious deaths recorded in Bonny Island, Rivers State.  The upper chamber while urging the...
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Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria

A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of No. 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, also a mother of 13, gave birth to a set of quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, on Friday, June 5.Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Now 12,801
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Now 12,801

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)  has recorded 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the  total number of infections in the country to 12,801. The NCDC announced this on Monday through its official Twitter handle, noting that as at Ju...
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Nigeria Records 260 New Coronavirus Cases
June 8, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 260 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control(NCDC),  has announced 260 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,486. NCDC explained on Sunday through its Twitter handle that “Till date, 12,486 cases have bee...
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Nigeria Records 350 New Cases Of Coronavirus
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 350 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NAN) announced on Thursday that it recorded 350 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the country to 11,516. NCDC stated that the new cases were reported from 20 States: Lagos (102),...
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COVID-19: Group Unveils New Campaign To Support Seafarers
June 4, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Group Unveils New Campaign To Support Seafarers

The Mission to Seafarers has launched a new flagship campaign to address the severe welfare issues facing seafarers worldwide in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Flying Angel campaign is a top priority for the organisation as crews remain...
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Group Donates Hygiene Packs To NUJ
June 4, 2020 No Responses

Group Donates Hygiene Packs To NUJ

The management of Amaecom Global has donated some hygiene packs to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council to support the fight against COVID-19 in the country. Chairman of Amaecom, Amachi Ofomata, presented the hygiene packs to the NUJ...
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Kaduna Explains Safe Reopening Modalities
June 4, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna Explains Safe Reopening Modalities

Kaduna State Government is working out modalities on safe reopening of the state. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Jafaru Sani, said this shortly after a closed door meeting with traditional rulers chaired by Gov. Nasir El-Ra...
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Opinion: Hidden Pandemic Of Domestic Violence Alongside COVID-19
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Hidden Pandemic Of Domestic Violence Alongside COVID-19

  By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General — Waking up to screams, thuds, angry shouting and the sickening sound of someone crashing into a wall, a table, a door. This is the cruel reality of many children and young people across...
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Nigeria Records 241 New Cases Of Coronavirus
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 241 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said it has recorded 241 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, taking the total number of infections in Nigeria to 10,818. NCDC also explained that  as at June...
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