Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has bemoaned the dearth of bed space for COVID-19 patients in states across the federation. The Director General of the agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Friday at the media briefing of the presidential task force. Ihekweazu disclosed that there are about 3,500 bed spaces for COVID-19 patients … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday showered encomium on health workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19. The governor in his address to commemorate 2020 May Day celebration on Friday at the Lagos House, Marina, described the workers as heroes of the season. Sanwo-Olu lauded the dedication and commitment of the workers, … Read more
The United States President, Donald Trump, has asserted that he is privy to information that corroborated the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was made in Chinese lab. Trump said the information indicated that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is behind the COVID-19 outbreak. Wuhan is the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began and, for … Read more
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, on Friday, alleged plots by employers in the maritime industry to rip workers of salaries and other benefits. The union in a May Day message threatened industrial unrest saying employers must prepare for war as organized Labour would not accept such criminal and wicked plots by employers to … Read more
The house of representatives on Thursday said the proposed free electricity for Nigerians must be implemented to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. The DisCos had announced that they were in talks with the federal government to fashion out modalities that would enable the provision of free two-month electricity as a buffer … Read more
A sociopolitical group in the north, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has alleged that some state governments are playing politics with COVID-19 and turning the pandemic to a cash cow through which funds are being milked from the federal government. The group levelled the Allegation in a statement on Thursday by the group’s chairman, Ango Abdullahi. … Read more
Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ease the lockdown imposed the state. Ganduje said request for relaxation of the lockdown became imperative in order to forestall the Impending economic hardship that’s like to be occasioned by the lockdown. He also said easing of the lockdown would help … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced the confirmation of two hundred and four COVID-19 Cases in the country. The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page on Thursday. The 204 cases is now the highest daily toll the country has recorded, surpassing that of the … Read more
Lagos state government has made yet another startling revelation concerning the fight against COVID-19 in the state. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the state will be overwhelmed with large number of COVID-19 cases soon. The governor said this Impending occurrence is as a result of the number of samples that have been tested in … Read more
By Lucky Ihanza Fifty years ago, precisely on April 22, 1970, when people around the world celebrated the first Earth Day to raise awareness about mankind’s role in protecting our natural world, it is on record that over 20 million Americans ventured outdoors and protested in favour of a more eco-conscious society. Although this is … Read more
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday has announced that twelve patients undergoing treatment for coronavirus at the Lagos State isolation centres have been discharged. He disclosed via his twitter handle that a Ukrainian was part of the 12 people that have tested negative twice and discharged. Sanwo-Olu said, “12 more persons; nine males and three females … Read more
Bauchi state government said it has approved the use of anti-malaria drug, Chloroquine, as a medication for the treatment of COVID-19. Governor of the State, Bala Mohammed, gave the authorisation on Wednesday while giving situation report on COVID-19 in the state, at the Government House, Bauchi, Mohammed, who was the COVID-19 index case in the … Read more
There appears to have been a significant breakthrough in the search for the vaccine that will cure the the virulent coronavirus infection which has brought the world to its knee. US National Institute of Health on Wednesday said that an experimental drug, Remdesivir, has proved effective against the new Coronavirus disease. The White House … Read more
Kaduna State government on Thursday announced that it has has recorded 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. The state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made the announcement in a tweet on Thursday. He said all the new cases were almajiris from Kano. He wrote, “KDSG has confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases in the … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has explained that one out of every five Lagosians with respiratory symptoms are infected with COVID-19. Abayomi disclosed this when he appeared as a Guest on Arise Television “Morning Show” programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. He confessed that the state … Read more
The federal government has said not publishing the names of the beneficiaries of the government social intervention and relief packages aimed at cushioning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic does not mean the program was fraught with irregularities or shrouded in secrecy that leads to lack of accountability and transparency. The minister of humanitarian affairs, … Read more
In 1720, a ship was quarantined at the port in Marseille because a strange infection was killing people on the ship. Deputy Mayor of Marseille lifted the quarantine to “help economy”. 100,000 people died. More than half of Marseille died. This was the Great Plague of Marseille. The govt of Marseille felt they could not … Read more
By Ikechi Uko Over 50% of all Covid19 Deaths globally are from 5 Nations in Europe. More People have Died from these 5 Nations of Europe than the Whole World Put together. The Media is focused on China as a Cause, Donald Trump as a Failure and Africa as the Victims. Not Much is heard … Read more
As part of its conscious efforts to tackle the health challenges bedevilling Kano state, the federal has sent a high-powered nine-man delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health to the state. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid -19 Control. … Read more
US President Donald Trump says there are plans to send ventilators to Nigeria as the country desperately needs the all important health equipment to consolidate its gains and boost its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The President said this at a press conference on Wednesday. It would be recalled that Lai Mohammed, minister of information, … Read more