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FG Reveals Drug Used In Treating COVID-19 Patients
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has revealed the drug used in treating COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. Ehanire during a press briefing on Tuesday said Nigeria has started using Remdesivir. Remdesivir is an antiretroviral drug, in treating COVID-19 patients. “We have been using that (Remdesivir); we have tried that in Lagos too,” he said. “So, we have tried the antiretroviral medicine to see...
NCDC Lied About Kano Death Toll – MURIC
An Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has disputed figures recently quoted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as the death toll for Kano State. MURIC kicked against the death toll being released by the Nigerian agency in a press statement signed on Tuesday, 5th May 2020, by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola and made...
$10million Bill Gate Bribe: Reps Resolve To Seek Legal Action Against Accusers
The House of Representatives has resolved to seek legal action on the allegation of $10million Bill Gate bribe to members of the House to pass the Infectious Disease bill. On Monday, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) alleged that the Founder of Microsoft paid the members of the House to give the bill an expedited passage. “This intelligence is coupled...
Chidi Offor-Okenwa, Enugu FA Chairman, Is Dead
Chidi Offor-Okenwa, chairman of Enugu State Football Association, has reportedly died of organ failure. TheCable learnt the late Chidi Offor-Okenwa had been sick and was hospitalised before he was discharged last week. “Chairman has been sick for a while now and he was in the hospital for three weeks before he was discharged last week,” a source told TheCable. Read Also: Popular...
Philanthropist, David Udochukwu Distributes Food Palliatives To Abia Community
An Abia-based Philanthropist, Mr David Udochukwu has on Tuesday, donated various food items as palliatives to support the people of Ajata N'igu community in Oboro, Ikwuano LGA of Abia State. ABN TV gathered that the donations were aimed at cushioning the impact of the lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. David Udochukwu stated that it was his way of giving back...
We Have Secured 1,300-Bed Spaces To Isolate Evacuees – FG
The Federal Government says it has secured a total of 1,300-bed spaces for the isolation of Nigerians abroad willing to be repatriated into the country amid the pandemic. According to a statement by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, an agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily...
Pay Workers, No COVID-19 Case In Kogi – PDP Leader Warn Gov Bello
The National Youth Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Usman Okai Austin, has urged the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to pay workers their remunerations without delay. Austin, who is the spokesperson of Wada/Aro Campaign Council, said the fasting period was not a time to slash or withhold workers’ salaries because that will be “tantamount to wickedness and inhumane.” Addressing...
Bill Gates Offered House Of Reps $10m Bribe For Speedy Passage Of Compulsory Vaccine Bill – CUPP Alleges
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Monday, alleged that it has intercepted a human intelligence report that the Nigeria House of Representatives leadership was poised to forcefully pass the compulsory vaccine bill without subjecting it to the traditions of legislative proceedings. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo...
Coronavirus: FG To Commence Disinfection Of Schools Nationwide
The Federal Government (FG) on Monday announced that it would soon commence the decontamination and disinfection of schools across the country, over Coronavirus. Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said the Federal Ministry of Environment would get the data of schools nationwide from the Federal Ministry of Education. Read Also:...
Lockdown Relaxation: Nigerians Level Of Compliance Is Unsatisfactory – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has lamented over the failure of many Nigerians to adhere strictly to advisories regarding the lockdown relaxation. ABN TV reports During its briefing on Monday, the PTF through its Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, stated that close monitoring of activities since morning reveals that the level of compliance to the lockdown relaxation is unsatisfactory...
