‘Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Ready for Emergency Use in April,’ Chinese Official

HealthNewsWorld News‘Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Ready for Emergency Use in April,’ Chinese Official

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

A health official in China says coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use next month. What could be a breakthrough to put an end to the disease — that has spread to over fifty-five countries, infecting 100,000 persons and leaving over 3000 people dead – is coming weeks after Chinese scientists revealed the sequence of the coronavirus. “According to our estimates, we are hopeful that in April some of the vaccines will enter clinical...

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Hotel Used for Coronavirus Quarantine in China, Collapses, 70 People Trapped

HealthWorld NewsHotel Used for Coronavirus Quarantine in China, Collapses, 70 People Trapped

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

An eighty-room hotel in southeast China, used as a quarantine facility for persons exposed to coronavirus has collapsed, according to reports According to the Daily Maily, the Xinjia Hotel, located in Quanzhou City in Fujian province, collapsed on Saturday, around 7:30pm. The Ministry of Emergency Management, said at least 34 people had been rescued as at 10pm local time. Videos posted online show rescue officials combing through the wreckage. News report say the hotel was...

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BREAKING: Why PDP Sacked 4 Directors, 58 Others

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBREAKING: Why PDP Sacked 4 Directors, 58 Others

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has carried out a mass sack of 50 per cent of its workers, a notice pasted at the National Secretariat of the party revealed. In what appears as the result of a financial crisis, 62 officials and other members of staff were affected by the mass disengagement. Those affected include 4 directors, two deputy directors, 6 assistant directors, seventeen supervisors, 14 intermediate staff and nineteen junior staff. The workers were...

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El-Rufai sets to demolish Kaduna Market, orders traders to leave within three days

MarketsNewsNigeriaEl-Rufai sets to demolish Kaduna Market, orders traders to leave within three days

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

The Kaduna State Government has informed occupants of the Kasuwan Barchi market in Tudun-Wada of Kaduna Central Local Government of the state to leave the area in three days. The eviction notice which was issued by the Director-General of the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority, KASUPDA, Ismail Umar-Dikko, to the occupants of the market on Friday, is to pave way for the Urban Renewal Projects by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Part of the notice...

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Nigeria: FG Sets Up Group to Harmonise Power Sector Reforms Across the Country

NewsNigeriaPowerNigeria: FG Sets Up Group to Harmonise Power Sector Reforms Across the Country

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group, to coordinate the power reforms of various levels of government, a statement by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor, discloses. The Chairman of the Committee on Power Sector Reforms and Distribution Company Ownership, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, said the working group which would meet every week had commenced work and would bring all power reform efforts under the leadership of the...

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Nigeria to be Certified Polio-free by June 2020–Africa Regional Team

HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria to be Certified Polio-free by June 2020–Africa Regional Team

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

The African Regional Certification Centre on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria would soon be declared polio-free by June 2020. Mr Anad Dumba, the Team leader, African Regional Satisfaction Committee, stated this in Ilorin while conducting delegates round the Kwara Ministry of Health. Dumba stated that the delegates are in the state to deliberate on polio Eradication in North-Central Nigeria, adding that the team is preparing towards the certification. “We are here to ensure Kwara and Nigeria...

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How Coronavirus Forced Me to Change My Birthday Programme – Obasanjo

HealthNewsNigeriaHow Coronavirus Forced Me to Change My Birthday Programme – Obasanjo

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday disclosed that he was forced to make adjustments to his 83rd birthday programme because of the outbreak of the coronavirus which had spread across the world. Obasanjo made the disclosure in Abeokuta while speaking at a symposium organised to celebrate his 83rd birthday. He said that the birthday ceremony was originally scheduled to hold between Tuesday and Friday, adding that the programmes for Tuesday and Wednesday were put off because...

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Twitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

BusinessHealthWorldTwitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has made Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to rethink his plans to spend up to six months in Africa, after he made the announcement in November 2019. Although he did not mention the country he would stay, there are speculations that it could be one of Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or South Africa. Mr. Dorsey made this announcement during the Morgan Stanley conference in California that he would reconsider the idea, citing coronavirus outbreak. He...

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Emir Wants Shorter Route to Link Northern, Southern Nigeria

NewsNigeriaTravelEmir Wants Shorter Route to Link Northern, Southern Nigeria

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mohammed Zayyanu-Abdullahi, Emir of Yauri on Wednesday advocated for a bridge construction across river Niger from Zamare town in Kebbi State to Rofia village in Niger State to boost business activities between Northern and Southern Nigeria. Zayyanu-Abdullahi made the disclosure while interacting with Journalists in his palace in Yauri, Kebbi State. He observed that the bridge if constructed would not only boost business activities between North and South but also shorten the long distance motorists...

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Reps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

National SecurityNigeriaReps’ Committee Challenges Nigeria Navy to Build its Own Warships

PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020

Mr Yusuf Gadgi, the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy, on Wednesday challenged  the Nigeria Navy (NN)  to start building its own warships. He said that the NN had the required competence and expertise to build its own warships without any intervention. Gadgi said this on Wednesday after a Stakeholders’ Meeting and at the end of a three-day oversight visit to the various naval commands in Lagos. He said that during the course of the committee members tour, they noticed...

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