The Enugu State Government on Friday morning, confirmed a 9-year-old as the new case of Coronavirus in the state.

According to the State’s commissioner for health Hon. Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, the 9-year-old is a contact of the fourth case reported in the state, who had a "positive" travel history.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 9, and the total number of active cases to 7.

The statement reads in full;

There is another newly confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Enugu State.

This case is a nine year old child contact of the fourth case reported in Enugu who had positive travel history.

Thus the total number of cases ever reported in Enugu now rises to Nine (9) with seven (7) active cases.

The patient has been admitted into one of our Isolation and Treatment Centres, further contacts are being identified and line listed, and necessary samples will be taken for testing.

Also decontamina…

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has rejected plans by the Federal Government to invite and 18-member Chinese medical team to help Nigeria in her fight against the deadly coronavirus.

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday that gifts of medical supplies were being expected from China, organised by a group of Chinese companies working in Nigeria. He added that an 18 man team of Chinese medical experts will come along with the flight.

Ehanire said: " A special cargo aircraft shall leave Nigeria in a few days to collect the items, which include commodities, PPE and ventilators. Of great interest is an 18 man team of Chinese medical experts, including doctors, nurses and public health advisers, who shall come along with the flight."

However, NMA President, Francis Faduyile, in a statement Sunday, March 5, said the move is a misplaced priority. He described it as "a thing of embarrassment to the membership of the Association and othe…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed how the use of face masks can pose a risk of Coronavirus infection.

According to the health agency, the use of face masks can pose a risk of Coronavirus infection when not handled and disposed of properly.

Members of the public have been urged to;

1. Wash your hands before wearing & after removal of the mask

2. Do not touch the mask frequently

3. Dispose the mask in a waste bin & DO NOT reuse

Joe Wicks, a Physical Education (PE) teacher is currently in demand, thanks to his coronavirus lockdown PE lessons, as Nike and Adidas are reportedly fighting for his signature.

Wicks, 33, vowed to keep the UK’s children exercising while schools have been closed during the pandemic and his youtube/Zoom videos have been a hit amongst school children in Britain.

He has been sharing his PE lessons/home workouts on YouTube ever since the UK was put into lockdown by the government and he has raised a huge sum of £200,000 for the NHS so far.

And now according to The Sun, the fitness addict has both Nike and Adidas in a ‘£5million bidding war’, with both brands hoping to sign him as their new UK ambassador.

A Sports Marketing insider speaking to Sun UK said: ‘Joe often wears Nike in his videos and now they want to tap him up, but they’re competing with Adidas, who have also been impressed by his influence.’ ‘Money is no object,’ the insider continued, ad…

Mohammed Babandede, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has recovered from COVID19 after treatment.

The Immigration boss in March announced he had tested positive for the viral disease after returning from a trip to the UK and went into self-isolation.

In a tweet posted on Tuesday April 14, Babandede said he has tested negative twice for COVID-19.

“I just receive my 2nd Negative report on COVID-19, I will like to thank all of you for your supplications. This victory is from God, we thank Him for giving me the opportunity to have the experience which is more than my education and public service.” he wrote

Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, has lifted the ban on all religious gatherings in the state.

The ban was initially placed as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus in the state.

A statement released by the state's Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji today May 15, says the governor's decision to lift the ban was based on a passionate appeal by the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and some other religious bodies in the state.

The governor warned that all churches should observe their worship services only on Sundays between the hours of 9am to 11am while Muslims should also worship on Fridays between the hours of 9am and 11am.

He instructed that no religious center should have more than 500 worshippers at a time and that they must observe a minimum of 2 meters of physical distancing from one another.

Part of the statement reads

That Seventh Day Adventist and Muslim faithful are to o…

The Enugu State government has intercepted over 100 travellers who defied the lockdown order issued by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Over 30 vehicles were impounded by the military at Opi, one of the communities near the Enugu-Benue-Kogi borders.

Some of the travellers who were mostly northerners, told journalists that they have been held since yesterday April 22. They also claimed that hunger drove them away from their states.

Governor Ugwuanyi ordered the border closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic which has been recorded in over 25 states in the country. This is coming after all Governors in Nigeria agreed to a 14-day inter-state ban on movement, to stop the spread of Coronavirus.

A beautician based in South Carolina, US, Cynthia Covert, was killed by an alligator on Friday while trying to pet the animal.

Covert, 58, after drinking wine and performing pedicure for a friend, started taking pictures of the alligator at he friends backyard pond at a community in Kiawah Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, before going waist deep into the pond according to reports.

Her friend reportedly begged her not to go into the water, saying the alligator ate a deer a few days earlier and Cynthia reportedly responded; ‘I don’t look like a deer’, before moving closer to the alligator, apparently trying to touch it. The 10-foot alligator, estimated at 400-500 pounds, then attacked Covert, who officials said was 5 feet tall and 100 pounds.

The animal latched onto Covert's left leg and began pulling her into the water. Witnesses ran to the water's edge to try rescuing her. A neighbor brought the rope that was used to try pulling Covert safely ba…