Medical

As the number Nigerians battling the COVID-19 rises above 97, there are indications that global shortage of testing capacities, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators, may threatens the chances of patients to survive and nations to stop the spread of ...

Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Asishana Okauru and his wife, Ifueko, have tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Okauru stated this in a statement issued in Abuja, following the tests earlier conducted on him and his wife at ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to “publish weekly details of funds and other resources allocated and received from the private sector, as well as details of their use in combating the spread COVID-19.” ...

Thousands of travellers in and out of Delta have been stranded, as the enforcement of border closure begins in the state. Even some commuters, who had attempted to beat security by crossing the River Niger through boats stationed underneath the ...

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has urged Nigerians to be vigilant and observe precautionary measures against criminal elements who might exploit the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their nefarious activities. The Force Public Relations Officer, ...

The Rivers government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have differed on the existence of an index case in the state of the COVID-19 currently ravaging the globe. The NCDC had on its official tweet handle disclosed that ...

The Delta State Traditional Rulers Council backed the ban on social activities by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to check the pervasive CONVID-19 outbreak in the country. Its chairman and the Obi of Owa, Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor II, who communicated the decision ...

AS the country continues to battle Coronavirus pandemic, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has raised the alarm over depleting water resources and sought continuous monitoring and measuring of water level to tackle the challenge. A statement issued by Director General ...

Elder statesman and Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has challenged scientists in institution to engage in research and find a lasting solution to COVID-19. Insisting that the pandemic was threatening to ground the country ...

As earlier predicted, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has increased with seven new cases in less than 24 hours with Oyo and Rivers recording first infections. Latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...