The Federal Government on Thursday accused religious leaders of sabotaging the national response in containing the spread of the COVID – 19 pandemic in the country by holding large gatherings. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID -19, Boss Mustapha , said this during a […]
December 10 in the history of Nigeria’s daily count of coronavirus cases ended with a significant mark, as for the first time in five months, the country recorded over 670 new infections. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 675 new cases in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday. The […]
The Kogi state government has commiserated with the family of John Olu Irefin, major-general and general officer commanding (GOC) six division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, who died of complications from COVID-19. Crimefacts.News had reported that the deceased was attending the annual chief of army staff conference in Abuja before he took ill and died. In a […]
The federal government has asked COVID-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Some of the centres were shut after the country recorded a decline in cases. However, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, with warning that there might be a second wave of the pandemic in the country. Speaking at […]
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that he may have no option but to consider locking down the state again if the people refuse to wear face masks and observe social distance. El’rufai said the state was experiencing a rising rate of COVID-19 infections, warning that government is considering several options to manage the […]
The General Officer Commanding of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Major General Olubunmi Irefin, is dead. According to available information, the amiable General died at the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference, which was hurriedly discontinued over the development. Information had filtered in earlier in the day […]
Nigeria hit a major record on Tuesday with over 500 new positive samples confirmed — the highest daily count in the past 15 weeks. The last time the daily count was over 550 was on August 22, when 601 infections were confirmed. The Tuesday figure is a significant increase over the past 24 hours, as […]
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother has become the first person in the world to get the new Pfizer Covid-19 jab on Tuesday, as the NHS kicked off its biggest vaccine campaign ever. Margaret Keenan was given the life-saving jab at 6.31a.m. on Tuesday, at her local hospital in Coventry, West Midlands. She is among […]
A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. The outbreak poses an extra challenge to the country’s health system as Africa’s most populous nation deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, several concurrent disease outbreaks and a humanitarian crisis in the northeast, the WHO said. Nigeria has […]
Mass vaccination of Britons against COVID-19 will start next week, with the approval of the vaccine made by Pfizer/BioNTech. The vaccine was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted on Wednesday that ‘Help is on its way’. “The MHRA has formally authorised the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19. […]
