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Sixteen people narrowly escaped death following a boat mishap that happened at Okrika Kalio Rivers. The tragedy reportedly occurred on Wednesday, July 22, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Capital. According to information gathered by Igbere TV, all the sixteen people aboard the boat are safe after their craft capsized. The …

FORT DETRICK, Md. — Army researchers at Fort Detrick are fast at work growing batches of COVID-19 to help test treatment options and eventually find a coronavirus vaccine. “They take some of the virus and put it onto cells,” Dr. Kathleen Gibson, a core laboratory services division chief at the …

543 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-180 FCT-86 Kaduna-56 Edo-47 Ondo-37 Kwara-35 Ogun-19 Rivers-19 Kano-17 Ebonyi-16 Enugu-16 Delta-7 Bayelsa-4 Bauchi-3 Abia-1 Highlights On the 22nd of July 2020, 543 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria Till date, 38344 cases have been confirmed, 15815 cases have been discharged …

This is shown in a tweet on the NDDC official handle.Which said the latest addition brings the number of testing labs for COVID-19 in Nigeria to 58. “We are pleased to announce inclusion of 5 new labs in our Molecular Laboratory Network,” :NCDC tweet. The agency said the new testing …

Governor Kayode Fayemi test positive for Covid-19. I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally ok and I’m already self isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. I’m delegating critical tasks to my Deputy but will continue routine …

21,602 Tested in the past 24 hours (includes backlog of samples) 576 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-88 Kwara-87 FCT-82 Plateau-62 Ondo-39 Enugu-28 Oyo-26 Taraba-24 Kaduna-20 Ebonyi-20 Edo-17 Cross River-16 Kano-14 Rivers-11 Ogun-10 Delta-9 Nasarawa-8 Osun-8 Katsina-3 Imo-2 Kebbi-1 Borno-1

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the closure of the Nigerian airports for international flights till October 2020. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) to that effect informing stakeholders that the airspace would no longer reopen for international flights on August 19. …

Ismaila Isa Funtua, a close ally to President Muhammadu Buhari, has been buried in Abuja on Tuesday, Okay.ng reports. Okay.ng had reported that Isa Funtua died of cardiac arrest on Monday night. He was buried at Gudu cemetery around 1:47pm according to Islamic rites. The Isa Funtua’s burial was attended …

We are pleased to announce inclusion of 5 new labs in our Molecular Laboratory Network: �Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin �ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi �Rivers Indorama Company Molecular Lab �State Specialist Hospital, Amachara, Abia �University of Abuja, Gwagwalada GX Lab There are currently 58 labs in 30 states with the capacity …

The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has gone into self-isolation for COVID-19. This followed his meeting with the foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, who tested positive for the virus. Dingyadi and a former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aliyu Wammako, met with Onyeama last Thursday. The spokesman, police affairs ministry, …