Seventy people have died and over 6,000 others infected with rat fever in Sri Lanka so far this year, local media reported on Friday, quoting the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry. According to the official statistics, 6,096 patients were infected with rat fever as at September, while the highest number of patients were reported […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all citizens of United States of America in prayers for quick and full recovery of President Donald Trump and his wife, Melanie, who reportedly tested positive to COVID-19. The Nigerian leader, who expressed his sympathy in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had tested positive for COVID -19 and would quarantine inside the White House during his recovery, cancelling upcoming appearances on the campaign trail ahead of a bitterly fought election . President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID – 19, upending the already chaotic US election , […]
Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said Thursday after Russia boasted of approving the world’s first vaccine. Russia’s Vektor — a top-secret state virology research centre in Siberia — said that early-stage trials were successful for its own experimental vaccine, named EpiVacCorona. “The first two phases of […]
The first person cured of HIV – Timothy Ray Brown – has died from cancer. Brown, who was also known as “the Berlin patient”, was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to HIV. It meant he no longer needed anti-viral drugs and he remained free of the virus, which […]
THE Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has expressed excitement at the impending rollout of 120 million rapid test tools. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, who stated this yesterday during the task force’s media briefing in Abuja, also assured that the […]
The federal government has shut down a Chinese company polluting water supply in Karshi area council of the federal capital territory (FCT). The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) broke the news on Friday, stating that the agency has shut down a Chinese gold mining company, Hongao Mining Company Limited located in Kutasa […]
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Bauchi State Office, says it has seized cartons of fake hand sanitizers worth N350,000 in some super markets and drug retail outlets in the state. The State Coordinator ,Mr Mohammed Muazu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to revoke the license of domestic airline operators over non-compliance with the COVID-19 protocols of the Federal Government. The NCAA Director General, Mr Musa Nuhu, issued the warning in a letter to all operators (DG39/20) with reference NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/267, dated Sept. 21, on Monday in Lagos. The News […]
Students of Public and Private Secondary Schools resumed back to their various Schools on Monday after the covid 19 pandemic lockdown. Pic shows Students observing various protocols as stipulated by the NCDC for their resumption at Monatan High School Junior, Iyalode, Ibadan on Monday. Students of AUD comprehensive High School, Lafenwa Itele, Otta, Ogun State, […]
