HEALTH
Using Ogogoro As Hand Sanitiser, Ineffective Against COVID-19 — Experts
Healthcare experts have warned Nigerians using local gin, popularly called ogogoro, like hand sanitiser to desist from it, saying it is ineffective to protect against the infection. The experts said ogogoro has less than 60 per cent alcohol content that is required to kill viruses, unlike alcohol-based hand sanitisers that have such high-level alcoholic content. They warned that using ogogoro as hand sanitiser only...
BREAKING: Tension As Italian Infected With Coronavirus Visits Ogun
The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week. But residents and visitors to the state have no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker said on Friday morning. Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company (name withheld) in Ewekoro community, adding...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Senate Closes Gallery, Suspends Public Hearing
The Senate has announced the partial closure of its activities to members of the public to safeguard the National Assembly Complex from coronavirus. Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced the development at plenary after a one-hour closed session. Lawan said all forms of public hearing and excursion of students to the Senate have been suspended till further notice. The Senate President, in addition,...
Only True Repentance Can Cure Coronavirus – Dino Melaye (VIDEO)
Senator Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the 2019 Kogi West Senatorial election has said the cure to the deadly coronavirus is true repentance. The lawmaker on his Twitter page, said the cure is not by wearing a nose mask or hand sanitiser, but to ‘return back to God. He said the cure for Coronavirus was in the...
Governor Lalong Recovers From COVID-19 One Week After Testing Positive
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has recovered from coronavirus after testing negative for the disease. His spokesman Makut Macham stated this in a Thursday release from Jos. Lalong had gone into isolation on December 17 after testing positive to COVID-19. “One week after the governor tested positive to the virus, he is now free of the disease after his latest...
Coronavirus: I’m Not Aware Of Abba Kyari’s Location In Lagos – Health Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that he does not know the location of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, in Lagos. Kyari, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, in a statement on Sunday, said he would be in Lagos on Monday for “further tests and observations”. Abayomi said, “I’m not...
Pope Francis Falls Sick A Day After Praying For People With Coronavirus
Pope Francis cancelled a scheduled appearance at mass in Rome on Thursday because of “a mild ailment”, the Vatican said, the day after he appeared to be suffering a cold. “Due to a mild ailment, he preferred to stay in the vicinity of Saint Martha’s,” the guest house at the Vatican where the 83-year old pontiff lives, chief press officer...
Student Who Refused To Return Home For Lockdown Dies In Boyfriend’s House
A university student has died at her boyfriend’s home after failing to return home ahead of the Covid-19 lockdown. ABN TV reports that The student identified as Claire Natukunda, died in Maganjo, at her boyfriend’s house identified as Junju. She was reportedly two months pregnant. Junju was not at home when his 20-year-old girlfriend died because he had walked to Kampala to...
Increased Number Of COVID-19 Cases, Warning Signal ― Health Minister
The Federal Ministry of Health says the increasing number of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country should be a warning that the fatality rate could rise. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, gave the warning at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the country on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria announced 587...
World Food Day: With The Right Food, Nigerians Don’t Need Medicine — NAFDAC DG
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to always ensure that only safe and wholesome foods were consumed to boost the immunity and improve the body’s na...
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