The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 595 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rose to 34,854. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The NCDC said that as at July 16, 595 new confirmed cases and nine deaths were recorded in the country. According to it, till date, 34,854 cases have been confirmed, 14,292 cases have been discharged and 769 deaths...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN has once again called out another top political figure, Adamawa state governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for allegedly flouting the coronavirus protocol at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Tuesday, July 14. In reaction to the allegations by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Fintiri said it was all fabrications and lies. Speaking through his Director General of Media and Communications, Mr Solomon Kamangar, said the Governor only objected...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 165 countries have engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility. WHO said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday that of the number, 75 countries have so far shown interest in joining its COVAX facility meant to provide global access to a COVID-19 vaccine. It said “the 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets, partner with up to...
Despite Governor Kayode Fayemi’s go-ahead for religious centres to re-open, the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Ekiti State has said mosques will remain shut. The NSCIA President in Ekiti State, Alhaji Yakubu Sanni, in a statement, according to the Nation, said that mosques would not open now because the laid down safety protocols by the government cannot be met within the time stipulated. “Muslims in the Government Committee on the re-opening of...
Just like Amotekun, the six Southwest States – Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti – have agreed to reopen schools next month to enable Senior Secondary School 3 students to write the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The decision was taken at a virtual meeting organized by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission on Wednesday. Commissioners for Education in the six states, special advisers on Education and State Universal...
The Osun State government has notified the State’s sports council of its decision to stop the payment of salaries of athletes and coaches of state-owned clubs — Osun United and Osun Babes. The letter which was addressed to the acting General Manager of the State Sports Council, Rotimi Dunmoy, was also sent to the Secretary of Osun United, the Media Officer of Osun United, Tajudeen Amodu, confirmed, according to the Nation. “Payments to staffers on...
…We didn’t sack health workers, only rotating them. The Lagos State government on Monday evening disclosed how it has addressed the grievances of COVID-19 health workers in the State and expressed disappointment that doctors under the aegis of Medical Guild, proceeded with a three-day warning strike despite resolving most of the issues and deliberating on unresolved ones. The West African Pilot News recalls that medical doctors employed by the State government had said on Sunday...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new round of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday in response to the country’s rising rate of infections. “From Monday onwards, a night-time curfew will be enforced between 9 pm and 4 am, while face masks will be compulsory in public places and a ban on the sale of alcohol will be reintroduced. “The national “state of disaster” is also to be extended until Aug. 12. “We are now...
Kenya’s number of COVID-19 cases passed 10,000 mark on Sunday as the Ministry of Health intensifies measures to contain the spread of the respiratory disease. Mutahi Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary in the ministry, said some 379 people tested positive for the COVID-19 from 7,050 samples which were tested in the past 24 hours. This brings the national tally of positive cases to 10,105. In a statement issued in Nairobi, Kagwe said 376 Kenyans and three foreign...
The number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 following 344 new successfully treated cases. This is according to the new data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter account on Sunday. The NCDC had also recorded 571 new COVID-19 cases in 20 states, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 32,558. The health agency said that no new state had reported a case in...
