Ondo state commissioner of health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19 complications. Adegbenro died at the state’s infectious disease hospital on Thursday at the age of 65. His death came two days after the State’s governor Rotimi Akeredolu announced he had tested positive for COVID- 19. “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Morenike Taire We have been presented the opportunity to reimagine and redesign our society into a vibrant and equitable one. COVID-19 has unearthed massive inequalities within our societies and brought to glaring light the unique burdens that women carry the world over. Allocation of response resources should be targeted towards the immediate […]
Coronavirus PHOTO:Getty Images Addressing a news conference on Friday at Adeleke University, Ede, in Osun, Dr Oladipo Kolawole, Leader of the team, said the vaccine was being developed locally in Africa for Africans. Kolawole, a Specialist in Medical Virology, Immunology and Bioinformatics, at Adeleke University, Ede, however, said the vaccine would also work for other […]
By Ifreke InyangThe Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said June 21 is no longer a feasible date, for the resumption of domestic flights in the country. The Director-General of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, stated this on Thursday at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja. Musa represented the Minister of […]
By John Owen Nwachukwu The Federal Government has warned Nigerians that the only way not to get infected by the deadly coronavirus disease was to obey the rules laid down by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this during the daily press briefing of the […]
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | June 6, 2020 | Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line with constitutional provisions. If, in the worst-case scenario, COVID-19 subsists beyond 2022, what then does the future hold for dear country? The more reason Nigeria’s politicians, as at […]
Friday Olokor, Tobi Aworinde and Olaleye Aluko As state governments reopen worship centres this weekend, the Federal Government has threatened to review the relaxation of the restriction placed on churches and mosques, if worshippers disregard its guidelines. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 3, 2020 – The extension by two weeks of the current ‘easing of the lockdown’ in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States by two weeks has raised a number of fundamental issues. Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force, Secretary to the Government Boss Mustapha, […]
The Bauchi State government has confirmed that the state Deputy Governor, Baba Tela, tested positive for Covid-19. The confirmation was contained in a press release made available to journalists in Bauchi by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Bauchi State Governor, Muhktar Gidado. According to Gidado, the Deputy governor’s positive confirmation followed the […]
Nigerian government has approved the resumption of COVID-19 drug trial. Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Tuesday. He spoke in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19. Nigeria had after the World Health Organisation (WHO) directive insisted that it would continue the trial with hyroxychloroquine. In his remarks, Ehanire explained why the […]
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