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The presidency has announced that there will be no presidential broadcast on COVID-9 today The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this today (Monday), via his verified Twitter handle. He said the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 led by the Secretary to the …

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has asked the speaker of the house of representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in a letter, to withdraw the proposed bill on Infectious Disease Control in Nigeria in national interest. This was contained in a letter by its General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, dated May 4, …

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria has urged Nigeria former minister of Education, Obi Ezekwsili, to desist from making irresponsible remarks. The embassy who make the remark while responding to demand of the former to compensate other nations over the outbreak of COVID-19 global pandemic. The coronavirus was first recorded in …

Details released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, shows that 17 patients died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Nigeria, increasing the death toll to 85. This is the highest death rate recorded in 24hours since the outbreak of the ravaging COVID-19 global Pandemic. The details …

The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has commended efforts of healthcare workers across the country in the battle against the novel Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Adesuwa Urhoghide-Edigin,President of MWAN Edo state branch disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Benin. “In commemoration of the 2020 …

The Delta state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced the recovery of two COVID-19 patient at the Delta treatment centre. The Governor who disclosed this on his verified twitter handle, said the two patients have been discharged from treatment centre. ” Dear Deltans: It is my pleasure to announce the …

Abdullahi Sule, governor of the state, confirmed the development while briefing journalists in Lafia, the state capital, on Tuesday. Sule said the patient is a 25-year-old lady who recently travelled from Kano state to Kokona local government area in Nasarawa. NAN reports that the governor said samples were recently taken …

The former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has explained why him and his close aides which to under the COVID-19 pandemic test. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, whose sample and those of his close aides taken by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, …

Doctors and Nurses in Bayelsa State Specialist Hospital, near government house flee from their duty post as two suspected index cases of COVID-19 appears in the facility. It was gathered that the two suspected cases reported themselves at the Hospital, claiming to have contracted the virus. An eyewitness, said, “Even …

The Oyo state government have announced their intention to return the 1,800 bags of rice donated to the state by the Federal Government as palliative for COVID-19, saying that the rice had been infested by weevils. The state government took delivery of the three trailer loads of rice through the …