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Nigeria has recorded 91 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 873. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Wednesday. The NCDC also announced that fatalities from coronavirus-related complications have increased to 28. Of the 28 deaths, 15 were recorded in Lagos, three in Abuja, two each in Borno and Edo, one each in Katsina, Kano, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti and Delta It tweeted, “91 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 74 in Lagos, five in Katsina, four in Ogun, two in Delta, two in…

Anxiety appears to mount as 53 suspected cases of COVID-19 in Akwa Ibom State who were tested and samples sent for test in an approved laboratory are awaiting results. This is as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had confirmed nine cases with one death in the state. Speaking during a one-day Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 response and ethical reporting workshop for journalists, Dr. Aniekeme Uwah, the state epidemiologist said: “There is no cause for alarm and the persons involved should panic.” Uwah who spoke on the topic: Objectives of the workshop and overview agenda held Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo on…

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Nigeria has recorded 117 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 782. This was as Lagos State, Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Kano, Borno, Katsina, Ogun, Rivers, and Bauchi states recorded new infections. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this in its Twitter handle on Tuesday, saying that coronavirus-related deaths have risen to 25. NCDC said, “117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 59 in Lagos, 29 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Katsina, three in Ogun, one in Rivers, and one in Bauchi. “As of 11:25 p.m on the 21st April,…

In this interview, Sir Jerry Charles Akpan, the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Abak branch, talks on the hardships facing some pensioners, insecurity of Abak Sub- Treasury and need for the state government to harmonise pensions for the retirees. Excerpts How long have you been in the position? I just finished my first tenure. This is my second tenure which will end in 2023. What are your achievements? Well, they are plenty. For instance, the backlog of gratuities and pensions to retired primary school teachers that have not been paid is what we are presenting to the state government.…

More than 150 people who reportedly died in Kano between Friday and Saturday last week have been buried in three cemeteries, heightening fears that the deceased must have died as a result of a strange ailment. This may not be connected with because as of Monday, April 20, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Kano had a total of 59 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death. Undertakers who doubled as grave diggers in the affected cemeteries said the frequency at which they received corpses these days was unusual when compared with the number of people they buried before…

Nigeria recorded 38 new infections of coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 665 on Monday. The new cases were recorded in Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Abia, Federal Capital Territory, Sokoto, and Ekiti. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its Twitter handle on Monday did not announce any new case in Lagos State. The NCDC, however, announced that a new patient died of coronavirus-related complications in Abuja, bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 22. It tweeted, “Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 23 in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two…

By: Israel Umoh May was seen as an alarmist and a rabble-rouser. He was abandoned by many. That was 15 years. But today, he is seen as a seer and a global poster man. He is applauded and hailed for his far-sighted book. Like a French astrologer and seer, Michel de Nostredame is popularly known as Nostradamus, Peter May equally saw tomorrow. Scottish author May, 68, a former journalist and BBC screenwriter wrote Lockdown in 2005, imagining London as the epicentre of a global outbreak only to see his manuscript turned away by publishers, who deemed its subject matter “extremely unrealistic and…

A retired consultant gynaecologist is said to be collecting a paltry N9,000 as a monthly pension from Akwa Ibom State government. Mr. Jerry Charles Akpan, the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Abak branch who in an exclusive interview with Straightnews publisher said the medical doctor (name withheld) retired on Grade Level 16 as a gynecologist from the state civil service some years ago. Akpan, a pharmacist and a retired civil servant, also said some pensioners collect N2,000 or less than N1,000 as a monthly pension. He, therefore, called on the state government to harmonise the monthly pensions to enable…

Akwa Ibom State, one of Nigerian states, has recorded additional three COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to nine. Already, three persons have officially been discharged remaining six. This forms part of the 86 new cases announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control through its verified Twitter account on Sunday. NCDC tweeted “Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno.” The death toll in Nigeria from the novel coronavirus reached 21 on Sunday night of April 19. The number…