The Katsina State Government says it is investigating the causes of the unusual rise in deaths being recorded daily across the state. Gov. Aminu Masari stated this during a press briefing on Tuesday on the update on COVID-19 in the state. He said that the government has trained pathologists who would do the investigation on the causes of the deaths in the state. “The pathologists will investigate what is responsible for the massive deaths being...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated COVID-19 laboratories in Ogun and Katsina, bringing total molecular laboratory network in Nigeria to 28. The Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the two laboratories were located at Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory in Ogun and the Sahel Centre for Molecular Diagnostics and Research, Katsina State. Ihekweazu said the NCDC uses the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to detect persons infected with COVID-19. “At the moment, the COVID-19...

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike said he was not a dictator, insisting the State Security Council took all decisions in the prosecution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. Wike also explained that his government was not up in arms against hoteliers in the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim on Tuesday, said Wike spoke when the Executive of the Nigeria Hotel Association, Rivers State Chapter paid him a courtesy...