BREAKING :COVID-19 KWARA DEPUTY GOV WIFE TEST POSITIVE

Kwara Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi and his wife Abieyuwa have contracted coronavirus. This was made known in a statement by the state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19 spokesperson, Rafiu Ajakaye, on…

Katsina: TWO nurses arrested for Stealing Newborn Baby

Three women, including two nurses, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for the alleged theft of a newborn baby girl abandoned in a private hospital in the…

NCDC APPROVES FREE COVID-19 TESTS IN OVER 50 LABORATORY

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network are free. The centre made its position known in a message posted on…

man SUES FMC ; THREE DOCTORS FOR N159M OVER DEATH OF WIFE IN BENUE

The husband of the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Mrs Sabina Uyeh, has instituted a legal action against the hospital and three of its…

Nigeria COVID-19 CASES RISES : 304 fresh cases, 888 DEAD

Nigeria reported 304 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the death toll jumps to 888. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official Twitter handle on Sunday.…

WHO FEARS HIGH SPREAD OF COVID-19 AMID SALLAH CELEBRATION

The World Health Organisation says COVID-19 may rise during the Islamic holiday due to an increase in social and religious gatherings. WHO said this in a statement on Thursday. “As…

Zimbabwe minister, Shiri, died of COVID-19, says president

Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who commanded an army unit accused of a notorious massacre in the 1980s, succumbed to coronavirus, the president said on Thursday. Shiri,…

HUMAN TRAFFICKING WORSE IN THE US, WHEN COMPARED TO NIGERIA, SAYS NAPTIP

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says the rate of human trafficking in the United States is higher than that of Nigeria. The 2020 trafficking in…

COVID-19: 158 STRANDED NIGERIANS IN NIGER RECEIVED BY THE FG

The Federal Government has received 158 stranded Nigerian migrants from Niamey, Niger Republic. All 158 citizens were received by officials of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and…

INTENDED STRIKE SUSPENDED BY HEALTH WORKERS IN AKWA IBOM

Health Workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions, Akwa Ibom State chapter, have suspended the industrial action they embarked upon two weeks ago. The suspension followed a…