Swiss researchers Plan to Roll Out New Coronavirus Vaccine in October

Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann. The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital. “The time schedule is extremely optimistic, but it is not totally far-fetched,” Swissmedic spokesman Lukas Jaggi told dpa this week. “Given the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, we are talking about weeks, not...

UPDATE: 117 New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed by NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782. According to the NCDC, 59 cases were discovered in Lagos, 23 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Kastina , three in Ogun, while one each in Rivers and Bauchi. In its tweet late on Tuesday evening, the most recent data of...

Global Oil Price: NSE Market Capitalisation Loses N152bn

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation on Tuesday inched lower by N152 billion, amid sell pressure in 27 stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.945 trillion lost N152 billion or 1.27 per cent to close at N11.794 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 290.49 points or 1.27 per cent to close at 22,629.92 compared with 22,920.41 on Monday. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks,...

PTF Urges COVID-19 Survivors to Share Experiences

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) ON COVID-19 has urged survivors of Coronavirus infection in the country to share their experiences to deepen awareness of the pandemic. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, made the call in Abuja on Tuesday during the PTF daily briefing on COVID-19. Mamora said that Nigerians would be better informed about the disease if survivors would freely share their experiences with others. “It will reduce doubts about the virus....

African Leaders Condole With Buhari Over Kyari’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has received more condolence messages from African leaders over the passing of former Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari. The News  Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the latest condolences came from Presidents of Guinea Bissau, Umaru Embalo; Guinea (Conakry), Alpha Conde; Liberia, George Weah; and Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In...

Lockdown: Police Confirm Arrest of 30 Footballers in Kano

The Police Command in Kano on Tuesday confirmed it had arrested 30 youths allegedly involved in a football match in defiance to the lockdown order imposed on the state to contain the spread of the Coronavirus virus. Mr Abdullahi Haruna, the Commands’ spokesman, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had, on April 14, ordered a total lockdown of the state for 7-days, starting...

The Lagos Revenue Plan Threatened by COVID-19

In January, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos, Mr. Sam Egube, during the 2020 budget analysis, announced a grand ambition to increase the state’s monthly internally generated revenue (IGR) from about 35 billion to 73.8 billion Naira. The internal revenue goal which comes to about N866 billion for the year is expected to partly finance the N1.168 trillion budget the legislature had passed in 2019, which allocated more funds to education and...

How Citizens Ignore Lockdown Directive, “Creep” Into Ilesha Central Market

Akinyemi Sunday sells clothes. He mainly trades male items of clothing at Ilesha central market within Osun state. Akinyemi’s daily earnings mean the most to himself and his family. He reaches for the market every day despite the curfew. He believes the stay-at-home order is unnecessary and would do the masses little or no good. West African Pilot visited his stall, as well as many others. He looked tensed and agitated. He had been running...

UN Says Global Hunger Could Double Due to COVID-19 Blow

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to leave some 130 million people acutely hungry this year, adding to around 135 million already in that category. “COVID-19 is potentially catastrophic...

Ex-AGF, Richard Akinjide, is Dead

Chief Richard Akinjide, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Attorney General of the Federation, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the renowned legal luminary died in the early of hours of Tuesday. A family source told newsmen that Akinjide died on Tuesday morning at his Ibadan residence during a suspected age-related illness. Mr. Toye Akinrinlola, the Public Relations Officer of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, confirmed to newsmen that the...

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