COVID-19: Hon. Nkole Demonstrates Proper Hand Washing, Cautions Constituents On Hygiene
The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Abia state Rt. Hon. Uko Ndukwe Nkole has advised members of his constituency to observe a high level of hygiene in the spate of the dreaded COVID 19 ravaging the world. He gave this advise recently during a stakeholder meeting of the People's Democratic Party, PDP in Arochukwu. While demonstrating proper way of handwashing to...
Our Citizens Poor, Hungry We Need Your Assistance — Senate President Begs World Bank
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said Nigeria was in need of support of all international financial institutions in view of its present economic challenges. Receiving the new World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, Senator Lawan said Nigeria would appreciate the support of the World Bank to mitigate poverty. He said: “This meeting is a very important meeting...
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Ambassador To Germany, Tuggar Tests negative For Coronavirus
Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar has tested negative for the coronavirus. Tuggar had been in close contact with Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, during discussions with Siemens in Germany over projects in the Nigerian power sector. Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has also tested positive. With Kyari and Mohammed testing positive, there were fears that those...
COVID-19 Vaccination: Edo Civil Servants Get 7-day Ultimatum
“Edo, in the last 72 hours, recorded three more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in the third wave of the pandemic to 11,” he had said. “We also confirmed 92 new cases from the 522 samples collected within the 72-hour timeframe, with 56 recoveries and 254 active cases that are being managed at various treatment and...
Jack Ma Gives-Out Fresh 500K Test Kits, 300 Ventilators To Nigeria, Others To Fight Coronavirus
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, has given-out more medical equipment and donation to African countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC. Here is jack’s tweets below; https://twitter.com/JackMa/status/1252136657672790016?s=20 “This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test...
Another COVID-19 Patient Discharged In Abia
Another Coronavirus, COVID-19, patient has been discharged in Abia state after testing negative for the virus. Dr. Azubuike K. Onyebuchi, the medical director of Federal Medical Center, Umuahia where the patient was discharged from, said in a statement made available to LIB by Sunny Emmanuel Irokansi, a Customer Care Officer of the facility, that the female patient whose result correlates positively with her...
Abia govt to intensify efforts in tackling disease burden
Chief Emole Egbulefu, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Abia, says the state government will evolve policies and programmes to eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the state. Egbulefu said this on Thursday during a news conference organised by the ministry to mark the 2020 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day with the theme, “Beat NTDs: For good, For all”. He also said...
Five Surgeries Conducted As Free Medical Outreach By Nigerian-US Doctors Commences In Abia
At least five surgeries have been successfully conducted as the free medical mission by the Association of Nigeria Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, began Thursday in Abia State. ANPA National President, Dr Chinyere Anyogu, who disclosed this during a press conference Saturday in Umuahia, expressed satisfaction with the successful commencement of the medical mission. She said that the ANPA medical team...
We are not stopping Chinese, Italians, others from visiting Nigeria — FG
The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries where coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However, Nigeria has decided to screen visitors entering the country from China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy, Germany, France, South Korea and Spain. The killer disease was brought to Nigeria by an Italian man who...
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...
