Friday Bako

As the World continue the battle to contain and prevent further spread of the dreaded novel Coronavirus with over 1.3 million total confirmed cases and over 74,000 deaths recorded globally, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, a renowned Virologist, Public Health Epidemiologist and Lecturer with Nasarawa State University Keffi Dr. Ishaku Akyala has called on the […]

The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus.The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of the National Biotechnology Development Agency […]

From Cmr. Friday Bako With over 2.6 million total cases and over 188 deaths recorded globally, Nations across the world have continued to deploy measures to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. As Nigeria also seek diverse ways of preventing the virus with 873 confirmed cases and 28 deaths, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, renowned Virologist and Public […]

A Medical Laboratory Scientist, Virologist and Lecturer with Nasarawa State University Keffi , Ishaku Akyala Ph.D has called on the 36 State Governors in Nigeria to make concerted efforts toward setting up diagnostic testing centres in their various States in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Nationally. “If Governors can set up isolation centres, […]

As the world continue to struggle to tackle the global devastating impact of the Coronavirus, two Nigerians, Williams Gyang and Nura Jibrin in Jos Plateau State are being celebrated and applauded by Nigerians from all walks of life for contributing their quota towards the fight against the dreaded COVID-19 by fixing two faulty ventilators […]