Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals have threatened to go on a nationwide strike from September 13 if the Federal government fails to address all their demands. The National Chairman of the Joint Health Workers Union, JOHESU, Bio Josiah, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja today September 7, listed their…
162 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, September 5. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 53 new cases and was followed by Gombe with 21 new infections. Other states with new cases include Oyo (19), Delta (12), Ondo (11), Plateau (10), Ebonyi (9), FCT (6), Kwara (6), Kaduna (5),…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday September 2, announced that 216 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria. A breakdown of the new cases of Coronavirus across states is as follows; Plateau-59, Rivers-27. Abia-22, Lagos-20, Oyo-18, Enugu-17, Kaduna-11, FCT-11, Ogun-10, Ebonyi-4, Osun-4, Ekiti-4, Delta-3, Edo-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Bauchi-1. There are now 54,463 confirmed cases…
143 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, August 31. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Plateau state recorded 35 new cases, Kaduna-21, Lagos-19, FCT-13, Ebonyi-9, Adamawa-7, Enugu-7, Katsina-7, Edo-6, Kwara-5, Osun-3, Anambra-2, Kano-2, Niger-2, Ogun-2, Benue-1, Borno-1 and Sokoto-1 Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 41,638 patients have been…
The Association of Resident Doctors, federal capital territory administration (ARD-FCTA) have declared an indefinite strike which will take off from Tuesday September 1. The group which conveyed announcement of their indefinite strike in a communiqué signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary of the association, said they took the decision amid the Coronavirus…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases dropped to 138 on Sunday August 30 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Plateau-55, Lagos-15, Ebonyi-11, Oyo-11, Abia-8, Anambra-7, FCT-7, Rivers-7, Kaduna-6, Ondo-5, Kwara-3, Bauchi-1, Benue-1, Edo-1. There are now 53,865 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,013 deaths has been…
India has seen a large spike in number of new Coronavirus cases after 77,226 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day caseload in the world. India now has a total of more than 3.38 million cases since the start of the pandemic with 46 percent of infections detected in August alone.…
601 news cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday August 22, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-404, FCT-37, Oyo-19, Ondo-14, Abia-13, Enugu-13, Kaduna-13, Edo-12, Kano-12, Kwara-11, Ebonyi-10, Nasarawa-7, Ogun-6, Osun-5, Delta-5, Niger-5, Plateau-4, Bayelsa-4, Katsina-3, Ekiti-2, Imo-2. There are now 51,905 confirmed cases…
Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has opened up on her Coronavirus experience while reacting to a debate on how Nollywood can adhere strictly to the health guidelines of COVID-19 before reopening productions on the popular filmmakers’ WhatsApp group, Filmic. Vanguard reported that the veteran actress said she was treated by some infectious decease doctors who told her that many people are infected with the…
Former Chelsea midfielder, Michael Ballack has undergone an operation to remove a tumour from his back. According to Bild, the ex-Germany international had a growth discovered on his body during an MRI examination by doctors. He immediately underwent surgery in Hanover to remove the tumour from near his spinal cord during the lockdown. Laboratory examinations recently cleared Ballack…