Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and wife, Edith, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika. Ifeajika, who made the disclosure in a statement in Asaba on Wednesday, said that the development was sequel to the tests conducted on the governor and his wife after a few days of self-isolation. It would be recalled that the governor and his wife had earlier proceeded on self-isolation after...
A 17-year-old girl, Barakat Adeoti, has emerged the winner of a COVID-19 essay competition for secondary schools in Badagry, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition was organised by an NGO, Real Act of Kindness (RAK) Development Foundation. Adeoti, of Araromi Ilogbo Senior Secondary School, Oko-Afo, won the final round of RAK COVID-19 Essay Competition held on Wednesday at Ajara Vetho, Badagry. The topic of the essay writing was “The...
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), on Tuesday, faults the decision of the Federal Government over what the government refers to as “safe reopening of schools”. The General Secretary of the NUT, Mike Ene, describes the directive of the government as being political. He questions how teachers who have not been paid salaries in some states, would have the money to buy Personal Protective Equipment. Ene added that the government is not serious with its...
The Enugu State Government announced the discharge of 13 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of discharged cases to 63. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Obi stated that the health ministry discharged the 13 patients after treatment as they had tested negative to the virus. He noted that there was no new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case in the state presently. According to him,...
Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to Osun Government (SSG) has tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 127. Dr Rafiu Isamotu, the State Commissioner for Health Commissioner, who disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo on Tuesday, said 10 other new cases were also recorded. ” I want to confirm to you that our SSG and some of the staff around him have tested positive to the virus....
Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on Tuesday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with 17 deaths as at Tuesday. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has tested positive for COVID-19. Akeredolu made the disclosure on Tuesday on his verified twitter account, @RotimiAkeredolu. The governor, who said he had malaria a few days ago, explained that he was treated and ” got over it.” “And as at the time we had our party NEC, my colleagues called on me and spoke with one of them who felt that malaria should not be treated lightly, I...
The Ekiti State government has announced the relaxation of its COVID-19 restrictions to allow religious centres, schools and markets to reopen and travel to and from the State to resume. Governor Kayode Fayemi said that the decisions were taken following an assessment of the current situation and advices from experts. Mr Fayemi stated that residents of the State could move around freely during weekdays from 6:00am to 8:00pm, maintaining that dusk to dawn curfew will...
Rapid diagnostic test kits do not give reliable COVID-19 results, the Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed while announcing the government’s efforts to ramp up testing for coronavirus in the State. The State government had earlier called on companies and manufacturers of rapid test kits for COVID-19 to apply for validation and submit a minimum of 300 units of the Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits including testing protocols for the kits. Commenting on why...
The Lagos government in anticipation of an increase in demand for COVID-19 test in the state has given seven private laboratories approval to begin polymerase chain reaction testing for the virus. The laboratories are Total Medical Services, Synlab, 54 Gene, Medbury Medical Services, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services, and Clina Lancent Laboratories. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding, that bringing private laboratories onboard was...
