Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed that a four-month-old child was among the 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the state on Friday. A statement issued by the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said that the father of the infected child had a travel history to Kano. “The infant, who had been brought to hospital for respiratory issues, was tested in accordance with the updated guidelines which advise that persons presenting with...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it is yet to release a post COVID-19 travel guidelines for air travellers. Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, said this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. She said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement released by a certain Tayo Olu to the effect that the federal government, through FAAN has released a post-COVID-19 travel guideline for air travellers....
ENUGU – Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu State council members on Saturday rejected palliatives donated by the State Government to help cushion the effect of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The bone of contention was the announcement by the Commissioner for Information Chidi Aroh that the palliative is shared amongst the alleged factions in the union. Aroh insisted the palliative be shared among NUJ members including the faction led by the suspended National Vice...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday met behind closed doors with Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Embalo was received at the official residence of the president by the Nigerian leader. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Embalo said he was on `routine visit’ to President Buhari, whom he described as his political father, for consultations and advice over...
In a bid to further tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of researchers in the University of Lagos (Unilag) has produced an Ambuvalent ventilator. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, known as Unilag /LASRIC Ambuvalent, was sponsored by the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC). The team carried out a ‘demonstration of concept’ of the project to the institution’s management on Friday. The Team Lead, AbdulHakeem Amuda, an...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the president made this known at an audience with the visiting President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau. The presidential aide revealed that Guinea-Bissau’s...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government has set up palliatives to assist Micro Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vice president said that the palliatives reflected the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s determination to support MSMEs and the priority the Federal Government placed on small businesses. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president performed the virtual launch of palliatives for MSMEs by the...
Our Regional Correspondent writes on the experience of members of the correspondents’ chapel in Adamawa State when a member tested positive for COVID-19. It was a big relief and celebration time for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa state when the result of their blood samples taken for coronavirus test returned negative. The joy wasn’t only for the two members who had contact with the first index...
The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative meant to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, has donated a 100-bed isolation centre and medical equipment to Anambra Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CACOVID renovated and equipped one of the state’s Protective Care Centre located at Umueri General Hospital in Oyi Local Government Area and donated the same to the state government on Saturday. A representative of CACOVID and the Regional Manager of...
Archbishop Samson Benjamin, the General Overseer for Resurrection Praise Ministry for Africa Worldwide, on Saturday said the proposed Disease Control Bill would negate the rights of Nigerians. Benjamin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he was totally opposed to the Bill which seeks to promulgate the vaccine. “I am also absolutely against the vaccine that wants to be introduced into Africa from abroad. I do not believe it is best for...
