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Coronavirus: Oyo police threatens to use force on citizens not complying with govt guidelines

The Oyo State Police Command has warned the citizens of the state to adhere to directives from Nigerian police and state government to contain spread of COVID-19 otherwise known as Corina virus. The police stated this in a release made available on Tuesday saying people in the state should not allow themselves to be forced…

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New virus surfaces in China called Hantavirus

While the whole world is battling with novel Coronavirus spread, China has reportedly records another outbreak of a deadly disease called Hantavirus. In a report by China’s English tabloid, Global Times, on Monday, revealed that a person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus….

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BREAKING: Buhari tests negative for COVID-19 as Kyari is positive

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus otherwise known as Coronavirus following a test for the disease that was carried out Monday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), THISDAY reports. The NCDC informed the president on the outcome that his result is negative this morning in…

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COVID-19: Atiku’s son who tested positive different from one who attended Oyo PDP rally –says Makinde’s spokesman

The Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, Mr Taiwo Adisa, has debunked as rumour, the information suggesting that the said son of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who tested positive to COVID-19, was the same person that represented him at the South West PDP unification rally in Ibadan. Mr…

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Just In: Nigeria records first death from coronavirus

Nigeria has had a first patient of coronavirus died by the disease. The patient is Suleiman Achumugu, the former managing director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) who died at 2am on Monday. The deceased, an indigene of Kogi state, was said to have returned from the United Kingdom two weeks ago. He was…

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Atiku Abubakar confirms his son tests positive for coronavirus

The Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has confirmed that one of the sons has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Atiku who revealed this via his verified Twitter account on Sunday night said his son has been transferred to the Gwagwalada Specialist Teaching Hospital in Abuja for treatment. The tweet reads: “My son…

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Breaking: A person tests positive for Coronavirus in Ibadan with other cases yet to be confirmed

Oyo State task force on COVID-19 otherwise known as Coronavirus has discovered a person in Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital tested positive for the disease. This was contained in a release made available by the task force early hour of Sunday, March 22, 2020. According to the statement, the result of the patient…

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Just In: Three persons test positive for coronavirus in Abuja

Three persons have confirmed tested positive to Coronavirus in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, The PUNCH reports. The PUNCH confirmed that the index case is an official of the Federal Inland Revenue Service and was one of the passengers on British Airways’ flight that landed on March 13, 2020. It was also learnt that two other cases…

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Oyo Government to prosecute illegal borehole drillers as AWDROP president warns on need to patronise only members

The National President, Association Of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners And Practitioners (AWDROP), Engr. Michael Ale has admonished members of the public to patronize only members of the association in drilling of boreholes in order to ensure quality and also to have value for their hard earned money. Engr. Ale stated this while inaugurating the…

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BREAKING: US approves chloroquine to treat coronavirus

President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed that the anti-malarial drug chloroquine can be used as a treatment for the dreaded coronavirus disease. “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval…

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