20 generals test positive for COVID-19, SGF in isolation
About 20 Generals have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, about one week after the death of the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj. Gen. John Irefin, who…
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu goes into self-isolation as aide tests positive
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, on Friday said the state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had gone into self-isolation. Abayomi, in a statement, titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu goes into…
ENUGU #COVID19 #UPDATE (10/12/2020)
COVID-19 is still with us, please do not be deceived, #Enugu #State Ministry of #Health warns, gives update… New confirmed cases: *7th December 2020 – 12 cases *8th December 2020…
Minister, Buratai, others go into isolation as GOC dies
The Nigerian Army has cancelled the remaining activities in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s annual conference 2020 after a participant died in Abuja, on Tuesday. The victim, identified as…
OKONJO-IWEALA SAYS: Nigeria to get COVID-19 vaccine January 2021
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of…
Israel gets first delivery of Pfizer Covid vaccine
Israel received its first batch of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring the pandemic’s end was “in sight” and vowing to get the first jab.…
90-year-old Briton first to receive Pfizer Covid vaccine
Britain on Tuesday began the biggest vaccination programme in the country’s history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first person to receive the Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech. The historic inoculation…
WARIF SAYS, COVID-19 has increased sexual abuse cases
A non-governmental organisation, Women at Risk International Foundation, has decried the increase in the rate of sexual and domestic abuse during the coronavirus pandemic. WARIF said this was so because…
US promises more support to end HIV in Nigeria
The United States Government, says it will continue to support Nigeria in its quest to end the HIV pandemic in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Marybth Leonard, gave…
Anambra hospital holds blind man’s wife over N248,000 bill
A 39-year-old woman, Virginia James, has been held in a private hospital in Awka, Anambra State, over medical bill. UGAMATV learnt that the victim had been in the hospital for…















