GLOBAL COVID-19 CASES NEAR 20 MILLION
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 100,000 dead in BrazilThe coronavirus death toll in Brazil has topped 100,000 from three million cases of infection, crossing…
FG EASES BAN ON OUTDOOR SPORTS
The Federal Government has announced that it had lifted its ban on non-contact outdoor sports, while also approving the use of recreational parks for physical exercise under strict supervision, ugamatv…
331 NIGERIANS: RETURN FROM UAE TOTAL 2042
At least 331 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said. This brings the number of…
AJAOKUTA MEDICAL CENTRE SHUT DOWN: TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
The Management of Ajaokuta Steel Company has reported its index case of Covid-19 and has, therefore, shut down the Ajaokuta Hospital for decontamination. This was contained in a statement issued…
WHO warns rich countries against ‘nationalising’ COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organisation on Thursday warned against “vaccine nationalism,” saying vaccine-hogging richer countries would not be safe coronavirus havens if poor nations remained exposed. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
BREAKING : GANDUJE’S AIDE UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGEDLY DUPING 360 CLERICS
The Special Adviser on Religious Affairs to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Ali Baba Fagge, is in trouble for allegedly defrauding 360 Islamic clerics that participated in a special prayer last week…
COVID-19 SANWO OLU’S SPOKESMAN WIFE DRIVER TEST POSITIVE
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Gboyega Akosile, has recovered from COVID-19, after a month-long battle with the pandemic. Akosile, in a lengthy article on…
GROUP SUPPORTS: NCDC WITH ONLINE MEDICAL INTERVENTION
A non-governmental organisation, Murtala Mohammed Foundation, has inaugurated a tele-medical line to support the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to reach patients of the COVID-19 who are unable to access…
BREAKING : NMA ELECTION TURNS BLOODY
The election of the Enugu State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association turned bloody on Thursday. A faction of the state NMA had two weeks ago announced the suspension of…
COVID-19: RWANDA USING ROBOTS TO PROTECT MINISTER
Rwanda uses robots to protect doctors, who treat COVID-19 patients through minimising contact, Health Minister Daniel Ngamije said on Thursday. Ngamije said this at a news conference in Moscow. “We…















