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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. Makinde made this known via his official Twitter account on Saturday night. The governor said 30 of the cases were members of staff of the same organisation based in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area.  He said, “The COVID-19 confirmation tests for 31 suspected cases came back positive. Thirty of these cases are members of staff of the same organisation based in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area. The organisation has been shut down and will be decontaminated. “We urge members of the public to remain calm as the situation is under control. Intensified contact tracing has already commenced. We will give an update on any additional measures that may need to be taken. “The remaining one case is from Egbeda Local Government Area. So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State as at 8pm today is 107.”   PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, Ne

Some 28 patients have recovered from Coronavirus infection in Bauchi State discharged from isolation facilities. Giving the update on Saturday, the Situation Room Update of the COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre of the state's Ministry of Health said the patients tested negative to COVID-19 twice. This brings the total number of patients discharged in the state to 69.   The update showed that the total number of confirmed cases had increased to 212 while the active cases in the state dropped down to 140. The number of death from the virus remains three.   PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

The National Association of Nigerian Students has berated some tertiary institutions in Osun State for commencing online studies for some select students. The students also condemned some institutions for closing their online portal for payment of school fees, an act that could lead to extension of academic years of some students. In a statement jointly signed by Comrade Agbogunleri Seun Michael (Gandhi), Chairman, NANS JCC Osun Axis; Comrade Ogunsakin Oluwafemi Sunday, Secretary General, NANS JCC Osun Axis; Comrade Raji Keji (Paracetamol), Public Relations Officer, NANS JCC Osun Axis; the students described the acts by the tertiary institutions as “inhumane and inconsiderate”.  The association stated that despite the global pandemic ravaging humanity at this moment, the management of Osun State University closed the institution's portal for payment of fees not minding that many students could not afford to pay now.  “The institution, in reckless display of insensitivity

Twenty-four health workers have tested positive for Coronavirus in Bauchi State. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, made this known on Saturday. Mohammed however, said no death had been recorded among the affected medical workers.   Google He revealed that 17 of them were from Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state, while seven were from Bauchi Local Government Area. He added that all necessary Personal Protective Equipment had been provided for the frontline healthcare workers in the state. He said, “Here in Bauchi, we are really very concerned about this infection that is affecting our healthcare workers so that they will not be discouraged or demoralised.” He however, advised the health workers to be very careful and ensure that they properly used their PPE at all times. PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from

Festus Adedayo LIf credentials and academic certificates/laurels approximated excellence, by now, applauses to President Muhammadu Buhari for his choice of Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as successor to the late Abba Kyari as his Chief of Staff should be reaching their crescendo. Rather, the high-caliber diplomat and academic, who studied in respected universities of the world, has literally been suffocating under torrents of heavy lacerations he receives from invectives heaped on him since the appointment. Kudos must be given to Buhari however for, for the first time since he got the reins of governance five years ago, deploying the stratagems of a military officer. He sent analysts on a wild goose chase speculating as to where the successor to Kyari would come from. By the time Gambari sneaked into public consciousness, the news befuddled all, sending governmental star-gazers into a predictable frenzy.  Very few people in public space possess Gambari’s credentials. Kwara State’s Ilor