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Three commissioners, one special adviser test positive for COVID-19 in Gombe

Three Commissioners and one Special Adviser to the state governor in Gombe state are…

24 army officers, nine prisoners, 36 others contract COVID-19 in Bauchi

Bauchi State recorded 69 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive…

25 doctors, nurses, non-health workers in isolation as nurse contracts COVID-19 in Enugu

No fewer than 25 doctors, nurses and other non-health workers at the National Orthopaedic…

Mother of 13 gives birth to quadruplets in Zaria

A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of No. 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, also a mother…

Pastor, journalist, 42 others test positive for coronavirus in Ondo

A journalist, working in Ondo and a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Okitipupa…

Nigeria conducts 80,000 COVID-19 tests, 155,443‬ fewer than Ghana

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 chairman, Boss Mustapha, has said over 80,000 tests…

Covid-19 confirmed cases in South East low, we expect more – NCDC DG

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on…

587 of 979 strange deaths in Kano caused by COVID-19, health minister reveals

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said investigations into strange deaths in Kano…

COVID-19: Jigawa Govt. lifts suspension on weekly markets

The Jigawa Government has lifted the suspension it placed on weekly markets across the…

Nigerian doctors set to begin nationwide strike June 15

The National Association of Resident Doctors in Nigeria is set to commence on a…

Declared coronavirus cases top 7.1m globally

Declared coronavirus infections topped seven million globally, some two-thirds in Europe and the United…

Covid-19: NMA seeks bed-spaces in hotels, insists home treatment dangerous,

The Nigerian Medical Association on Sunday called on the federal and the state governments…

Akwa Ibom spends N11.5m on COVID-19 tests

The Akwa Ibom State Government has said it spent N50,000 on each COVID-19 test.…

JUST IN: NARD orders doctors, including those at Covid-19 frontline, to begin strike next week

Doctors working in government health facilities, including those attending to Covid-19 patients and other…

Kano, Ogun, Edo, Oyo hide amount spent on COVID-19 tests

A few weeks after the Lagos State Government disclosed it had spent N800m on…