Christians in parts of Kaduna marked this year’s Palm Sunday in their homes because of the imposed curfew by the State Government over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Checks conducted on Sunday in Kaduna by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that most churches at areas visited, including Barnawa, High cost, Television, Romi, Sabo and Trikaniya, have remained closed in compliance with government directive, while the residents marked services in their respective homes. Pastor Femi...
The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr. Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States. Okoyen made the announcement in a statement sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Saturday evening. He said one of them, a doctor from Abia, contracted the virus while on duty in New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the U.S....
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Lagos, Abuja, and Edo. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Sunday, said that of the 10 new cases, Lagos has six, while Abuja and Edo have two cases each. The new cases brought Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 224. Twenty-seven of the cases had recovered and discharged while five deaths had been recorded. It said that...
Scientists in Australia have found that an existing antiparasitic drug has shown potency in killing COVID-19 within 48 hours in the laboratory. The study, a product of a collaboration between Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute based in Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, discovered that Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug could stop the growth of SARS-CoV-2 virus in a laboratory setting and called for trial in humans. “We found that even a...
Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed has tested negative of the coronavirus following a second examination at the National Centre for Disease Control, multiple sources disclosed. “Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman (Executive Chairman, Primary Health Care Development Agency) came back this evening from Abuja with the result of the second tests, and it has shown negative. “He will leave the isolation centre very soon, but just wait for the details”, one of the sources who pleaded for anonymity has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Olufemi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives has disclosed that the House is proposing a Second Stimulus Bill to provide access to free electricity supply for Nigerians. In a recent update published on Twitter, the speaker announced that the proposed bill with have Nigerians enjoy electricity for the next two months. Gbajabimila disclosed this on Saturday after a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ahmed Zainab, stating that the bill will help to mitigate...
