The Osun Government on Monday confirmed that a medical doctor, who came into the state from Lagos, has tested positive for COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said in a statement in Osogbo that the new case was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Isamotu said the patient was a Lagos-based medical doctor who came into Osun on Saturday to join his family. The commissioner said the...
Some traders at the Balogun Lagos Trade Fair Complex market on Monday expressed misgivings on the planned fresh lockdown by the Lagos State government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The traders, who expressed relief for the subsisting three days a week trading period instead of total lockdown that was the situation some weeks ago, urged the government to speed-up testing capacity to capture infected persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...
The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola on Monday, urged the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. According to him, “only the Almighty God Himself can determine when the current coronavirus pandemic will be eradicated globally,” In a statement, the ABUAD founder stated that schools nationwide were suddenly closed down by the government on March 23 when some pupils...
In a bid to prevent community spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic Ganye chiefdom in the southern part of Adamawa state has shut down Nigeria’s popular Ganye International cattle market, and other markets in the border towns with Cameroon. The paramount ruler of the chiefdom Dr. Umaru Adamu Sanda while speaking on the challenges of marking his 20th anniversary on the throne during a coronavirus pandemic, said: “We have engaged all our communities on the...
The Kano State Government has confirmed that some 47 medical workers tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the state. Dr. Tijjani Husaain, the Coordinator, Kano State Taskforce on COVID-19, made the disclosure at a news conference of the Taskforce on COVID-19, on Sunday in Kano. Hussain said that the health workers were confirmed to had infected the virus in the past weeks, noting that no new case of the virus infection was recorded...
May 10, 2020 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Government has appealed to health and other striking local government workers to return to work to help in the fight against COVID-19. Mr Dogo Shammah, the State Commissioner for Information, made the appeal in Akwanga on Sunday after visiting the border areas between Nasarawa/Plateau and Kaduna States to monitor the level of COVID-19 compliance along the roads. Shammah said that if health workers returned to their places of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has activated three additional laboratories in the country, bringing the total number of laboratories in Nigeria to 23. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that it would help to increase the nation’s testing capacity as well as curb the spread of the pandemic. Ihekweazu said that the three additional laboratories were in the. University of Port Harcourt...
The Rivers Government on Sunday demolished two Hotels in the state for flouting lockdown orders and State’s Executive Order No. 6 against the spread of Novel COVID-19 pandemic. This was made known on Sunday in a statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant (Electronic Media) to Rivers Governor. He said that Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers monitored the demolition of Prudent Hotel, Alode, Eleme area of the state. Nwakaudu said: “The Rivers State Government also...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom had told the alleged index case of coronavirus in the state, Mrs. Susan Okpe, that he is not responsible for her problems. Okpe who was based in the United Kingdom was in the state in March for a burial. She had accused the Federal and State governments in a viral video for keeping her in an isolation center, claiming she was COVID-19 positive and named as the index case...
The Commissioner for Health Enugu State, Dr. Ikechukwu Emmanuel Obi after investigations reveals that the two newly confirmed COVID-19 positive cases recorded in Ebonyi State do not reside in Enugu State. “Obviously, the patients deliberately misinformed Ebonyi health authorities upon questioning. The couple said they travelled to Ebonyi State from Oji River Local Government Area in Enugu State, where the man purportedly deals on phone accessories,” says Obi. Based on the above claims of the...
