Lassa Fever Kills 19 Persons in Bauchi State

HealthNewsNigeriaLassa Fever Kills 19 Persons in Bauchi State

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 16, 2020

The Bauchi State Government has disclosed that 19 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in the state since January. The Deputy Governor, Baba Tela revealed this during a news conference held in Bauchi state on Thursday. He noted that no fewer than 48 people were being monitored and undergoing treatment on the deadly disease in the state. “It is not as if we have gotten rid of Lassa fever completely in the state....

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Covid-19: VSF Donates Food, Medical Items to Borno Government

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaCovid-19: VSF Donates Food, Medical Items to Borno Government

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 15, 2020

Borno Government on Wednesday received donation of food, detergents and medical items from Victims Support Fund (VSF) Task Force on COVID-19. Receiving the items in a ceremony in Maiduguri, the state Deputy Governor who is also the state Chairman of the Committee on COVID-19, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, lauded VSF for the gesture which he described as timely. Kadafur assured VSF of the state government’s commitment to ensure judicious utilisation of the items for the purpose...

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Taylor Swift, Oprah Join Global Event to Celebrate Coronavirus Workers

CoronavirusEntertainmentPhilanthropyTaylor Swift, Oprah Join Global Event to Celebrate Coronavirus Workers

Chris UlasiApril 15, 2020

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, and Oprah Winfrey have joined a global broadcast special telecast, this coming weekend, that will recognise the efforts of workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said on Tuesday. The “One World Together at Home” event, a combination of music, comedy, and stories from doctors, nurses and grocery workers, also announced an additional six-hour streaming event that will include appearances by major sports stars, including British Formula One...

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COVID-19: Buhari Orders Expansion Of Social Register For Poor Households

CoronavirusNigeriaWellnessCOVID-19: Buhari Orders Expansion Of Social Register For Poor Households

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

President Mohammed Buhari said he has directed the National Social Register for Poor and Vulnerable Households to increase the number of estimated households to 3.6 million. In a televised broadcast on Monday night, the president announced that all palliative measures will be sustained following the extension to the lockdown directives in FCT, Lagos and Ogun state Increasing the beneficiaries of the federal government palliative from an initial 2.6 million, the president stated that support measures...

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Lockdown: Senator Donates Food Items to Daura Residents

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaLockdown: Senator Donates Food Items to Daura Residents

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

Sen Ahmed Babba-Kaita has donated assorted food items to residents of Daura in Katsina State, as part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown order on the local government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the state government imposed a stay-at-home order, with effect from Saturday, April 11, after a medical doctor died of the Coronavirus pandemic in the area. Gov Aminu Masari, who announced the order on Friday in Katsina,...

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Traditional medicine and COVID-19: the ‘yeas’ and ‘nays’ controversy

CoronavirusLifestyleNewsTraditional medicine and COVID-19: the ‘yeas’ and ‘nays’ controversy

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 12, 2020

While the health system play down the potency of traditional medicine in treating COVID-19, individuals share unortodox remedies, their knowledge, and lived-in experience. Ooni of Ife, Oba, Dr. Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi revealed a treatment,  “herbs including neem, bitter leaf and African pepper” Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo state, said he boosted his immunity with Vitamin C, carrots and black seed oil mixed with honey. Dr. Johnson Idowu, traditional medicine practitioner  says there are indigenous...

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Babyface Announces He and His Family Have Recovered From COVID-19

CoronavirusEntertainmentNewsBabyface Announces He and His Family Have Recovered From COVID-19

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

Eleven-time Grammy award winner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds announced that he and his family had been battling the novel coronavirus but are now “on our way back to full health”. “I feel so blessed to be able to celebrate another birthday,” Edmonds posted on social media channels on Friday, the day he turned 62. “I tested positive for COVID-19, as did my family. “It’s an incredibly scary thing to go through my friends. “I’m happy to...

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Lagos Squash Association Advises Players to be Creative During Lockdown

CoronavirusLifestyleSportsLagos Squash Association Advises Players to be Creative During Lockdown

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

Tomi False, the Chairman, Lagos State Squash Association (LSSA), on Saturday advised up and coming players to get creative during the COVID-19 lockdown, and stay fit. The chairman gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He called on the players, particularly Lagos State players to ensure that they maintained their fitness as the country tries to find a way out of the Coronavirus pandemic. “Thankfully, squash is...

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COVID-19: ‘Nigeria Needs More Testing Facilities to Expose Pandemic’ – NIPR

CoronavirusLifestyleNigeriaCOVID-19: ‘Nigeria Needs More Testing Facilities to Expose Pandemic’ – NIPR

PilotnewsApril 10, 2020

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has called for the establishment of more testing centres in the country to quickly identify cases and carriers of the coronavirus. President of NIPR, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, made the call in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. He urged the government to assist the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in establishing more testing centres to build on the successes recorded in the fight against the coronavirus...

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COVID-19 Lockdown: We Are at Risk in Adamawa, Disabled Persons Tell Gov. Fintiri

CoronavirusFoodNigeriaCOVID-19 Lockdown: We Are at Risk in Adamawa, Disabled Persons Tell Gov. Fintiri

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 10, 2020

Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in Adamawa have raised an alarm that they are at risk of avoidable health crises and needless deaths as the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic worsens the livelihoods and survival of PLWDs. The group expressed concern that many persons living with disabilities may never benefit from the free food stimulus program introduced by the state government if Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri fails to co-opt disabled person clusters and Civil Society Organizations...

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