Update on Coronavirus disease Nigeria on Sunday, 28th June 2020, shows that Nigeria recorded 490 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths. The report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control however showed that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. NCDC said till date, 24,567 cases […]
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Increase in drug abuse among the youths blamed on economic hardship in the country.
Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has blamed the horrible spate of drug abuse among Nigerian youths to the ever worsening economic realities prevalent in the country. Former Governor Obì is optimistic that visible economic […]
Nigeria has recorded 241 new Covid-19 cases.
Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria have increased to 10,819 after 241 new infections were put down on Tuesday This was released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday night. The Breakdown of the 241 new confirmed cases of #COVID19; is as follows.-: Lagos-142 Oyo-15 FCT-13 Kano-12 Edo-11 […]
A Nigerian Nurse expresses dismay that people are still doubting the existence of the deadly coronavirus disease in Nigeria
A Nigerian nurse has expressed dismay that the lack of trust many Nigerians have for government officials has made them to believe that COVID-19 is not real in Nigeria. It all started when a Twitter user expressed doubt and accused the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) of inflating the […]
Dr Ifebi urges citizens to adopt a positive lifestyle to boost immunity against diseases.
As Coronavirus disease continues to wreak havoc across the world, A member of the Nigeria Medical Association, Awka Zone, Dr. Ernest Ifebi, has advised the citizens to enhance their body immunity by adopting the positive lifestyle and to abide by the stipulated directives to avert the deadly disease. According to […]
NMA has told its members to resume work as the sit at home previous directives has now been reversed
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos State, has reversed the indefinite sit-at-home directive to its members, telling them to resume work from 6 p.m. yesterday. The NMA leaders said they decided to call off the strike as the Nigerian Police Force had reached out to the association to clarify and […]
COVID-19: 284 new cases recorded, total Infections hit 6,677.
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further on Wednesday with 284 cases reported by the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control bringing the country’s total infections figure to 6,677 out of which 1,840 […]
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, denies report that COVID-19 patient died in the hospital.
Chief Medical Director of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State, Professor Anthony Igwegbe, has refuted reports saying that a Covid-19 patient died at the hospital. He called the report false, saying that the hospital had not recorded any single positive case for Covid-19 since the pandemic […]
Covid-19: Nigeria records 226 new taking the total number of infections since the pandemic hit Nigeria to 6,401.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the COVID-19 numbers for Tuesday, May 19, 2020. According to the figures there are 226 new cases Of Coronavirus in Nigeria taking the total number of infections since the pandemic hit Nigeria to 6,401. Breakdown of the 226 new cases of […]
Covid-19: 338 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 5959.
Three hundred and thirty eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria. This brings the total figure of Confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria to 5,959. This was released by NCDC on Sunday night. Breakdown of new cases of #COVID19 is as follows ; 177-Lagos 64-Kano 21-FCT 16-Rivers […]