By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | May 9, 2020 – “Lockdown has immediate ramifications for individuals who live on a hand-to-mouth basis, and for the networks of their dependents. If people cannot eat, they will not obey a lockdown, nor is there any reason, practical or moral, for them to do so.” – Alex […]
Videos and Pictures Below (NNP) Gov. Nyesom Wike’s recent lockdown speech to the people of Rivers, has left many wondering whether his state is located in autocratic North Korea where Kim Jong Un reigns supreme and bellows orders for his citizens in a gestapo fashion. In his threat-ridden speech, Gov. Wike left no doubting Thomases […]
By John Owen NwachukwuA frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has described the proposed Infectious Diseases Bill as superfluous, illegal and unconstitutional. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said that the efforts to replace the Quarantine Act was a waste of time, adding that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and Prevention Act of […]
Management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has dismissed Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor Ikemefuna Uzochukwu, over alleged discovery of drug for COVID-19 cure at the institution. Professor Uzochukwu, who was Principal Investigator, COVID-19 Drug Design, Discovery and Development Project at the School of Pharmacy had publicly claimed that his group had […]
PTF on COVID-19 chairman, Boss Mustapha The Federal Government has extended the ban on all flights into the country for another four weeks. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, announced this at Wednesday’s daily of the Task Force. Recalled the […]
By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | May 6, 2020 | The Nigerian House of Representatives is on the cusp of overturning the National Quarantine Act of 2004, and replacing it with the Prohibition and Control of Infectious Disease Bill that has scaled second reading in just two hours. This is a process that usually […]
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 245 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,802. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of death to 93. The […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO), says leaders from 40 countries have pledged €7.4 billion euros for coronavirus vaccine research and development. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the organisation said the pledge was to support research and development for vaccine, diagnostics and therapeutics with 7.4 billion euros. Ghebreyesus disclosed this at a news […]
By Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has warned that the gradual easing of the lockdown commencing in the state on Monday was not a license for all to flood the streets. Sanwo-Olu, who gave the warning on Sunday while giving update on the management of COVID-19 in Lagos, said there would be zero […]
*as citizens ask for Anambra Covid-19 test Centre locations From Chuks Collins, Awka ——————– The rot that has become the lot of the ‘Nigerian system’ became manifest in Awka, the Anambra state capital with the sudden discovery of no fewer than four brand new ventilators by officials of the state Ministry of Health, in the […]
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