COVID-19
After self-isolation, Abia Gov. Ikpeazu says test negative for COVID-19
After some days in self-isolation for being unwell, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State says he has tested negative...
COVID-19: FG lists guidelines for reopening of churches, mosques
guidelines are baseline for states, free to introduce other conditions Ahead of the reopening of churches and mosques nationwide, the Federal...
COVID-19: Nigeria’s 812 health workers infected, now occupies 3rd position in Africa
…40,000 pieces of PPEs distributed to health facilities More than 812 health workers across the country have...
Coronavirus cases rise in Nigeria as lockdown eases
Part of Nigeria’s success in blunting the spread of a coronavirus outbreak had been a fierce lockdown — the largest in Africa,...
Abia Gov. Ikpeazu feels unwell, shuns public engagements
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, is reported to be feeling “unwell” in the last few days, PerSecondnews learnt. According to...
Revealed: Ex-NNPC GMD, Baru, died of COVID-19
The late Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, may have died of COVID-19, Persecondnews has...
Total coronavirus cases in Nigeria exceed 9,000
The total number of novel coronavirus infection cases reported so far in Nigeria exceeded 9,000 on Friday. More than 385 new infection...
President Donald Trump announces US will pull out of World Health Organization
Speaking at a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump announced the United States will pull out of the World Health Organization. Trump...
Escape of Covid-19 Patient in Abia Sparks Fear of Further Infection
The coronavirus flare-up in Nigeria may spread again after a patient escaped from a holding facility in Abia state, complicating efforts...
COVID-19 :FG plans to use schools,hostels as patients isolation centres
Faced with dearth of facilities for COVID-19 patients, the Federal Government says it will resort to the use of hotels and schools...
COVID-19: FG proposes shift system as it reopens schools soon
Ahead of the re-opening of schools across the country, the Federal Government said on Thursday that it would soon announce measures for safe resumption by...
WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine, citing safety
The World Health Organization announced Monday a “temporary pause” on the inclusion of an anti-malarial drug. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...
FG, Information Minister lauded over COVID-19 stimulus package for media, creative industry
The Federal Government has been lauded for the COVID-19 stimulus package being initiated for the Nigerian media and the creative industry....
Abia Commissioner and COVID-19 state committee member dies
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu’s Commissioner for Environment and 2019 Senatorial Candidate on PDP platform, Dr Solomon Ogunji, has died. He died on Saturday during...
Executive lawlessness : SERAP drags Gov. Wike, FG to ECOWAS Court
Says Wike is using Executive Orders 1 and 6 to ride roughshod on Rivers people For alleged brutal crackdown, repression, and human...
New Study: No evidence hydroxychloroquine treats covid-19
A large observational study involving 96,000 patients in the United States of America shows no evidence that an antimalarial drug treats the coronavirus....
