Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has bowed to the pressure of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the state over hazard allowance and life insurance packages. The ARD at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, had last week commenced a three-day warning strike to press home the demand for hazard allowance and life […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to donate their buildings as isolation centres. Ehanire made the appeal at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control aimed to test two million people in the next three […]
Juventus forward, Paulo Dybala, has tested positive for Coronavirus for the fourth time in six weeks, according to Spanish programme El chiringnito..Dybala confirmed on march 21, that he & his girlfriend Oriana Sabatini, has contracted the Virus. It is believed the Argentine has had a total of four tests in six weeks as a result of […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has set a target of testing two million people in the next three months across the country. The Director-General of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who announced this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on Tuesday, said the target was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for aggressive reinforcement of testing and […]
The Vice President of the United State of America toured the renowned Minnesota hospital Mayo Clinic with a large group Tuesday and decided he’d pass on wearing a mask. The medical facility says, as policy, everyone needs to cover their face to guard against transmission of COVID-19. Everyone around Pence adhered to the policy, so […]
Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Tory Sneed has died from Coronavirus complications at the age of 52. Sneed who earned a Grammy nomination for his work on the Youth For Christ’s 1999 album “Higher”, died early Monday April 27, at a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. The singer’s friend and radio personality, KD Bowe penned down a tribute to him on social […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation- Boss Mustapha, has said that the Almajiris will become an army that may overwhelm Nigerians in future if the government isn’t fast in thinking of how they can be catered for and properly developed. Mr Mustapha’s statement was in reaction to the decision of some northern governors […]
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr – chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT), has tested positive to coronavirus. Raymond Dokpesi Jnr disclosed this in a short message to members of staff on Monday evening, where he urged his employees who had interacted with him to isolate themselves. He said: “I got a call this […]
Senegal has reportedly developed one of the world’s most affordable Coronavirus testing kits, which costs $1 each and $60 3D printed ventilators. A laboratory in Senegal used its AIDS and Ebola experience to develop a $1 COVID-19 testing kit and ventilators that cost just $60. Despite the country’s low budget for health, the West African […]
Ghana has confirmed 271 new cases of Coronavirus just a week after lifting lockdown in Accra and Kumasi, the country’s two largest cities. According to Ghana Web, Ghana Health Service (GHS) confirmed the 271 new cases on Sunday to take their total number to 1,550. A new death from the disease was also recorded. The death […]