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Most states loosen restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Lagos
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos state continued to rise on Sunday as some states in Nigeria lifts restrictions allowing...
COVID-19: FG to private hospitals: Hands off virus management for risk of infection
Hospitals rejecting non-COVID-19 patients causing unnecessary deaths The Federal Government has asked private hospitals to steer clear of the management of...
Nigerian Governors to NASS: Rest “Infectious Disease Bill 2020” for now
State governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum has intervened in the likely passage of the controversial “Infectious Disease Bill 2020”,...
COVID-19: Nigeria may lose 950 children under age five daily, says UNICEF
By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri No fewer than 950 Nigerian children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months following...
Buhari orders Madagascar COVID-19 Syrup airlifted to Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed for Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar syrup to be airlifted to the country. “Mr President has...
COVID-19 treatment : Lagos’ clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine begins soon
Taking the lead among the 36 states, the Lagos State Government says it will soon begin its own clinical trial of Chloroquine...
House of Rep Member Presents Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Congress woman Princess Miriam Onuoha has proposed a bill to regulate the cultivation, possession, availability and trade in cannabis for medical and research purposes....
Coronavirus: Nigeria records 5 new COVID-19 deaths
A total of 98 people with COVID-19 have now died in the country. According to the NCDC, Nigeria Tuesday recorded...
Kano“mystery’’ deaths claim another professor, Isa Hashim, spiking high-profile fatalities to 18
The mystery deaths in Kano continue unabated as another Professor, Isa Hashim, fell in the early hours of Sunday barely 24...
Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Kano and throughout Nigeria with 58 deaths
The number of coronavirus cases in Kano state surged by 80 on Thursday, jolting the statewide number of infected past 1,932 three...
COVID-19: Professor of Pharmacognosy recommends herbal medicine as lifeline therapeutics
As lifeline therapeutics to COVID-19, a professor of Pharmacognosy and ex-Acting Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun, Anthony Elujoba,...
Another Professor dies In COVID-19 beleaguered Kano City
A professor of Mass Communication at the Bayero University, Kano, Balarabe Maikaba, has died in the city amid speculations of a ravaging...
Where we went wrong with preparing for COVID-19 – Lindsey Allen
By Lindsey Allen, author of ‘The Psychology of Pandemics’ Although some aspects of the novel coronavirus remain unknown, research on past pandemics...
COVID-19 death: Bank’s Regional Manager’s family accuses Kano Govt., NCDC of abandoning rescue attempt
(Listen to her plea for help above) Grief-stricken septuagenarian mother-in-law of a Kano-based bank’s Regional Manager has cried foul over...
COVID-19 vaccine ready “soon”, says U.S. billionaire Bill Gates
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, U.S. billionaire and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, said a vaccine for...
Nigerian Nurse dies of coronavirus while sister ‘fighting for her life’ inside same hospital
There have been many tough phone calls for the Akinsanya family in the past one week. The phone call from the family,...
