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COVID-19 patient who absconded from Osun isolation centre found
The Osun state government says it has found the COVID-19 patient who reportedly fled its isolation centre. Ishmael Omipidan, chief press secretary to [...]
Enugu loses health commissioner to undisclosed illness
Anthony Ugochukwu, the Enugu State commissioner for health, Anthony Ugochukwu, is dead. He died Friday night at Memphys Hospital, Enugu, PremiumTimes [...]
Here is why a Chinese medical team is coming to Nigeria
An 18-man Chinese medical team are coming to Nigeria to share their experience with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and not for them to [...]
Outrage greets Akeredolu’s appointment of son into COVID-19 palliatives committee
Outrage has greeted the appointments made by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu into the state palliatives and response committees on C [...]
Osun govt reacts to 6 persons escaping from isolation centre
The Osun State government has described as untrue, reports that six persons who tested positive for coronavirus escaped from an isolation centre in th [...]
We are expecting medical team from China – Ehanire
A team of medical personnel from China are expected to arrive the country in a few days, just as a group of Chinese companies working in Nigeria have [...]
Cameroonians arrested for illegal migration in Cross River
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River State has arrested nine Cameroonians and four Nigerians for illegal migration through the waterways and [...]
I will not disclose drugs used in treating COVID-19 patients – Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says he will not disclose the name of the drug used in treating COVID-19 patients, some of whom have alrea [...]
Kogi gov suspends commissioner for brutalizing, raping lady over facebook post
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the suspension of Abdulmumuni Danga, the Commissioner for Water Resources in the state, who assaulted [...]
COVID-19 patient who had renal transplant dies at LUTH
A 55-year-old man who was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, has died in the facility from of COVID-19 complications [...]