Health

Another lockdown is likely in Nigeria with the rising COVID-19 cases, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus Control has warned.National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the only way to prevent a re-introduction of a ...

This is about the first story I’ll be posting here, so please pardon my typo and I’ll try to make it a short one. I met this girl about four years ago and we started dating immediately (she was 20). ...

A vasectomy is a permanent contraceptive method where a male’s vas deferens is cut and tied or sealed to prevent sperm from getting to the urethra, to stop the man from ejaculating and fertilizing the female’s egg. Whew, that’s a ...

The Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, says the August 29 date for resumption of international flights as announced at the PTF COVID-19  briefing was not sacrosanct. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had also ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik. ...

The 58 Nigerian doctors who were prevented by the Nigeria Immigration Service from boarding a plane to the United Kingdom were expected to earn between £51,384 (N25.1m) and £98,112 (N47.9m) per year depending on the experience they have. This is ...

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue said the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Tony Ijohor and Chief of Staff, Mr Terwase Orbunde have tested positive to COVID-19. The governor disclosed this on Saturday while briefing newsmen in Makurdi. He further ...

490 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-118Delta-84Ebonyi-68FCT-56Plateau-39Edo-29Katsina-21Imo-13Ondo-12Adamawa-11Osun-8Ogun-8Rivers-6Kano-5Enugu-3Bauchi-3Akwa Ibom-3Kogi-1Oyo-1Bayelsa-1 HighlightsOn the 28th of June 2020, 490 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in NigeriaNo new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.Till date, 24567 cases have been ...

328 new cases of #COVID19;Lagos-121FCT-70Bauchi-25Rivers-18Oyo-16Kaduna-15Gombe-14Edo-13Ogun-13Jigawa-8Enugu-6Kano-5Osun-2Ondo-2 328 new cases of #COVID19;Lagos-121FCT-70Bauchi-25Rivers-18Oyo-16Kaduna-15Gombe-14Edo-13Ogun-13Jigawa-8Enugu-6Kano-5Osun-2Ondo-211844 cases of #COVID19NigeriaDischarged: 3696Deaths: 333 pic.twitter.com/XQ3B7O0yIb— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 5, 2020 HighlightsOn the 5th of June 2020, 328 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in NigeriaNo new state ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday announced that confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria have now reached 10,162 after the country recorded 307 new cases. It said on the 31st of May 2020, 307 new confirmed cases ...