Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has tested positive to COVID-19 following a test he and members of his family carried out. The test result indicated that Governor Lalong’s test returned positive while all members of his family tested negative. Consequently, the Governor who is asymptomatic has gone into isolation whileContinue Reading
On Thursday, Sudan’s former prime minister and top opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi died from COVID-19, his party said. The 84-year-old was the country’s last democratically elected prime minister before he was toppled in 1989; by now-ousted president Omar al-Bashir in an Islamist-backed military coup. The leader of the moderate IslamistContinue Reading
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was caught having sex the body of a woman who died of Coronavirus. The 50-year-old man identified as Leroy Chacon was found guilty of committing a sexual offence on the body of a woman at the mortuary. Leroy ChaconContinue Reading
Insight into the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has shown that men are more at risk of dying from the virus than women, 1st News can authoritatively report. Indeed, available statistics globally reveals that more men have died from COVID-19. Furthermore, research shows that where an older man and woman get infected; thereContinue Reading
Plateau State record of yesterday’s NCDC summary which showed that Plateau has 148 cases are accumulated results which were delayed because of the shortage of reagents at the NVRI lab in Vom. They are not results of a single day please. Read Full details below… PRESS BRIEFING BY PROF,DANLADI ABOKContinue Reading
The Chief of Staff to Plateau State Governor Noel Donjur has tested positive to COVID-19 after the test that was conducted for members of the State EXCO on 1st July, 2020 following the directive of Governor Lalong. The outcome of the tests indicate that all other members of the StateContinue Reading
History was made today Wednesday, June 24, 2020; as the Department of Microbiology of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna; set a new pace in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with the production of a sterilized brand of face-masks; a first of its kind in Nigeria. Equally important, 100Continue Reading