FG grants amnesty to 2,600 prisoners
The Federal Government on Thursday granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja. He said at least…
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90 percent of COVID-19 patients recover without intervention
Chikwe Ihekweazu, director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says 90 per cent of COVID-19 patients recover without any intervention. He disclosed this at the media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Wednesday, while responding to a question on how Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, recovered in less…
Fear grips medical workers as LUTH, UITH isolate 40
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba and the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital have put no fewer than 40 health workers, including doctors and nurses, in isolation following their contact with people infected with COVID-19. LUTH’s Chairman of the Medical Advisory Council, Prof Wasiu Adeyemo, on Tuesday, told journalists that 12 workers of the health…
Isolation centre doctors, others lament N30m unpaid allowances
Doctors treating the over 40 COVID-19 patients at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, have complained about the failure of the Federal Government to pay them their allowances, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent was informed that due to the sensitive nature of the disease, the government picked and trained the five doctors with a…
Nigeria also shut churches during 1918 pandemic’ — Sam Adeyemi speaks on 5G, COVID-19
Sam Adeyemi, the senior pastor of the Daystar Christian Centre, says churches, mosques, schools and markets were shut in Nigeria during the influenza pandemic which hit the world in 1918. Via a live Instagram chat with Poju Oyemade, the senior pastor of The Covenant Nation, Adeyemi said he studied how the 1918 pandemic affected Nigeria,…
Lagos coronavirus cases rise to 130
Ten new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lagos State, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The Centre announced this on Tuesday evening via its Twitter handle. With the additional cases, COVID-19 cases in Lagos rise from 120 to 130. The number of infections recorded in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja also jumped to 50…
Chinese medical experts arrive Nigeria, April 8
THE medical aids and professionals provided by the Chinese government to assist Nigeria combat coronavirus (COVID-19) will arrive on Wednesday, April 8. The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, the main contractor handling the rail modernisation programme of the federal government, facilitating the assistance of the medical experts announced Tuesday night in a statement in…
Onu to unveil first Nigerian-made ventilator today
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure has produced the first made in Nigeria ventilators. The development is aimed at combating the COVID-19 disease in the country. Ventilator is a vital equipment ýin the treatment of coronavirus patients. NASENI has equally produced mobile sprayers, which are to be used to disinfect…
We are discussing with Innosson, others on local production of ventilators – FG
The federal government has opened discussions with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company and other key indigenous vehicle manufacturing companies with a view to producing ventilators in the country. This was revealed by the Honorable Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Niyi Adebayo. DAILYTRUST newspapers reports The minister, who updated journalists on COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for the…
Be wary of Cyber Criminals Schemes in these times – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to be on alert to avoid being victims of cyber criminals taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis. This was contained in a statement on Monday by CBN Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okoroafor. Explaining that the trend was not peculiar to Nigeria, Okorafor said…