Prof. Maurice Iwu, Chairman, Imo COVID-19 Task Force, says that Coronavirus is not a death sentence as long as people take precautionary measures instructed by public health authorities. Iwu made the assertion when members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) COVID-19 Team, led by Dr. Victor Dike, paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Wednesday in Owerri. He noted that 90 per cent of virus diseases that affected people were not medical but...
Passenger flights in and out of Lithuania have resumed after a break of more than a month and a half during the coronavirus pandemic. German airline Lufthansa had a flight from Frankfurt to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Wednesday afternoon with more than 150 passengers. A similar number of passengers flew the other way from Vilnius to Frankfurt later in the evening, local media reported. The passengers had to undergo a medical check after landing...
The Lagos state government has announced the discharge of a 98-year old woman who was a COVID-19 patient from its isolation center. The Oldest COVID-19 patient in the state isolation centers. According to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu who disclosed the information on its Twitter yesterday, the 98-year woman was part of the 25 patients that were discharged from the state isolation centers yesterday. The governor also said that the patients were managed...
Adamawa State Government has commenced repatriation of Almajiris back to their states of origin with the first tranche of 132 part of indigenes of Gombe State which is one-third of their population from two local governments of Adamawa. The decision-taking by the government is the sequel to the resolutions reached by the Northern State Governors’ Forum to end the menace of Almajiri syndrome and the need to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan facility of 1.2 billion dollars to finance the mechanisation of agriculture in the country. Mr. Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting anchored from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The online FEC was in line with Nigeria...
The Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had warned against the unhealthy practice of some Nigerians who pick disposed face masks from dumpsites, wash and sell them. The Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the PTF Press Briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He warned that such a practice would worsen the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Mustapha disclosed...
The Federal Government on Tuesday urged the Northern Governors to suspend the interstate movement of Almajiri children. It added that the decision of the Northern Governor will frustrate the efforts of the FG to combat the pandemic. This was disclosed on Tuesday through the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the media briefing of the PTF. The SGF concern was as a...
Since its first edition in Dallas, Texas, 2015, The African Film Festival (TAFF) has grown to become a veritable cultural, education, and entertainment event to showcase African independent films. This fifth Anniversary edition will be hosted entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4-day festival will kick off on Tuesday, June 2nd through Saturday, June 6th with film screenings, online workshops, and training sessions, and TAFF Awards ceremony. Kelechi Eke, TAFF founder, and Executive...
A mild drama had ensued in Jalingo, Taraba state capital when some disenchanted youths were reported to have attacked and disrupted sitting of a mobile court for motorists that violate the lockdown orders in Taraba state. Reports say that the mobile court which sat at the Dobeli bridge along Wukari-Jalingo road at Tella town in Gassol local government area of the state was disrupted a situation that forced presiding judges to scamper for their lives....
Arrangements have been finalised for the take-off of the Ekiti State’s COVID-19 Testing Centre, Gov. Kayode Fayemi disclosed on Monday. He said that testing for Coronavirus would commence at the centre before the end of the week, thereby put an end to what hitherto obtained when past blood samples of suspected victims had to be sent to Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment...
