COVID-19: Doctors On Duty, Others Begin Strike Next Week
The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to COVID-19 patients and other emergencies. The National President of NARD, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, said this in an official letter with reference...
Home Treatment Will Increase COVID-19 Infections, NMA, Nurses Warn
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives on Sunday cautioned the Federal Government against treating COVID-19 patients at home. The NMA and the NANNM, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, said the implementation of home treatment in Nigeria, where the majority of the infected people lived in crowded houses would create problems for the...
Mikel Obi’s Club Ends His Contract For Refusing To Play Over Coronavirus Scare
Former captain of the Super Eagles, Mikel Obi, on Tuesday, March 17, had his contract with the Turkish football club, Trabzonspor, terminated over his refusal to play for the club against Basaksehir on Sunday, March 16. Mikel Obi had last week said he was not ready to toy with his life by playing for his club, querying why the Turkish...
COVID-19: Some Legislators Refusing Screening At Airport, Buhari’s Chief Of Staff Says
The Federal Government has accused some members of the House of Representatives, who recently returned from foreign trips of posing a serious threat to the safety of Nigerians by refusing to subject themselves to screening at airports. The Presidency, in a letter dated 21st March 2020 informed Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of the report from the Minister of Health on the...
Pfizer Using COVID-19 Booster Shots As Money-Making Operations — Trump
Former President Trump on Wednesday expressed skepticism of Covid-19 booster shots, saying the third dose of vaccine 'sounds like a money-making operation.' 'You know what, that sounds to me like a money-making operation for Pfizer, okay, think of the money involved. That's tens of billions of dollars,' Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo. 'If you're a pure businessman you'll say, "You know what,...
I Won’t Take COVID-19 Vaccine, It’s Not Our Business In Kogi — Gov. Bello
As Nigeria commenced its vaccination against the lethal coronavirus infection on Friday, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said he won’t receive the vaccine even as his colleagues are expected to receive shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days. Bello spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Friday. He also said there was nothing medically wrong with...
Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu To Participate In Abia Road Walk Festival
All is now set for a fitness walk in the city of Umuahia tagged "Road Walk Festival, 1k Man Match" which will have the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu as guest. It is being organised by Extreme Fitness with De Latinos in collaboration with Peace in South East Project. Extreme Fitness during this exercise will...
Abia PDP Chieftain Allen Nwachukwu Is Dead
A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and a leader in Ngwa land in Abia state, Chief Allen Nwachukwu has died. ABN TV report that Chief Nwachukwu died in the early hours of Thursday. Also Read: UPDATE: Abia Loses Commissioner For Environment Before his death, Chief Nwachukwu was a former chairman Osisioma Ngwa local government Abia state, a former Commissioner...
INDIAN DOCTORS SAVE LIFE OF NIGERIAN ODINAKA EMMANUEL AFTER SUCCESSFUL GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY (Photos)
Doctors in Batra Hospital in New Delhi, India have successfully saved the life of a young Nigerian identified as Odinaka Nweke Emmanuel after he underwent gastric cancer surgery A non governmental organisation, Igbos Love Themselves Charity Foundation announced this on Saturday in its official Facebook page. “Halleluya, Odinaka Nweke's surgery went successfully today in Batra Hospital New Delhi. To God...
Hotels, Schools To Be Used As Isolation Centres – FG
The Federal Government, FG, has urged hotels and schools to get ready to be used as isolation centres for COVID-19 patients, in the event of an overflow of the hospitals. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this on Thursday in Abuja, at the 37th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. “In event of overflow,...
