The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the advice on Sunday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. The UN health agency urged people to clean locally-made face masks properly before wearing again. According to WHO, the guidance on homemade masks are important for preventing COVID-19 in low-income context. In a video posted...
As many as 6,206 police personnel, including 1,828 in capital Dhaka, have now tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 in Bangladesh. AKM Kamrul Ahsan, Public Relations Officer at Bangladesh Police headquarters, said on Sunday that 16 of the personnel have died from the disease. “Out of these, 16 police personnel died of the infection,’’ Ahsan said, adding that a civilian, working with the law enforcement agency, also died due to COVID-19. Among the infected policemen,...
Travellers pay security operatives for passage We’re not aware, say police Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz (Regional Correspondent) For now, the police and other security operatives in uniform and plainclothes has been accused of profiteering from the lockdown put to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Some residents in Yola,Zing, Numan, Jalingo,Wukari and other major towns said that rather than enforce the restriction, the operatives, including military and immigration personnel, were helping themselves to pecuniary gains. The border...
The management of Fidelity Bank Plc has donated N10 million to the Kano Government for the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Mr. Hassan Imam, Executive Director, Northern operation of the bank who presented the cheque on Friday in Kano, said that the gesture was part of the bank’s social responsibility and contribution to the fight against the dreaded disease. Imam, who lauded the commitment of the state government said that the...
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 328 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11, 844. The NCDC announced this on Friday through it’s official Twitter handle, saying that as at June 5, 2020, 328 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in the country. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours....
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has distributed agricultural inputs to 100 local farmers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State. Speaking during the ceremony in Kura, headquarters of Kura LGA on Friday, NCFRMI Commissioner, Sen. Bashir Garba-Mohammed, said the gesture was to ameliorate suffering farmers as a result of COVID-19 lockdown. “As Nigeria is having its share of coronavirus effects, President Muhammadu Buhari has therefore instructed agencies rendering humanitarian services to redouble efforts in their service delivery to vulnerable persons in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed appreciation to governments and donors for contributing $8.8 billion for the vaccine as announced by GAVI, an international organisation, created to improve access to vaccines. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, expressed the appreciation on Friday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “This is great news that governments and donors have pledged an amazing $8.8 billion to GAVI for life-saving vaccinations, exceeding the target. Also, Countries, organizations pledge support for global...
In Nigeria, as elsewhere in Africa (and the world, for that matter), there is often a large disconnect between what the federal government says in its press statements and what actually happens at the local level. Most observers comment on developments in the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Port Harcourt, not least because they are media centers and the most developed parts of the country. It is difficult to know the views of people outside of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that the decision to re-open schools would be taken in 2-weeks. Mr Sanwo-Olu disclosed this during a press briefing Thursday, on the COVID-19 situation in the state. “I know we are all eager to know the plans we have for the re-opening of our learning institutions. There is still a lot more works to be done in this regard and we are looking at the educational sector very differently....
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Thursday confirmed that four persons have so far died of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. The governor made the disclosure in Lafia at the review meeting of the state’s COVID-19 committee. According to the governor, the state, unfortunately, recorded four deaths including the member of the state assembly representing Nasarawa-West out of the 90 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state. The governor also said that 705...
