The West African Examinations Council (WAEC)says the May/June 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, 2020 (WASSCE), has not been cancelled. In a statement by the Head of WAEC, Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan, on Sunday, the body explained that a notice alleging the cancellation of 2020 WASSCE did not emanate from the council. The council said it was the handwork of mischief makers and consequently, false and misleading. “Our attention has been drawn to a...
Italy, the first European country to be hard-hit by the coronavirus, will allow some businesses to reopen this week while aiming to reopen manufacturing and construction from May 4, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, said. Conte gave the most detailed outline yet of plans to reopen the economy, in a newspaper interview published on Sunday, ahead of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, which he said would be released no later than early this week. Italy,...
Fear has enveloped residents of Kano metropolis as more people continue to succumb to a strange illness that has hit some parts of the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of people, including elites and prominent sons of the state, have been lost to the yet-to-be-identified disease, with Dala, Fagge, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale and Kano Municipal worst hit. Among those already buried are academics, administrators, bankers, media practitioners, and businessmen A...
Some Nigerian Women in the United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday donated food items to some less privileged people in Lagos state as part of an effort to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The women made the donation under the auspices of Elite Golden Ladies, the U.K., and Ireland and distributed them through Bishop Augustine Okereke at the Word and Praise Missionary Church headquarters in Lagos. The spokesperson of the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 30,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Sunday. “Over 30,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent with over 9,000 associated recoveries and 1,300 deaths recorded,’’ it said. The WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that in sub-Saharan Africa, South...
The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane, in pursuant of the unanimous decision arrived at the Emergency Congress Meeting, EGM, of the association held on March 27, 2020, has resumed indefinite withdrawal of services effective from 8 am, April 24th, 2020. A statement signed by the Executive Committee of the association states that the ARD had in good faith suspended withdrawal of her services which they embarked on March 26th, 2020, based on...
Healthcare workers working in Mainland Hospital, treating COVID-19 patients in an infectious disease facility in Yaba, Lagos have raised alarm over an alleged Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortage in the hospital. They raised concerns that the shortage of medical equipment exposed them to the risk of contracting the virus. A report in Punch Healthwise reported that the source who spoke with journalists on of anonymity laments the shortage of the medical equipment, saying it is...
Available information show that pregnant women seem to be at equal risk as other adults, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a guideline for pregnant women and nursing mothers. “It is known that the bodily changes that occur during pregnancy, may put expectant women at increased risk for some infections,” a part of the NCDC guideline read. “Pregnant women have had a higher risk of severe illness when infected with viruses from...
In the last few days, Kano State is in the news with more than 12 high profile death on Saturday. Reports indicate that among the high profile deaths on Saturday were academics, bankers, politicians, business tycoons, and technocrat. Those high profile deaths are Prof Ibrahim Ayagi the CEO of Hassan Gwarzo School and former National Economic Adviser to Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alh. Dahiru Rabiu Former Kano Grand Khadi, Prof. Aliyu Umar Dikko of Physiology department...
Kano State Government says it has ordered for the production of 1 million face masks as part of an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the State. Gov.Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who dropped the hint while addressing journalists at a news conference said that the State Government will make the wearing of the face masks compulsory when the production is completed. “We have also directed all the 44 Local Governments in the State to...
