COVID-19: Prof. Ibe Takes Palliatives To ABSU, Abia Polytechnic
In continuation of his efforts to touch the lives of Abians in mitigating the economic effects of COVID-19, the Rector/Proprietor Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe has rolled out palliatives for ABSU and Abia Polytechnic. Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) and Abia State Polytechnic Aba are two leading public tertiary institutions in the state. Beneficiaries were drawn from the membership Academic...
Management Of COVID-19 In Nigeria: An Urgent Call For A Different Approach – Uko Nkole
The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic blindsided the whole world with the nature of its arrival and spread. The fact that the most advanced civilizations were not able to prevent its spread to their countries nor manage its effects bears testimony to just how unpredictable a scourge this is. Till date, all efforts geared towards the virus have at best been...
Trump Received Oxygen In White House Before Being Hospitalised Friday — Report
Confusion has erupted over Donald Trump's condition as he fights coronavirus after the president's doctors said he is doing 'very well' while a White House source claimed his vitals are 'very concerning'. Trump's personal physician Sean Conley offered an update on his condition outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Saturday morning alongside several other members of...
Anti-Vaccine Politician Dies Of COVID-19
A Brazilian politician who introduced a bill prohibiting compulsory Covid-19 vaccines has died from coronavirus. Legislator Silvio Antonio Favero, 54, passed away at a private hospital in the city of Cuiaba, Brazil, on Saturday. Favero, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso do Sul for the Social Liberal Party (PSL), had been hospitalised since March 4 and intubated in the hospital's intensive...
Lagos Government Seals 11 Event Centers, Nightclubs For Violating COVID-19 Protocols
11 facilities including Event Centers, Lounges and Night Clubs have been sealed by the Lagos state government after they were found guilty of violating the COVID-19 protocols in the state. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission (LSC), Lanre Mojola confirmed the development to journalists. Mojola said though the affected event centers originally informed the agency of their intention to...
“We Are COVID-19 Free” — Kogi Reject Test Results
The Kogi government says the state is COVID-19 free. In a statement on Wednesday, Saka Haruna Audu, Kogi health commissioner, said the state government has developed “full testing capacity” and “conducted hundreds of tests” which have come back negative. This position is contrary to that of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The centre said two people have tested positive for COVID-19 in...
Gregory University, Uturu: Adding Value In Eradicating The COVID-19 Pandemic
Gregory University, Uturu, a foremost private tertiary institution of learning in the country has gone ahead to profusely show the link between the Town and the Gown in its activities. Presently, the COVID-19 pandemic experienced in the world has had rampant adverse effects within the human society. A greater percentage of the Nigerian populace has been confined within their homes...
Coronavirus Not A Death Sentence – Abia Governor
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has said testing positive for coronavirus is not a death sentence, ABN TV reports. Ikpeazu made this known in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, on Monday. Kalu, while announcing that the governor tested positive for the virus, urged “all Abians to take the fight against COVID-19 serious as the disease is real but...
BREAKING: Nigerians To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine By End Of January – FG
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the Minister, a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria. Details later… Source https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/breaking-appeal-court-nullifies-olisa-metuhs-conviction/
COVID-19: Joe Biden Gives Trump Credit After Receiving Vaccine (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
President-elect Joe Biden received his COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware on Monday, posing for the cameras as a local nurse administrated the shot and giving credit to President Donald Trump's administration for its rollout of the cure. He thanked the medical staff and urged Americans to follow coronavirus restrictions during the holiday period, including wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. Biden,...
