South East PSC Rep, Jumbo Offor Is Dead
Southeast and business community representative in the Police Service Commission (PSC) Dr Jumbo Nkemka Offor is dead. ABN TV report, Offor died Wednesday night at his Enugu home, Osimiri Lodge. Details on the cause of his death were yet to be disclosed. Also Read: Enugu Pays April Salary Includes 25% COVID-19 Allowance For Health Workers A medical doctor by training, Offor who hailed...
UN Chief Antonio Guterres Praises Africa’s Efforts To Stem COVID-19
United Nations, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the developed world could learn lessons from the preventative measures taken by many African countries to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “COVID-19 has made much slower progress (in Africa) than the predictions that were made at the beginning” of the crisis, Guterres said in an interview with RFL radio in...
Coronavirus: Lagos Hospitals Now Receiving Patients Suffering From Chloroquine Poisoning, NCDC Cautions Nigerians
The Lagos State government on Friday disclosed that following the announcement by President Donald Trump on Thursday that chloroquine can cure coronavirus, hospitals in the state has received patients suffering from chloroquine poisoning. This was just as the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) told Nigerians to desist from self-medication over the coronavirus as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has...
65 Almajiri Children Among 72 COVID-19 Patients In Kaduna
The government of Kaduna says two police officers and 65 almajiri children are among the 72 active cases receiving treatment for COVID-19 in the state. ABN TV reports that in a statement on Monday, Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser on media to Nasir El-Rufai, the governor, said seven of the cases have a history of travels outside the state. Adekeye said since...
2022 Budget: Buhari N21bn For Construction Of 14-Bed Presidential Clinic
AHEAD of the passage of the 2022 Appropriation Bill by the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction and equipping of a 14- bed presidential clinic at the cost of N21 billion. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter- Governmental Affairs, led...
Abia Professionals Set To Launch 50-bed Ultra-Modern Isolation Centre Sunday
A group of Abia indigenes under the aegis of Concerned Abia Professionals has concluded plans to commission ‘Abia Care Centre’, a 50-bed ultra-modern isolation centre with a functional molecular laboratory fully built and equipped by the group. This was contained in a statement the CAP made available to journalists on Tuesday, and signed by one of its Project Implementation Committee...
FCT Enrolls 61,384 People In HIV/AIDS Treatment Program
61,384 individuals with HIV/AIDS have been successfully placed on treatment in the Federal Capital Territory. Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, stated this in Abuja on Monday at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day. Fasawe said that the day, with the theme, “Take the Right Path: Sustain HIV Response, Stop HIV...
Study Reveals 4 New Symptoms Linked To COVID-19 (SEE FULL LIST)
The more symptoms people showed the more likely they were to test positive but around 60% of those with coronavirus did not report any signs in the week leading up to taking a test. There could be four more symptoms of coronavirus in addition to classic ones such as a new persistent cough and a fever. A study involving more than...
FG Yet To Show Interest In Our COVID-19 Drug – Prof. Iwu
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bioresources Development Group (BDG), Prof. Maurice Iwu has stated that the Federal Government is yet to show interest in drug presented by his team of researchers for COVID-19. Iwu made this known during Zoom Conference organised by Elombah Communications in collaboration with Njenje Media Ltd, tagged “Covid-19 and the proposed Vaccination Bill: Implications for Nigeria”. The...
Now UK Visitors To Italy MUST Take COVID-19 Test
Italy has introduced compulsory coronavirus testing for UK visitors. Minister of health Roberto Speranza announced that arrivals from European countries 'at greater risk for Covid-19' - such as the UK, France and Spain - must provide evidence of a negative test taken in the 72 hours prior to travel. Visitors unable to provide proof of a negative result at the border have to take a test in Italy. Some...
