Prof. Veronica Obatolu, the Executive Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, says Covid-19 remains a threat to food security due to the negative effects on production and research. Obatolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan that the pandemic was raging at a time the country was entering the new cropping season. She said the effects on production would be immediate as manifested in a reduction in supply...
Dr Umar Duhu an APC stalwart in Adamawa state needs no introduction in the Nigerian politics; he held many positions and was among the founding fathers of the ruling APC- the party which he held sway as acting national vice chairman ,north east. In telling truth, Duhu can call a spade a spade no matter whose ox is gored! In this exclusive interview with Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Dr Umar Duhu said it all on APC lingering crisis...
Nigerians have successfully moved from buying foreign gadgets most of which are not produced in Nigeria, goods, foreign household equipment, food, clothes and to just about anything else, many of which are produced in Nigeria and of good quality. For most Nigerians, foreign things are a mark of class and opulence. As of now, Nigerians prefer foreign education from nursery to tertiary level; this is usually blamed on the deplorable quality of education obtainable in...
The Indonesian government said, on Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus in the country climbed to 170, the highest in Southeast Asia. At a press conference, the government’s spokesperson for the COVID-19, Achmad Yurianto, said that the number of confirmed cases jumped to 1,790 and 112 patients recovered. Capital city Jakarta, home to some 10 million people, suffers the highest number of deaths totaling 90, followed by West Java – 25, Banten – 14,...
In order to strengthen the capacity of the State’s Healthcare system to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the Enugu State Government has assigned two more isolation centers in addition to the ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane Isolation center. The two new isolation centers are located in Nsukka town and Enugu city; a newly built hospital converted as a center in Nsukka and the Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Center which is about a kilometer away from the ESUT...
The United Nations (UN) has announced plans to begin an emergency response in the North East region of Nigeria to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the region. A statement, quoted Mr. Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria as saying that the displaced persons had already suffered enough and should not be left to suffer the effect of the pandemic. He said the response would focus on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp...
For the first time, Mohammed Atiku, son of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has spoken from his isolation centre at the Gwagwalada University Teaching Hospital, Abuja, where he is being treated for Coronavirus, saying he is well and good. Mohammed stated that when he was brought to the centre, he was asymptomatic in his first few days and nervous. Mohammed, in a viral video posted by his father on his twitter handle, said he...
The Federal Ministry of Finance has deleted a tweet asking U.S billionaire, Elon Musk, for ventilators to support persons infected with COVID-19 despite the billions in donations the Nigerian government has received. The ministry had earlier made the request from the electric vehicle manufacturer and space technology entrepreneur through its verified twitter handle. Elon Musk had tweeted his firm had extra ventilators to give out to hospitals who needed them urgently. “We have extra FDA-approved...
On Monday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, announced the commencement of conditional cash transfer to poor and vulnerable households in the country. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, an immediate cash transfer will be sent to vulnerable households in advance of two months following the lockdown order. ‘’Mr. President in his speech, directed that cash transfer will be given in advance of two months. This we have also done. We...
A Nigerian human rights group, the Initiative For Conciliation And Right Protection (ICRP) has joined the call for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibraheem in the wake of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The group on Wednesday averred that considering the inadequate resources to manage this deadly virus in this country, ‘’we call on the government to release all prisoners that are on bail, the elderly, those with chronic illnesses and all prisoners...
