Enugu Health Commissioner Dies of Chronic Kidney Disease – Family Source

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, has died after a protracted struggle with chronic kidney disease, a family source has revealed. A statement on Saturday by the family representative, Dr. Kingsley Ugochukwu, announcing the death of the late surgeon, said that the deceased died on April 3, 2020, at the Memphy’s Hospital, Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugochukwu was until his death a Consultant Surgeon and immediate past Provost,...

COVID-19: INEC Deploys 100 Vehicles in Six States for Contact Tracing

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed about 100 of its vehicles in six states to support the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on combating Coronavirus. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Friday. Okoye said that the pick-up van to be deployed to Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Kano, Rivers and FCT, would be used for contact tracing, surveillance/laboratory and infection...

90 countries Seek Emergency Funds as World Economy Stands Still – IMF

More than 90 countries have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding as the coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic crisis, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. “Never in the history of the IMF we have witnessed the world economy come to a standstill,” the head of the Washington-based institution said in an online press conference of the World Health Organisation (WHO). “We are now in recession. “It is way worse...

Uzodinma Inaugurates 7 COVID-19 Isolation Centers in Imo

Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo on Friday inaugurated seven isolation centers in Imo as part of efforts to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. This came barely 24 hours after the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urged Imo government to disclose its isolation centers and contact numbers for the general public to be aware. Uzodinma, also inaugurated security patrol vehicles to tackle security challenges in the state. The governor said Imo had no case so far of...

Maj.-Gen. Yahaya Takes Over as Theartre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole

Maj.-Gen. Farouq Yahaya on Friday took over as the new Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yahaya took over from Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, who was redeployed to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre as Senior Research Fellow. In a brief ceremony, at the Military Control and Command headquarters in Maiduguri,  Yahaya was presented with the Command flag by his predecessor after signing the hand-over and...

COVID-19: Kaduna to Get Testing Centre – Deputy Gov

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe says the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has promised to set up a Conoravirus testing centre in the state. Balarabe made this known during a state broadcast on Friday, on activities of the state COVID-19 Task Force. She said that the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni and her counterparts from other states met with NCDC officials last week where the commitment was reiterated. According...

Buhari Directs Army to Support Police Action Against Bandits in Troubled Areas

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Army to join the Police in flushing out bandits from forests around the country, particularly in areas that witnessed recent attacks. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the president gave the directive in response to the killing of 22 people in Sokoto State. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Gangara community in Sabon...

Why We Can’t sell petrol below N125 per litre – IPMAN

The Ibadan branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says its members will not sell the petroleum motor spirit (PMS) below N125 per litre. This is contained in a circular signed by its Secretary, Alhaji Ismail Abdul-Majeed, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had within the last few weeks announced a  downward review twice from its initial N145. The Federal...

LUTH Confirms Death of COVID-19 Patient

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Saturday confirmed the death of a COVID-19 patient in the hospital. Prof. Chris Bode, LUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known in a statement issued by Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of LUTH, on his behalf. According to him, a man was brought unconscious to LUTH Emergency late in the evening of Wednesday, April 2 by his friend. “Although they denied any history...

FCT Designates Asokoro District Hospital Quarantine Facility

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FTCA), has designated the Asokoro District Hospital as a quarantine facility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The facility was designed for isolation of persons who had contacts with those infected with Coronavirus disease. To this end, the hospital on Saturday began to suspend its Out Patient Department (OPD) to protect visiting patients from exposure to COVID-19. A News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) correspondent who visited the hospital on...

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