COVID-19: Chinese doctors arrive today to treat CCECC workers
Despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association, the visiting 15-member medical team from China will arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on a chattered Air Peace aircraft on Wednesday (today).
The personnel, who are ex
Lagos coronavirus cases rise to 130
Ten new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lagos State, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The Centre announced this on Tuesday evening via its Twitter handle.
With the additional cases, COVID-19 cases in Lagos rise from 120 to
Ronaldinho released after spending 32 days in Paraguayan prison
Former Barcelona star, Ronaldinho has been released from prison in Paraguay and placed under house arrest following his fake passport scandal.
The Brazil legend, 40, was thrown behind bars for allegedly trying to enter the South American nation wi
Nigerian doctor dies of coronavirus
The Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of a medical doctor, Aliyu Yakubu, affected by the Coronavirus.
The deceased, aged 60, died at the Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital, Daura, three days ago.
Governor Aminu Masari, who made th
FCT to discharge seven coronavirus patients
Seven patients receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Abuja have tested negative and are ready to be discharged.
Muhammad Bello, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), broke the news on Tuesday.
"Since the outbreak of the first Covid-19 cas
BREAKING: Nigeria confirms sixteen new COVID-19 cases
Sixteen new coronavirus cases have been reported in Nigeria
10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina
As at 09:30 pm, 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in Nigeria.
Fourty-four have been discharged
VIDEO: Davido in tears as he loses his close friend to death
2020 is apparently taking a bad turn for Nigerian Afro-pop singer, Davido, as he just announced the death of his close friend, Ahmed aka King Jhafi.
This is coming barely two weeks after the award winning singer announced that his fiancee, Chioma
Funke Akindele's party: Nobody is above the law - FG
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Tuesday, commended the Lagos State Police Command for the prosecution and conviction of high-profile violators of the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari.
This may not be unrelated to a birthday
Fake chloroquine tablets in circulation - NAFDAC warns Nigerians
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday alerted Nigerians on the circulation of falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets.
In a a statement the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye,
How to keep your smartphone coronavirus free - Kaspersky
The lockdown that countries all over the world are currently experiencing is putting a renewed focus on personal hygiene. But despite people being advised to wash their hands often, how many apply the same rigour to their smartphones? Kaspersky pr
COVID-19: Miss England hangs up her crown, returns to work as a doctor
Miss England 2019, Bhasha Mukherjee, has decided to hang up her crown and return to work as a doctor during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
The 24-year-old took a career break as a junior doctor after competing in the Miss World pageant