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(NAN) The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has urged Nigerians, especially Christians to ensure that they were inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic when general vaccination commences in the country. Ndukuba said this at the February 2021 Standing Committee meeting of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, which…
February 14, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) The recent accusation of corruption directed at Edo resident doctors by Governor Godwin Obaseki has sparked outrage among members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Edo State Hospital Management Board chapter. The governor had lamented the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it…
February 13, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) A fresh outbreak of cholera has been recorded in Ogbein-Ama community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, killing two people. Following the outbreak residents have called on the Delta state government to come to their aid and stop the Cholera spread. Secretary-General, Ogbein-Ama Federated Community,…
February 13, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has recounted his experience after surviving the Covid-19 disease, alongside nine members of family. The Niger Delta leader who had tested positive for the virus in January, recounted how he contracted the infection through his niece who paid him…
February 11, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Lagos, FCT and Kaduna State on Wednesday led with a total of 574 Covid-19 cases, Wednesday. Lagos had (297), FCT followed with (194) and Kaduna had (83) of the 1131 newly recorded cases of the contagion. This was announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its…
February 11, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, announced the nation recorded 21 deaths from the Covid-19 disease in the last 24 hours, taking the country's death toll to 1694. Following the Tuesday's stats, Nigeria recorded 77 deaths between February 2-9 alone. 1056 new infections were…
February 10, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat, Abuja Bureau) Oyo State on Monday, 8 February topped the national tally with 88 new cases of Covid-19. This new figure has brought Oyo State's total number of cases to 5993 confirmed cases; 4161 have been discharged while 91 deaths have been recorded. This was announced on the official…
February 9, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) Givernor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has lamented the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act to run down the system. Obaseki, who revealed this at a meeting with health practitioners in the state in Benin City, the state capital,…
February 9, 2021
Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a total of 13 of the B117 variant of Covid-19. At a briefing on Covid-19 in Abuja, Mustapha said: “A total of ⁸ B117 variant had so far been detected in Nigeria.” He said that six of them were…
February 8, 2021
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(NAN) The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has urged Nigerians, especially Christians to ensure that they were inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic when general vaccination commences in the country. Ndukuba said this at the February 2021 Standing Committee meeting of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, which…
February 14, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) The recent accusation of corruption directed at Edo resident doctors by Governor Godwin Obaseki has sparked outrage among members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Edo State Hospital Management Board chapter. The governor had lamented the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it…
February 13, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) A fresh outbreak of cholera has been recorded in Ogbein-Ama community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, killing two people. Following the outbreak residents have called on the Delta state government to come to their aid and stop the Cholera spread. Secretary-General, Ogbein-Ama Federated Community,…
February 13, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Elder statesman and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has recounted his experience after surviving the Covid-19 disease, alongside nine members of family. The Niger Delta leader who had tested positive for the virus in January, recounted how he contracted the infection through his niece who paid him…
February 11, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Lagos, FCT and Kaduna State on Wednesday led with a total of 574 Covid-19 cases, Wednesday. Lagos had (297), FCT followed with (194) and Kaduna had (83) of the 1131 newly recorded cases of the contagion. This was announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its…
February 11, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, announced the nation recorded 21 deaths from the Covid-19 disease in the last 24 hours, taking the country's death toll to 1694. Following the Tuesday's stats, Nigeria recorded 77 deaths between February 2-9 alone. 1056 new infections were…
February 10, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat, Abuja Bureau) Oyo State on Monday, 8 February topped the national tally with 88 new cases of Covid-19. This new figure has brought Oyo State's total number of cases to 5993 confirmed cases; 4161 have been discharged while 91 deaths have been recorded. This was announced on the official…
February 9, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta Correspondent) Givernor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has lamented the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act to run down the system. Obaseki, who revealed this at a meeting with health practitioners in the state in Benin City, the state capital,…
February 9, 2021
Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a total of 13 of the B117 variant of Covid-19. At a briefing on Covid-19 in Abuja, Mustapha said: “A total of ⁸ B117 variant had so far been detected in Nigeria.” He said that six of them were…
February 8, 2021
