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Kogi Government ‘Not Aware’ of 3rd COVID-19 Case

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced in its daily update that one new case was recorded in the state on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. However, the...

COVID-19: Kogi Govt Warns Residents Not to Seek Medical Service at FMC Lokoja

Kogi state government has warned the people of the state against accessing healthcare services at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. Speaking at the end of the weekly...

Covid-19: Kogi Gets Mobile Courts on Lockdown

Following the lockdown of the Kabba-Bunu local government area announced by the Kogi State government in the wake of the index case of coronavirus identified in that...

FG to Prioritize Covid-19 Tests in Kogi, Cross River

GeneXpert machines to be validated by the Medical Laboratory Science Council are to be deployed to Kogi and Cross River to expand testing capacity, the health ministry...

Kogi, NCDC Covid-19 Drama; My Humble Opinion

I have been following the unfolding drama between Kogi State government and that of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), an agency under federal government over...

COVID-19: For Once, Kogi People, Government on Same Page

The stand of the Kogi State government to constantly rebuff persistent onslaught from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on the current Corona Virus pandemic...

COVID-19 ‘Index Case’: Kogi Commence Active Contact Tracing

Kogi state government has commenced contact tracing to identify and test all those came in contact with the highly disputed COVID-19 index case in the state. In a...

COVID-19: Kogi Isolation Centres Were Put In Place Long Ago – NMA Chairman

Dr Kabir Zubair, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter, has debunked a statement credited to him in a recent publication by one of the...

COVID-19: Nothing Controversial About Kogi Cases – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday cleared the air on the authenticity of the two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kogi state. It stated that there...

COVID-19: Call Kogi Governor to Order – NMA Urges FG

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to call Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to order over his claims that there were no cases...