China reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Monday, as the country tries to prevent a second wave of COVIS-19 infections. Authorities counted 108 new coronavirus infections over the past day, including 98 cases among travelers returning from abroad, according to the National Health Commission. This is the highest number of reported infections since March 6, when authorities counted 143 new cases. China is focusing its efforts on preventing...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) says the significance of Easter is more compelling now that the world is facing the consequences of COVID-19. This is contained in a statement by the apex Islamic body signed by the head of administration of the council, Mr. Yusuf Nwoha, in Abuja, to felicitate with Christians as they mark 2020 Easter. Nwoha noted that the global pandemic had impacted greatly on lifestyles, particularly religious worship. ”In...
Sen Ahmed Babba-Kaita has donated assorted food items to residents of Daura in Katsina State, as part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown order on the local government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the state government imposed a stay-at-home order, with effect from Saturday, April 11, after a medical doctor died of the Coronavirus pandemic in the area. Gov Aminu Masari, who announced the order on Friday in Katsina,...
Ministers of the OPEC+ countries agreed in a video conference on Sunday to boost oil prices by cutting production by 9.7 million barrels a day for May and June, Mexico’s Energy Minister Rocio Nahle tweeted. The reduction is 300,000 barrels below the production cut which the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and all its allies within the expanded OPEC+ format had agreed on Friday. Mexico refused to reduce its production by 400,000 barrels as...
A total lockdown has been imposed in Borno by the state government which shut its borders to non-essential movements in a bid to contain the influx of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Kadafur said that the order would take effect from Monday, April 13, by 6 a.m, adding that movement in and out of the state would be completely restricted. “The border...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that while there is no known vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some trials have shown promising results in laboratory studies. Dr/ Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that it takes time to obtain accurate results from such clinical trials. “Some of the trials have shown promising results in laboratory studies but have not yet been proven...
The Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has donated one Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance to the Rivers State government to assist in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world. NAN reports that an ALS ambulance is equipped with cardiac monitor/defibrillator/pacemaker, advanced airway equipment such as endotracheal tubes, used to treat common medical emergencies such as allergic reactions, cardiac arrests, and difficulty breathing. The General Overseer of OPM, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, told a correspondent of the...
The two-week lockdown introduced as part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 into Abia resumed on Sunday after it was relaxed from Friday to 2 p.m on Sunday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the resumption of the lockdown, which is expected to end on Wednesday, recorded partial compliance by residents. A NAN correspondent, who monitored the situation in Umuahia metropolis and its environs, reports that although commercial vehicles and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has treated 228 active cases of COVID-19 and discharged 85 of them as the total number of cases in the country rises to 323. The NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said on Sunday that it recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the country – two in Lagos, two in Kwara and one in Kastina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there are now...
So, the Finance Minister rallied a crowd of reporters and declared we had been fleeced by fire…that seven hundred billion Naira went up in smoke because a dingy little office complex where an accountant practiced his iniquities and decadent morality was scorched. How could we contain ourselves and sleep till dawn, while our golden flute in damp and dew lay forsaken and forlorn? Classic? Well it is. Vintage? Of course, it is. The words belong...
