Health

Nigeria has recorded four new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic increasing the number to 135 in 12 states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who confirmed the cases through its Twitter handle on Tuesday […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria has warned that taking alcohol does not protect against coronavirus.  This warning came from a tweet on WHO’s Nigeria official handle on Monday where it explained that it can, […]

The victim is said to have died at Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital around 9:00pm on Sunday. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the incident on Monday. Ehanire said the victim, whose identity was not disclosed, had […]

The Nigerian Medical Association has faulted government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic in the country while calling for a uniform and immediate lockdown of the country. Nigeria has so far recorded 51 confirmed cases of […]

Two yet-to-be identified persons are alleged to have died of Coronavirus after attending the lavish and star-studded 80th birthday party of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, George Adetola Oguntade. The colourful […]

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a 21-day national lockdown as the country’s coronavirus figures surged on Monday to over 400 from 274 as at Sunday. According to the president, the measure will start […]

South Africa’s coronavirus cases leapt again to 554 on Tuesday, the most of any country in Africa, as its 57 million people rushed to prepare for an unprecedented lockdown that begins Thursday. Across Africa, 43 […]

At least three persons working in the office of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, have tested positive to Coronavirus. The affected persons are yet to be identified but it is believed […]

The Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus on Tuesday moved round most sections of Aso Villa in Abuja in order to gather facts on the possible spread of the virus. This comes shortly after it emerged […]

Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has tested positive for Coronavirus. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, confirmed this on Tuesday. This comes shortly after it emerged that the governor had […]

There are currently plans by Nigeria’s Presidency to move Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, to Lagos for urgent medical attention after he was confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus.  SaharaReporters […]

While the world is still battling with Coronavirus, another deadly virus, Orthohantavirus popularly referred to as Hantavirus, has emerged from China. The virus has already killed a man from Yunnan Province. He was on a […]

Activities in Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Villa, Abuja, has been shut down following the confirmation on Tuesday that Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu, had tested positive for Coronavirus. The confirmation comes […]

Aisha, wife of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on the government to shutdown activities to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the country. In a tweet on Monday, she said, “It is commendable that […]