Fixing Health Sector Important Than Buying COVID-19 Vaccines, Bill Gates Tells Nigerian Govt
American philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, says Nigeria does not need to spend too much on acquiring COVID-19 vaccines but should rather focus more on revitalising the weak and underfunded health sector, especially the primary health care centres. Gates said this while responding to a question posed by The PUNCH during an interview with select African journalists on Tuesday. The Minister of...
Gregory Ibeh Releases $1 Million For COVID-19 Research
A Nigerian academic, Prof. Gregory Ibeh has announced the release of the sum of $1 million to advance the research as the fight against the COVID-19 intensifies globally. ABN TV gathered that the entrepreneur and inventor will also assist in the research via his Abia-based Gregory University Uturu, which has earlier hinted on the development on January 19. The university is...
Buhari Signs Regulations To Make Wearing Facemasks Mandatory
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the President signed the document on Tuesday. He said the President signed...
Pope Francis Falls Sick A Day After Praying For People With Coronavirus
Pope Francis cancelled a scheduled appearance at mass in Rome on Thursday because of “a mild ailment”, the Vatican said, the day after he appeared to be suffering a cold. “Due to a mild ailment, he preferred to stay in the vicinity of Saint Martha’s,” the guest house at the Vatican where the 83-year old pontiff lives, chief press officer...
Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar Tests Positive To Coronavirus
Iran’s vice president has been diagnosed with coronavirus as the deadly disease continues to take its toll on countries around the world. Masoumeh Ebtekar, who is Iran’s vice-president for women and family affairs, has become the latest person to be infected with the virus in the country. According to reports, no fewer than 254 people have been infected with Coronavirus in...
BREAKING: Tension As Italian Infected With Coronavirus Visits Ogun
The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week. But residents and visitors to the state have no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker said on Friday morning. Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company (name withheld) in Ewekoro community, adding...
Coronavirus: Italian patient arrived via Turkish Airlines, says Lagos commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said the Italian citizen who was tested positive for Coronavirus, on Thursday, in Lagos came into the state from Milan, Italy en route Istanbul on Turkish Airlines on Monday and did not exhibit any symptom of the disease. Abayomi during a briefing on Friday said the patient slept over at a hotel...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 182 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Rises To 8915
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced that the country has recorded 182 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 8,915. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Thursday night. “On the 28th of May 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No...
President Buhari Loses Another Nephew In Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has lost another nephew, Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda. ABN TV reports Duada died in Daura, Katsina State, following a prolonged illness. The death of Dauda came less than a month after that of Mutari Dauda, who died on May 8. In a condolence message, Buhari said the death had robbed the family and the Daura community of one of its...
BREAKING: Senator Munir Muse Is Dead
Senator Munir Adekunle Muse, a former Senator, former Apapa Port Manager, and former Chairman of Apapa Local Government is dead. He died at the age of 81 His death was announced by his son, Sulaimon Muse, on Tuesday. Born on 17 May 1939 in Olowogbowo, Central Lagos, the late politician joined Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in 1961 as a clerk, and...
