We’ll soon have a center for COVID-19 test- Kaduna state government

   Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor of Kaduna, says the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has promised that the state will soon have a COVID-19 testing centre.

Balarabe spoke on Friday while giving an update on the activities of Kaduna COVID-19 task force. Nasir el-Rufai, the state governor, had announced that Balarabe would take over the state’s task force after he tested positive for COVID-19.

   According to the deputy governor, Amina Baloni, the state commissioner for health, met with NCDC officials last week, “where that commitment was again emphasized’’

COVID19- 55-year-old man dies in Lagos facility

    A 55-year-old man who was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has died in the facility.

   A reliable source at the tertiary hospital said the man died of COVID-19 complications. The source said the hospital discovered that the patient had COVID-19 after he tested positive for the virus when a Polymerase Chain Reaction test was done on his blood posthumously.

 “Fingerprint antibody test was done on him, confirming his COVID-19 infection,” punch source said. According to the source, the man, a 55-year-old hypertensive and diabetic patient had presented to LUTH’s emergency unit on Thursday night with “malaise, tremors, and fever.”

Police arrest Abuja gang selling cocaine

 

   Six suspects dealing in cocaine and rohypnol in the Federal Capital Territory have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team.

COVID -19: UN chief Antonio Guterres appreciates Nigeria’s response

 

  The international community has rated Nigeria's emergency responses to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. The rating was given by the secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres on Friday, April 3, in New York during a press briefing.

Army arrests soldiers for threatening to infect Warri women with HIV

 

  The Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers in a viral video who threatened to forcefully sleep with women in Warri, Delta state and infect them with HIV over the killing of their colleague. The video which had trended on social media recently was vehemently condemned by Nigerians.