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. Hospital Magt: “ There is NO confirm Case of Coronavirus…” By Hamilton Nwosa(Head Business Desk) There is palpable confusion in Lagos, especially in the Ikeja axis of the the bubbling commercial hub of Nigeria as reports alleged that a Chinese national (names withheld), who arrived in Nigeria from China , about a few weeks…
February 27, 2020
Italy reported Monday its fourth death from the new coronavirus, an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put in lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread…
February 24, 2020
Whereas, Chloroquine Phosphate was banned in Nigeria 14 years ago, preliminary clinical results in China show that the anti-malarial drug is quite effective in treating novel coronavirus pneumonia. Several other antiviral drugs to treat the novel coronavirus outbreak in China that has claimed over 1,500 lives are under clinical trials and some have shown fairly…
February 20, 2020
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed a case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state, saying the patient has been isolated. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, who made this known in a statement, said that the patient was currently in isolation ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Abayomi,…
February 19, 2020
Ask US Congress to Take Action Decry Planned Take-Over of Water System by Multinationals The call to end the water crisis in Lagos continues to gather global momentum as the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and 13 African American Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the Lagos state government to back down…
February 17, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday said five returning travellers from China into the country have tested negative for the novel Coronavirus, Covid19. In a tweet, the agency said its protocol is to test all returning travellers from China with symptoms. So far, five people have been tested. Results were NEGATIVE These are…
February 15, 2020
The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Aliyu said this in commemoration of the International Condom’s Day (ICD) celebration which is observed annually on Feb. 13 to 14 through Valentine’s Day to…
February 13, 2020
… Places Hotels and Resorts on Active Surveillance Lagos State Government has dismissed the rumoured suspicion of cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) in Gowon Estate, Alimosho Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, dismissed the rumour making the rounds on social media that Chinese from Wuhan, China residing…
February 12, 2020
The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month ago. Dr Austin Ojotule, the State Epidemiologist, disclosed this in statement in Lokoja on Sunday. According to Ojotule, the state’s statistics on Lassa fever outbreak…
February 9, 2020
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. Hospital Magt: “ There is NO confirm Case of Coronavirus…” By Hamilton Nwosa(Head Business Desk) There is palpable confusion in Lagos, especially in the Ikeja axis of the the bubbling commercial hub of Nigeria as reports alleged that a Chinese national (names withheld), who arrived in Nigeria from China , about a few weeks…
February 27, 2020
Italy reported Monday its fourth death from the new coronavirus, an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put in lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread…
February 24, 2020
Whereas, Chloroquine Phosphate was banned in Nigeria 14 years ago, preliminary clinical results in China show that the anti-malarial drug is quite effective in treating novel coronavirus pneumonia. Several other antiviral drugs to treat the novel coronavirus outbreak in China that has claimed over 1,500 lives are under clinical trials and some have shown fairly…
February 20, 2020
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed a case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state, saying the patient has been isolated. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, who made this known in a statement, said that the patient was currently in isolation ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Abayomi,…
February 19, 2020
Ask US Congress to Take Action Decry Planned Take-Over of Water System by Multinationals The call to end the water crisis in Lagos continues to gather global momentum as the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and 13 African American Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the Lagos state government to back down…
February 17, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday said five returning travellers from China into the country have tested negative for the novel Coronavirus, Covid19. In a tweet, the agency said its protocol is to test all returning travellers from China with symptoms. So far, five people have been tested. Results were NEGATIVE These are…
February 15, 2020
The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Aliyu said this in commemoration of the International Condom’s Day (ICD) celebration which is observed annually on Feb. 13 to 14 through Valentine’s Day to…
February 13, 2020
… Places Hotels and Resorts on Active Surveillance Lagos State Government has dismissed the rumoured suspicion of cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) in Gowon Estate, Alimosho Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, dismissed the rumour making the rounds on social media that Chinese from Wuhan, China residing…
February 12, 2020
The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month ago. Dr Austin Ojotule, the State Epidemiologist, disclosed this in statement in Lokoja on Sunday. According to Ojotule, the state’s statistics on Lassa fever outbreak…
February 9, 2020
