FG Disburses N20bn As COVID-19 Allowance To Health Workers
The Federal Government says it has paid N20 billion as COVID-19 allowance to health workers in the country. This is according to the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. “We’ve been able to disburse close to N20 billion and I repeat close to 20 billion. So, to now say nothing has been...
Resident Doctors Finally Reach Agreement With FG
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Wednesday, reached an agreement with the Federal Government, over its ongoing strike. At a meeting which lasted almost the entire day, the association said it will consult its executive council within the next 24 hours, with a view to calling off the strike by Thursday. Both parties had been locked in negotiations to...
COVID-19: Chinese President Xi Jinping Wishes Trump, Melania A ‘Fast Recovery’
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday wished President Trump and Melania Trump a "fast recovery" after the pair contracted coronavirus. "My wife, Peng Liyuan, and I express our sympathies to you and your wife and wish you a fast recovery,” Xi said, according to state TV on its website. The message came a day after the president and first lady tweeted that they both tested positive for COVID-19...
Trump Test Negative For COVID-19, Says Doctor
A mask-free Donald Trump departed for Florida on Monday for his first campaign rally after his battle with COVID, where hundreds of supporters awaited him with few wearing face coverings or practicing social distancing. The president didn't take questions before he boarded Air Force One for the trip to the Orlando Sanford International Airport, where his mega rally will take...
Trump’s Chief Of Staff, 4 Other White House Aides Test Positive For COVID-19
Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for COVID-19. Bloomberg reported on Friday night that Meadows, 61, was confirmed to be infected with the virus, along with at least four other White House aides. As with previous outbreaks, the White House tried to keep it secret, CNN and Bloomberg reported. The White House told DailyMail.com (not ABN TV) that the...
Ex-Bauchi Health Commissioner Hassan Dies In Car Crash
The Head of Department, Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Dr. Zuwaira Hassan, has been killed in a fatal crash. ABN TV learnt that the crash occurred on Monday morning at Zaranda village, about 36 kilometers away from Bauchi metropolis. Dr. Hassan, a Commissioner of Health during the immediate past administration of Mohammed Abubakar, died...
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,...
Buhari Extends PTF Mandate Till March 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021. He gave the approval on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the task force at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. At the meeting, President Buhari received the end-of-year report of the task force led by the Secretary to the...
Bola Tinubu Hospitalised In France
Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has been hospitalised in Paris, France, after falling ill, ABN TV understands. However, contrary to speculations, he has not been diagnosed with COVID-19. ABN TV understands he tested negative for COVID-19 before travelling to the UK in December. He initially complained of exhaustion and had travelled out...
Man Dies After Receiving Shot Of COVID-19 Vaccine
A California resident who tested positive for COVID-19 in late December died last week several hours after receiving a shot of the vaccine, officials have announced. The individual, who has not been named, reportedly died in Placer County, in the greater Sacramento area, on Thursday. Their death was announced by the Placer County Sheriff’s Office in a Saturday Facebook post, with the department adding that...
