The Bayelsa Task Force on COVID-19 has confirmed a third fatality in the fight against the coronavirus that is ravaging the world. Dr Inodu Apoku, Chairman of the task force, announced this in a statement on Friday in Yenagoa. Apoku said that the third death was from the nine new cases recorded by the state. The National Centre for Diseases Read More
Gombe state Task Force Committee on COVID-19 has said it recorded five more coronavirus related deaths. The chairman of the committee, Professor Idris Mohammad, stated this during a daily briefing in Gombe Wednesday. He said the five latest fatalities included a director at Government House, working at SSG office who died on Sunday. Prof Muhammad said with the latest fatalities, Read More
An elderly man was on Wednesday pictured going through programme of event, during the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives and personnel protective equipment to Iddo community as part of the activities to mark the Nigerian Navy 64th anniversary in Abuja. Our head of camera operations Ayuba Raji who took the shot reports that many were amazed of his particular interest at Read More
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) has just announced the second stage of ease of lockdown due to Covid-19. According to the PTF, gathering of more than 20 persons are still prohibited. In this phase, curfew was reviewed from 8pm to 6am, now from 10pm to 4am. Details loading…
Coronavirus might not be the deadliest virus in the world but at this moment in time, it liquid form has towered over it pairs –Ebola, Avian Flu, Lassa fever, Mers, Sars and such likes. It came down from Wuhan, China late last year and flaunts itself in our opulent surroundings and today things no longer remain the same. Mosques, churches, Read More
Following the alleged COVID-19 index case in Kogi state, Governor Yahaya Bello on Monday ordered 14 days absolute lockdown of Kabba-Bunu local government area of the state, effective from 12 midnight June 2, 2020. The latest development was made known via a press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Onogwu Muhammed, and made available to Blueprint. The Read More
This is the current statistics as cases of novel coronavirus continue to ravage mostly European and American countries. World: 6,098,804 U.S.: 1,771,124 Brazil: 498,440 Russia: 405,843 UK: 274,220 Spain: 239,228 Italy: 232,664 France: 188,752 India: 184,735 Germany: 183,302 Turkey: 163,103 Peru: 155,671 Iran: 151,466
A four-month old child who tested positive to Covid-19 in Kaduna has been discharged, but there are still 76 active cases in the state as at Friday, Kaduna state government has revealed. Speaking during a Covid-19 update on Saturday, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni, said “Out of the total number of 232 cases reported, 149 have Read More
The Rotary Club, Central Business District (CBD), Abuja, Saturday, commissioned a water project in Gidan-Gimba Community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. The club also distributed food items including rice, noodles, vegetable oil, tomatoes puree and salt as palliatives to residents of the community to ease the burden of the lockdown by the federal and state government to Read More
Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Friday disclosed his administration’s plan for downward review of the 2020 budget from N160 billion to N120 billion, He said this became necessary due to the plummeting prices of crude oil in the global market “which has led to shortfall in the federation allocations to states.” The governor also told the people of the state Read More
A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460 km (285 miles) north of Lucknow, capital of Uttar Read More
The Kebbi stateTask Force committee on Covid -19 has discharged the two remaining Covid -19 patients in the state. The Task Force Chairman on Covid -19, who is also the Commissioner for Health, Jafar Muhammed, made the disclosure on Thursday, at the isolation unit of the Kebbi medical centre, Kalgo. Muhammed said the discharge of the two remaining Covid -19 Read More
The UK coronavirus death toll has risen to 37,645 after 185 more fatalities were recorded in hospitals across England, The Sun is reporting. It brings the total number of deaths in English hospitals to 26,234, with a 28-year-old included in the latest tally. Of the 185 newly confirmed deaths, patients were aged between 28 and 99 – and five of Read More
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded the highest daily coronavirus cases with confirmation of nearly 400 new infections. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), exactly 389 new cases have been recorded. At the moment, the total figures have risen to 8733. Out of which 254 have been confirmed dead, while 2501 perseon have recovered. Also, the centre reported that Read More
Up to 87 people earlier infected with coronavirus have regain their full health status and have been discharged from various isolation centres in Lagos state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this Wednesday night via Twitter handle said, “Today, 87 recovered #COVID19 patients; 40 females & 47 males, were discharged to rejoin the society. They were discharged having fully recovered & Read More
Rivers state continued to record high figures in their daily coronavirus numbers with 36 latest confirmation from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night. In Kano, the situation is no longer the same as the state recorded only 4 cases unlike previous weeks when high number oozed out from the north-west region. However, a total 276 new Read More
The death of seventh coronavirus patient has been confirmed by Edo state governor Godwin Obaseki. Governor Obaseki who revealed this via his Twitter handle a while ago on Monday said, “We have discharged 1 more #Covid_19 patient from our isolation centres, bringing the total number of those discharged to 58. “Sadly, we recorded a death, making it the 7th fatality. Read More
Kaduna state health workers on Saturday embarked on seven-day warning strike to protest the deduction of 25% from their April and May salaries, despite threats by Governor Nasir el-Rufai to sack any health worker that fails to report at their duty post. A communique issued at the end of a joint meeting of 14 Kaduna state healthcare workers unions and Read More
Oyo and Edo states may be nearing total lockdown after recording massive 34 and 28 new cases of coronavirus respectively. There have uneasy calm in Ibadan, Oyo state capital following growing number of Covid-19 cases especially in a popular company. The company alone has recorded 100 cases out of 162 in the state. In Nigeria, the total cases have reached Read More
Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai a while ago on Friday night revealed that two patients have been discharged, while 10 more persons tested positive. El-Rufai who disclosed this via his Twitter handle. said, “Covid-19 UPDATE: Two patients were discharged today, but 10 more persons have tested positive. All the new cases are contacts from cases in Chikun, Kaduna North and Read More
The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, will begin on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, authorities in the kingdom said on Friday. “Saturday will be the last day of the sacred holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr will take place on Sunday,” the royal court and the supreme court said, quoted by Read More
Islamic faithful in Ogun state would be celebrating the Eid-el-fitr under lockdown, Governor Dapo Abiodun, has announced. The governor who made the announcement while briefing journalists on the COVID-19 update in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital, said the level of compliance with the laid-down precautionary measures in the fight against COVID-19 was not yet at the desired level. Governor Read More
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved its policy on the conduct of governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states despite prevailing Covid-19. According to the commission, “It will flag off robust engagements with its critical stakeholders to present the policy document in view of the end of tenure governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states scheduled for September 19, 2020 and October Read More
The Chairman, FCT Chapter of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN), Commissioner of Police, Barrister Lawrence Alobi (retd.) has made case for prioritising those in the front line of checking the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the distribution of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) and palliatives. Alobi made the call while donating face masks to the Read More
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 200 people dead out of total 6677 cases already recorded in the country. However, 1840 have been succesfully treated and discharged. On Wednesday, NCDC also announced that 284 new cases were dictated. Out the new cases, 199 were discovered in Lagos, while Rivers recorded 26 more patients. Below is state by Read More
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