Eighty-seven new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total to 1182 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC broke the news in the early hours of Sunday morning via its verified Twitter handle. Of the 87 new cases reported, 33 were confirmed in Lagos,18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, nine in Katsina, four in Kano and Ekiti, three in Edo and Bauchi and one in Imo. 14 new patients were also discharged, bringing the total to 222 while three new deaths were confirmed, with total fatalities now 35. NCDC tweeted: “87 new cases…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The agency made the disclosure on Friday night via its verified Twitter handle. The new cases were confirmed as follows:80 in Lagos,21 in Gombe,5 in FCT,2 in Zamfara,2 in Edo,1 in Ogun,1 in Oyo,1 in Kaduna, and 1 in Sokoto. Given the above breakdown, as at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. So far, Lagos has 657 cases, Fct 138, Kano 73, Ogun 35, Gombe 30, Katsina 21, Osun 20, Edo 19, Oyo 18, Borno 12, Kwara…
Two weeks ago, Edo State joined the number of States in Nigeria with confirmed coronavirus cases. As at today, the State has fifteen confirmed COVID-19 cases as officially confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The state government had announced that it has situated COVID-19 screening centres in different local government areas of the state. The governor, Godwin Obaseki had on Wednesday tweeted via his official handle: But findings by MERIDIAN SPY proved that the said screening was only a charade stage managed by the state government to garner public applause and accolades. Earlier today, the SSG, Osarodion…
A notorious cult leader in Ugep, Cross Rivers State, popularly known as Jboy, has been killed during a clash with his gang members. A resident of the community told Sahara Reporters that Jboy and his gang belonged to a certain cult group known as the Vikings and have been terrorising persons living in Ugep for years. The source said a power tussle between the deceased and another member known as Arikpo 007 had left many in the gang dead in recent months. He said, “It’s an internal crisis within the Vikings also known as Baggers. Few months ago, there was power tussle…
Eighty-six new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), taking Nigeria’s total infections to 627. The NCDC confirmed this late on Sunday via a statement on Twitter. According to the agency, of the 86 new cases, seventy were in Lagos, seven in FCT, three in Katsina, three in Akwa Ibom, one in Jigawa, one in Bauchi and one in Borno. One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state.Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020.
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyar, became the biggest high profile casualty of coronavirus in Nigeria as he passed away on Friday. Kyari was said to have tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24 after visits to Germany and Egypt. Education and Professional Career: Kyari, a Borno State indigene, earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1980 from the University of Warwick, England and also received a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Cambridge. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983. Kyari would also obtain a Master’s degree in law from…
To say I was shocked by Abba Kyari’s who routinely had “breathing problems” that necessitated periodic trips to London hospitals—in addition to being a diabetic who was older than 65—it would have been nothing short of miraculous if he survived COVID-19. In spite of who he was, especially the last five years of his life on earth, as a Muslim, I won’t speak ill of him in death. But I won’t write undeserving and deodorizing posthumous extolments of him, either. That would be as bad as, or even worse than, celebrating his death. With Kyari’s death, Nigeria is now truly…
Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has lost his battle to coronavirus. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, broke the news of his death on Friday night but did not go into details. The president’s chief of staff had gone on self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus late March. He had subsequently moved to Lagos for treatment. Alongside Sale Mamman, minister of power, the late chief of staff had attended a meeting in Germany with officials of Siemens to discuss issues relating to the Nigerian power sector. “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of…
The University of Benin (UNIBEN), has suspended resumption of school activities indefinitely following the ravaging increase of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country. In a statement signed by the university Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire and obtained by MERIDIAN SPY, the school management announced that it has extended resumption for both staff and students indefinitely. According to the statement, the decision by the management to suspend resumption date till further notice, was informed by both the ravaging presence of the coronavirus pandemic and the insistence from the federal ministry of Education for tertiary institutions in the country to remain under…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he would address the country today Monday, April 13, 2020 at 7pm. This was announced by the President’s aide on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday. According to Mr Adesina, television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively for the broadcast.
Kano State has on Saturday recorded its first case of coronavirus. A reliable source in the state’s Ministry of Health confirmed this to Vanguard. More details soon.
The Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the discharge of seven more COVID-19 patients who have fully recovered in the state. The governor made the announcement on Friday via his social media handle, expressing joy and satisfaction over the development. He said the discharged patients include, four males and three females, noting that the patients were fully recovered and had tested negative twice. This brings to 46, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our Yaba facility in Lagos. So far the Lagos State COVID-19 facilities have recorded 100 percent recovery rate from all the #COVID19…