I’m Committed To Prompt Salary Payment, Says Ikpeazu
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has assured the people that his administration will always prioritise salary payment in the interest of industrial harmony. The governor spoke when the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Health Professionals, Abia State Council, visited him at the Government House in Umuahia. Ikpeazu however reminded the workers that they must also appreciate the genuine...
COVID-19: Abia Reinstates Ban On Public Gatherings, Others
Abia State Government has reinstated the ban on public gatherings, and compulsory wearing of facemasks in public places as the second wave of COVID-19 takes its toll on Nigeria. Following this, the state is set to map out a day in the coming days to observe Abia COVID-19 Awareness Day with the purpose of laying emphasis on the pandemic and...
Kano Govt Seals Hospital For Violating COVID-19 Protocols
The Kano State Government has sealed a private hospital, UMC Zahir Hospital in Kano for treating sever cases of coronavirus, COVID-19. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kano by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba. According to the Commissioner, the hospital was shutdown in accordance with the standard set by the state Task Force on COVID-19, which...
Florentino Perez Tests Positive For COVID-19
Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has tested positive for Covid-19, the Spanish champions said on Tuesday, February 2. A statement from the Spanish giants said Perez, 73, had returned a positive result in the club's routine tests and was currently asymptomatic. It read: "Real Madrid C. F. would like to inform that our president Florentino Pérez has tested positive in the...
TCI Sets Up Family Planning, Counselling Units In Abia Hospitals
A non-governmental organisation The Challenges Initiatives (TCI) Abia State Chapter has set up a family planning unit in some select hospitals in the state as well as counseling units. The group also renovated some health care facilities in Ossa Oke in Obingwa L.G.A and Umuola Egbelu in Aba North L.G.A as well as the provision of chairs and a procedure...
COVID-19: Lagos Bans Indoor Gatherings Of Over 50 Persons
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed that no gathering of more than 50 persons shall hold in an enclosed space, except for religious purposes. The governor said this while giving an update on coronavirus in Lagos State on Sunday. He said, “The State Government has observed with dismay the widespread flagrant disregard and non-adherence to guidelines and protocols aimed at...
15 Corps Members Test Positive Of COVID-19
Not less than 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Niger state have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Muhammed Makusidi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Thursday January 28 during a meeting with the state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello on measures to put in place to contain the spread of the novel virus in the...
Panic As New Malaria Mosquito More Deadly Than COVID-19 Emerged
In African cities, a new malaria mosquito is emerging, with potentially devastating effects for those who live there, according to a new report. Researchers from the Netherlands’ Radboud University Medical Center and the Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Ethiopia said that the larvae of Anopheles stephensi, India’s main mosquito vector of malaria, are now “abundantly present” in locations across Africa. Vectors...
Delta Assembly Majority Leader Dies Of COVID-19 Complications
The majority leader of the Delta state house of assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere is dead. Owhefere, a fourth time member of the state assembly, passed on Wednesday at the federal medical center, Asaba, where he has been undergoing treatment. The deceased who represented Isoko North constituency until his death was said to have been hospitalized for about two weeks before his...
VIDEO: There’s Nothing Wrong With Sleeping With A Woman During Menstruation — Marriage Counselor
Controversial self-acclaimed marriage and relationship expert Counselor Lutterodt has yet again made an unpopular claim. Speaking in an interview session on Accra-based Angel FM, the maverick Counselor indicated that there was no wrong in having sexual intercourse with a woman during her period. He even went on to say that, there are even health benefits that come with it. READ ALSO: Police...
