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No human guinea pigs, minister tells ‘trado-medics’ asking for COVID-19 patients to cure

Hopes by traditional practitioners that they may soon be allowed to use some of…

Boy, 10, on the run after contracting COVID-19 in Oyo; cases in state now 52

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed that one of the state's fleeing…

Niger arrest truck loaded with 40 passengers, travelling from Kano to Lagos

The Niger State Government says it intercepted a truck travelling from Kano to Lagos…

18 nurses test positive for COVID-19 in Kano

No fewer than 18 nurses have tested positive for coronavirus in Kano, the Chairman,…

Whistleblow on suspected COVID-19 patient in Anambra, get N10,000

Whistleblowers, who expose suspected COVID-19 patients in Anambra, will get N10,000, an official announced…

Oyo develops potent traditional medicine for COVID-19

The 'Iku Baba Yeye', Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, says the Oyo Kingdom…

Covid-19: Plane evacuating Nigerians returns to Dubai after woman gives birth mid-air

One of the Nigerian women repatriated from the United Arab Emirates was reportedly delivered…

COVID-19: Patient flees in Bauchi as state begins contact tracing of 236 people

A man, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease in Bauchi, has fled the…

Two coronavirus patients disappear from isolation centre in Oyo

Two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre…

Six-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Commissioner for Health and the Chairman of the Task Force on…

34 doctors contract coronavirus in Kano

No fewer than 34 doctors have contracted coronavirus in Kano State, the chairman of…

Gombe, Bauchi COVID-19 patients protest inadequate food, medical attention

Patients suffering from Coronavirus have protested their treatment at the isolation centres in Gombe…

COVID-19: FCT runs out of test kits, Lagos battles shortage of reagents

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it was facing a shortage of reagents…

Social distancing abuse due to indiscipline – SGF

The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has…

Nigeria’s  Angelina Aduke Toluhi bags AAUW’s International Fellowships award

Angelina “Angie” Aduke Toluhi, MBBS, MPH, a doctoral student in the University of Alabama at…