Health

Another new variant of coronavirus has emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s leading public health official has said. John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed the new strain on Thursday – saying it is different to the ones found recently in the UK and South Africa. But he …

Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has recovered from coronavirus after testing negative for the disease, Newsextra24 reports. His spokesman Makut Macham stated this in a Thursday release from Jos. Lalong had gone into isolation on December 17 after testing positive to COVID-19. “One week after the governor tested …

Member of the House of Representatives Akin Alabi on Wednesday night shared pictures of his project in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Newsextra24 reports. “Almost done. Health Center, Ajiwogbo, Ibadan,” he tweeted. The politician has since come under attack by some social media users who say the health centre should be …

Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 (PTF) has disclosed that the COVID-19 vaccine would be given to Nigerians free of charge. He made this known during an appearance on Channel Television, as he said there is an assurance that over 40 million Nigerians will …

1133 New COVID-19 Cases, 395 Discharged And 5 Deaths On December 23 1,133 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-397 FCT-357 Kaduna-81 Plateau-63 Katsina-46 Sokoto-32 Oyo-28 Ogun-21 Kano-19 Rivers-18 Osun-13 Edo-12 Niger-12 Bayelsa-11 Borno-11 Bauchi-8 Jigawa-2 Ondo-2 Highlights On the 23rd of December 2020, 1,133 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were …

Star Musician Flavor sings for his sick dad as he is receiving Treatment. The star shared video of himself singing victor wyfo hit song Joromi for his beloved father. What a joy to watch. See the video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXxJxhbKcUA R

999 New COVID-19 Cases, 396 Discharged And 4 Deaths On December 22 999 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; FCT-416 Lagos-324 Kaduna-68 Plateau-42 Kwara-32 Kano-24 Gombe-14 Sokoto-12 Yobe-12 Akwa Ibom-11 Bayelsa-10 Rivers-7 Bauchi-7 Ogun-6 Oyo-5 Edo-4 Taraba-4 Jigawa-1 Highlights On the 22nd of December 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths …

501 New COVID-19 Cases, 519 Discharged And 3 Deaths On December 20 501 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-218 FCT-112 Kaduna-53 Plateau-24 Katsina-21 Kano-16 Yobe-14 Ondo-10 Ogun-9 Edo-7 Bayelsa-5 Rivers-4 Borno-4 Osun-2 Ekiti-2

Belgium is suspending flight and train arrivals from Britain from midnight Sunday after the UK detected a COVID-19 variant suspected to be more infectious, a government official said. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a Belgian television channel that the ban will be in place for at least 24 hours. …

Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bawa, and the clerk of the House, Abdullahi Kagara have tested positive for Coronavirus. Both the Speaker and Clerk have since gone into self-isolation. The Commissioner of Information in the State, Muhammed Idris, confirmed this to Newsextra24 on Sunday. According to …