The husband of a 68-year-old woman who delivered twins in Nigeria has told the BBC it took 43 years and three unsuccessful IVF procedures before conceiving their babies. Noah Adenuga said their search for children had taken them to the UK and back to Nigeria and that their faith kept them going through the many […]

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) yesterday apologised to Nigerians over the violation of social distancing rules during the funeral of the late Chief of Staff Abba Kyari. The Coordinator of the task force and Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr. SaniAliyu tendered the apology at a press conference in […]

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Monday directed investigation to ascertain the cause of the records tens of “unusual” deaths in the state. No fewer than 40 corpses were reportedly buried since the declaration of the lockdown at Dandolo cemetery in Dala local government area of the metropolis, against the unusual three and at […]

Lagos State commissioner for health Akin Abayomi on Tuesday announced the death of two coronavirus patients. Abayomi stated that although Lagos had no fresh cases since April 20, there were still fatalities from the virus from those earlier infected. “No new case of #COVID19 was confirmed in Lagos on 20th April 2020,” Abayomi said. “However, […]

rtThe Federal Government yesterday extended the shutdown of airports nationwide by another two weeks. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this via his Twitter account, stated that the facilities would no longer open for commercial operations on April 23. Besides, the British Airways flight, BA9157, has evacuated 213 United Kingdom citizens from the […]

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Centre for Change, has called on Federal Government to increase the number of isolation centres and testing sites in order to contain spread of COVID-19 pandemic as cases hit 627 Okei-Odumakin made the call in a statement in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of Africa for COVID-19 saying researches are still ongoing on the deadly viral disease. WHO Immunisation Team Lead, Dr Fiona Braka, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the efforts of the world body […]

The Kano State Government has closed down Tiamin Rice Mill along Zaria Road due to complaints of air pollution. The notice is contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Environment and addressed to the Managing Director of the rice mill. According to the circular, the pollution agravates the condition of Coronavirus patients […]

Several key Boko Haram Terrorists/ISWAP leaders have been killed in multiple air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Durbada in Borno, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, added that structures belonging to the terrorists were […]

An aid worker, Babangida Buba, working with Medicins Sans Frontieres has died in Borno State after contracting coronavirus. Siham Hajaj, MSF Head of Mission (Nigeria), who confirmed the death, said the deceased “died on April 18 and post mortem test results indicate that they were positive for COVID-19,” Hajaj said, adding that “MSF is now […]

The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has declared that all patients who attend any private facility nationwide would be deemed COVID-19 positive until proved otherwise. The patients will also be required to comply with a protocol, which includes temperature check, compulsory hand washing before consultation, use of hand sanitisers and possible temporary isolation. The move […]

A much trumpeted oil and gas investment plan between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia that would have addressed key challenges in the downstream sector, including establishment of refinery has been left in limbo. The development, hinged on the inability of the Federal Government to follow up after endorsing a draft pact by the Kingdom of Saudi […]