Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General (D-G), Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to expand case definition for COVID-19 testing. Salako made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. “In the last one week or so, there have been Read More…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari is dead. This was announced in a tweet by the Special Adviser to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina. It read: Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) has revealed that 32 new COVID19 cases have been confirmed. In a tweet on 17th April 2020 at 11.18 pm it revealed that the total confirmed cases in Lagos was now 286 as against 283 reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The LSMOH also revealed Read More…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says of the 6,649 people tested for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), nationwide, there were more males than females. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General (DG) of NCDC, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja. Iheakweazu said NCDC data revealed that Read More…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), RS2 Command, Lagos, says it has recorded nine road crashes with one fatality in Ogun and Lagos States during the lockdown occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Samuel Obayemi, the FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of the two states, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Read More…
Two Lagos-based social workers on Friday called on Nigerians not to stigmatise discharged Covid-19 patients in order to prevent change in attitude of the yet-to-be captured carriers in the society. The social workers spoke against the backdrop of findings that some Nigerians were segregating against discharged patients of coronavirus. They told the News Agency of Read More…
By Obiageli Ezekwesili The covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and vulnerable. Although there are calls for voluntary international aid to support the continent during this difficult time, this is far from the best solution. The continent must be accorded damages and liability Read More…
Coronavirus active cases in Nigeria are now 277, with the majority in stable conditions, as the total number of cases rises to 442. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Thursday night through its verified Twitter account. It said that by 10:20p.m. on April 16, there were 35 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says that COVID-19 tests in all approved testing centres in Lagos State are conducted free of charge. Abayomi disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, in reaction to an online report that alleged that patients pay N30,000 naira for COVID-19 test at Nigeria Centre for Disease Read More…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday announced the recovery and discharge of another five COVID-19 patients, bringing to 90 the number of discharged patients in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu, through his verified Twitter handle, said that the patients were three females and two males, who had recovered fully and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID-19. Read More…