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May 20, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 226 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 226 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total figure to 6401. NCDC listed the states and the figures as follows: 131-Lagos25-Ogun15-Plateau11-Edo7-Kaduna6-Oyo5-FCT5-Adamawa4-Jigawa4-Ebonyi4-Borno3-Nasarawa2-Bauchi2-Gombe1-Enugu1-B...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 216 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 216 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total figure to 6175. NCDC listed the states and the figures as Lagos (74); Katsina (33); Oyo (19); Kano (17); Edo (13); Zamfa...

May 14, 2020 No Responses

WHO: Coronavirus May Never Go Away

The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if.....

May 10, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 239 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 239 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4151. The NCDC also said that 11 new patients have been confirmed dead...

May 9, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 386 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 3912. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been confirmed dead to...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

NLNG Donates 10-Bed Isolation Centre, Medical Kits To Rivers Community

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has donated a 10-bed holding centre to Bonny Zonal Hospital in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers. The company also donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth millions of naira to its host community and...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 381 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. The centre said this is the highest...

May 7, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 3,145 Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 195 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 3145. The NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead to the...

May 6, 2020 No Responses

NCDC Rolls Out More Guidelines For Employers, Businesses

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has rolled out additional preventive measures for individuals, employers and businesses following Federal Government’s May 4 easing of COVID-19 lockdown in parts of the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director Gene...

May 4, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 170 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2558. The NCDC also said that two new patients have been confirmed...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Increases Hazard Allowance Of Health Workers To N25, 000

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved an increase in the hazard allowance of health workers in the state public service from N5,000 to N25,000. Sanwo-Olu, through a tweet by Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media,...

April 13, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Partners Julius Berger To Disinfect Major Roads, Bus Stops

The Lagos State Government has partnered Julius Berger Plc in continuation of the disinfection and fumigation of public places in the state as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources,...

April 8, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: ECOWAS Distributes Chloroquine For Member States

The West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered over one million kits for member states to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The new order,according to the sub-regional body, is to supplement its ongoing distribution of other kits and medicines including...

April 7, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: UITH Suspends Consultant Over Alleged Unethical Conduct

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Monday announced the suspension of Prof. Alakija Salami as a Senior Consultant from the hospital. The management said in a statement signed by Mr David Odaibo, the Director of Administration of UITH,...