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Nigeria Coronavirus Cases Rise Above 3,000

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesay confirmed a total number of 195 new coronavirus cases…

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UNIZIK Dismisses Don Over Alleged Discovery Of COVID-19 Drug

Management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has dismissed Dean, Faculty of Phar…

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Osun State Discharges Eight COVID-19 Patients

Osun State government has announced the recovery and discharge of eight COVID-19 patients, including…

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COVID-19 Likely To Raise TB Deaths By 1.4m

About 1.4 million more people may die of tuberculosis (TB) globally by 2025 as a fallout of the coro…

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Why Some States Don’t Need COVID-19 Labs — NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said not every state requires a molecular laboratory to t…

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Kaduna Confirms 72 COVID-19 Cases, Discharges Two

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the state is treating 72 COVID-19 patients, out of w…

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Coronavirus Kills Kano Doctor, 33 Infected

The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association  says it has  lost one of its members to  …

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COVID-19 War Would’ve Been Tougher Without Abacha Loot – Presidency

The Presidency has said the repatriation of the money stolen by the late Head of State, Gen Sani Aba…

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Gbajabiamila Bars Reps With COVID-19 Contact, Defends NCDC Bill

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asked members to stay away from …

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Jumbo Allowance For Health Workers In Kwara

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday hailed Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq …

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NCDC Driver Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Nasarawa, Says Gov Sule

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa says the state has recorded an additional confirmed case of coro…

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COVID-19: Four Intercepted Travellers Tests Positive In Ibadan

Four out of the 11 travellers from Sokoto State intercepted over the weekend at the Oyo-Osun boundar…

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Two Ondo Casual Health Workers Test Positive For COVID-19

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has expressed deep solidarity with the brave health worker…

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PTF Recruits 3300 Persons For House-To-House Search Of Suspected Coronavirus Cases In Kano

The Presidential task force (PTF) on Covid -19 has mobilised about 3300 informants to conduct house-…

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Senate Dares Critics, Considers Health Bill

The Senate yesterday began work on the controversial Health Emergency Bill despite the intense criti…

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19m Displaced Children Vulnerable To Coronavirus, Says UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned that the estimated 19 million children in…

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Lagos Discharges 60 Coronavirus Patients

Lagos State government on Tuesday announced the discharge of 60 patients from the isolation centres …

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Nigeria Using Remdesivir To Manage COVID-19 Patients, Says Health Minister

Nigeria health minister Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said Nigeria has started using remdesivir, an anti…

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Lagos Records Another COVID-19 Death As 14 Patients Recover

Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced the death of another COVID19 patient with 14 others reco…

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Presidential Task Force Denies Linking Kano Mass Deaths To COVID-19

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has debunked media reports attributing the mass deaths…

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