The Federal Government has ordered a compulsory COVID-19 test for all prospective corps members. This announcement comes hours after it announced the reopening of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps from November 10, 2020. Speaking at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday October 15, the National Cooordinator of the Sani Aliyu,…
136 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday September 26, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; Lagos-41, Ogun-27, Rivers-19, Abia-10, Oyo-6, Plateau-6, Bauchi-5, Ondo-5, Ekiti-4, Kaduna-4, Edo-3, Ebonyi-2, Bayelsa-1, Delta-1, Osun-1, Yobe-1. There are now 58,198 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in…
US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the firebrand court justice who was known for her legal, cultural and feminist actions while serving in the highest court of the land, died Friday September 18, aged 87 after battling cancer, the Supreme Court has announced. Justice Ginsburg, nominated into the supreme court by former president Bill Clinton, died from…
Nigeria has recorded 189 new COVID-19 cases. According to statistics released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases are in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Lagos recorded 70 cases, Plateau recorded 37, the FCT, 24; Kaduna, 19; Rivers, 12; Oyo, five; Ogun, four; Ebonyi, Katsina, Ondo and Osun have…
He further stated that when surgical procedures are done right and safety is considered first before beauty, it limits the rate of mortality. “For example if somebody has diabetes and there is no deliberate step to control the diabetes first, then there is no surgery. “Sometimes, some of them do not know they have these issues until…
Nigeria has recorded 296 new cases of COVID-19. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Plateau state topped the list with 183 cases. Lagos had 33 infections followed closely by FCT with 25 new cases. Other states with fresh cases include Ogun-16, Oyo – 7, Ekiti – 6, Kwara and Ondo – 5, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa– 3, Rivers, Gombe,…
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…
