Fake Doctor Exposed! Woman Posing As Gynecologist Caught In Umuahia (Photos)
A woman posing as a medical doctor at Echoes of God’s Mercy & Grace Mission Specialist Hospital, located on Finbars Road in Umuahia, Abia State, has been exposed as a fraud after an investigation confirmed she had no valid medical qualifications. Miriam Ugochi Emenike, who had been working as a gynecologist and was later promoted to Chief Medical Director (CMD),...
North Korea Announces First Covid Deaths Amid ‘Explosive’ Outbreak
North Korea has announced an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and infected more than 350,000, according to state media, prompting fears of an impending and deadly crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation. The anno...
BREAKING: UK COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 13,000 After 740 More Die In England In 24hrs
The UK has announced 870 more deaths from the coronavirus today, taking the total number of victims to 13,738. NHS England confirmed 740 people have died in its hospitals, aged between 28 and 103, 40 of whom had no other health conditions before catching the virus. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have announced a combined 130 more deaths from the coronavirus today, taking the UK total...
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...
Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter Hospitalised
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official’s life was not in danger. “My father is in hospital. He’s getting better every day. But he needs time and rest,” his daughter Corinne Blatter Andenmatten was quoted as saying by Blick, which said the 84-year-old was in a serious...
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...
Amidst Doctors’ Strike, Chief Medical Officer FMC Umuahia Dr Nnorom Dies
The Chief Medical Officer of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia, Abia State, Dr Udo Orji Nnorom has died, ABN TV reports. He died in the early hours of Sunday, an anonymous hospital source told our correspondent. ABN TV gathered that Dr. Nnorom, a native of Nde Owuu, Ibom compound Arochukwu LGA, Abia State died after a brief illness. Details of his...
NAF Unveils Locally Made Emergency Ventilators
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF has produced emergency ventilators to support the fight against the deadly COVID-19. The emergency ventilators were unveiled on Wednesday at the Nigerian Airforce Institute of Technology in Kaduna State by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. Abubakar who was represented by Air Vice-Marshal Remigius Ekeh said that the NAF partnered with the faculty...
We’ll Extend Oversight To How COVID-19 Donations Were Utilized, Rep. Onuigbo Vows
Member of the House of Representatives for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency, Honourable Sam Onuigbo has said the House will soon extend its oversight function to how COVID-19 donations and grants to Nigeria were expended. The lawmaker disclosed this to newsmen at the 22nd coronation anniversary and birthday of the Ugwu I of Ugwu Ibere, Prof. Samuel Ifenwata, at Chris Methodist Church,...
Nigeria At 60: United We Stand, Divided We Fall – Sen. Kalu
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu has commended Nigerians for their steadfastness, resilience, selflessness and patriotism in the pursuit of Nigeria's unity. According to Kalu, the strength of Nigeria lies in her cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. He faulted perpetrators of secession agenda among ethnic groups, stressing that Nigeria will not break up...
