Nigeria has been hit with 176 fresh cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking its overall total to 5,621 ...
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Buhari receives Madagascar COVID-19 herbal drug
President Muhammadu Buhari met on Saturday with the President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau, receiving from him the Nigerian consignment of the Madagascan organic remedy for COVID-19 ...
Read More »NAFDAC to fast-track lab test of Madagascar drug
Following the arrival of the Madagascar herbal cure for COVID-19 in Nigeria on Saturday, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has promised to fast-track the laboratory examination of the drug ...
Read More »COVID-19: PDP gives FG 48 hours to declare whereabouts of Chinese doctors
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to declare the whereabouts of the Chinese medical team it brought in purportedly to assist in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 ...
Read More »Oyo sees record coronavirus infections in single day
Oyo State recorded 31 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, its biggest in a single day since the pandemic broke out in country ...
Read More »Police officers grumble as FG fails to implement salary increase
The Federal Government has failed to implement the new enhanced salary structure for police officers ...
Read More »El-rufai, wife apologise to Kaduna residents over lockdown effects
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has asked residents of the state to bear with him over the sufferings they might be passing through as a result of the lockdown he imposed in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Ex-Pres. Jonathan disowns purported speech on Niger Delta, Biafra agitation
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disowned an online statement credited to him concerning the relationship between the South East and the people of the Niger Delta, describing it as a fabricated speech ...
Read More »30 company staff members test positive for coronavirus
No fewer than 30 members of staff of an organisation in Ibadan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Read More »Lagos discharges 67 coronavirus patients
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday announced the discharge of 67 more patients from four isolation centres after testing negative twice for Coronavirus.
Read More »55 COVID-19 patients leave Jigawa hospital
The Jigawa State Government has announced the discharge of 55 coronavirus patients who tested negative twice for the virus
Read More »Ogun State insures health workers, partners FG to feed over 60,000 children
Ogun State Government has enrolled over 8, 000 health workers for life insurance to further motivate the frontline workers in combating the coronavirus pandemic in the state in line with the State Assembly’s resolution for insurance
Read More »COVID-19 lockdown: RATTAWU receives palliatives from Enugu govt
…NUJ package on hold The Enugu State Government, in fulfilment of its plan to give palliatives to all journalists operating in the state, on Saturday, ...
Read More »Gunmen kill two NDLEA officers, abduct woman in Owerri
A bloody gun duel between gunmen suspected to be kidnappers and security officers in Owerri, the Imo State capital, left 2 officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) dead and 2 others injured at the weekend.
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