WHEN A CATHOLIC PRIEST RECOVERS FROM COVID-19
Months ago (this was the second week of February), I had just returned from Lagos, when news began to spread that the dreaded coronavirus was gaining momentum in Nigeria. I panicked. Was it possible I had come in contact with someone at the airport who…
Coronavirus: 64 New Cases—Tally Now 1337
As at 11:20pm Monday 27th April, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 64 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria with 34 cases in Lagos, 15 cases in the Federal Capital Territory, 11 cases in Borno, 2 cases in Taraba…
Coronavirus: 87 New Cases—Tally Now 1182
As at 11:55pm Saturday 25th April, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 87 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria with 33 cases in Lagos, 18 cases in Borno, 12 cases in Osun, cases in the Federal Capital Territory,…
Coronavirus: 108 New Cases—Tally Now 981
As at 11:30pm Thursday 23rd April, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 108 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria with 78 cases in Lagos, 14 cases in the Federal Capital Territory, 5 cases in Ogun, 4 cases in Gombe, 3…
Coronavirus: 91 New Cases—Tally now 873
As at 11:25pm Tuesday 22nd April, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Ninety-one new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria with 74 cases in Lagos, 5 cases in Katsina, 4 cases in Ogun, 2 cases in Delta, 2 cases in Edo, 1…
Coronavirus: Kaduna State Governor Tests Negative
The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai took to his twitter account earlier today to announce that he has tested negative twice consecutively to the Coronavirus after almost four weeks of strict medical attention at the Barau Dillon Teaching…
FALSE NEWS: N1B NOT SPENT ON SMS—NCDC REFUTES
The NCDC took to its twitter account to announce that the headline making rounds with claims that N1 billion has been spent on SMS to Nigerians is FALSE The NCDC further stated that this is an in-kind support by the telecommunication companies—Airtel…
CORONAVIRUS: LAGOS STATE RECORDS THIRD DEATH
Professor Akin Abayomi, state commissioner for health earlier announced that a sixty-six year old Briton who came into Lagos on March 17th after a journey from India to Dubai has died from complications from the Coronavirus. This is the third death in…
CORONAVIRUS IN NIGERIA: EIGHT NEW CASES, TALLY NOW 97!
Joyce Shelu, March 28, 2020. 11:35pm As at 10:40pm 28th March, 2020, the verified twitter account of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has again reported that eight new cases of the Coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria with two cases in…
Coronavirus: 14 NEW CASES
Joyce Shelu, March 26, 2020. As at 7:35 pm 26th March, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that 14 new cases of the Coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria with two cases in Federal Capital Territory and twelve cases in Lagos…