Tag: COVID-19

BREAKING: Former First lady, Hadiza Shagari, dies at 80 from COVID-19

By Salim Yunusa   The wife of the Former President, late Shehu Shagari, has died earlier today.   In a statement signed by Muhammad Bala Shagari, Sarkin Mafaran...

WHO announces 3 new drugs for COVID-19 clinical trials

By Salim Yunusa Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19,...

17 Corps members admitted in hospital over COVID-19

By Salim Yunusa No fewer than 17 Corps members deployed to Edo State for the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who showed...

COVID-19: 11 Nigerians die in 24 hours

By Salim Yunusa The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 11 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, adding to a recent surge...

COVID-19 cases rise in Tokyo 4 days into Olympics

By Salim Yunusa   Coronavirus cases in Tokyo have shot up to a record high just four days after the start of the Olympics, local media...

COVID-19 may be spread through farting in confined spaces

By Salim Yunusa Ministers in the United Kingdom are reportedly fretting in private over the possibility COVID-19 is being spread via farting. Various news outlets in...

COVID-19: Why we didn’t approve herbal medicine for treatment

By Salim Yunusa The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given reasons why it has yet to approve any herbal...

COVID-19: Anxiety as UNILAG medical centre confirms surge in patients

By Ismail Auwal Authorities in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), have confirmed a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases among students in its community. The...

COVID-19 third wave imminent in Lagos — Sanwo-Olu alerts

By Salim Yunusa   The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, said that the state has started experiencing a potential third wave of the...

COVID-19: Nigeria confirms first cases of Delta variant

By Salim Yunusa The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday said it has confirmed a case of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage...

Nigeria’s Twitter suspension insensitive to COVID-19 pandemic, western nations insist

By Jake Aimuan The decision of the Nigerian Government to place a ban on the operations of Twitter in the country has been criticized as...

Ganduje declares open NGE biennial convention in Kano

- Calls Editors to be conflict-sensitive By Ismail Auwal Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has declared opened 2021 Nigerian Guild of Editors Biennial Convention,...

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