By Balogun Damilola The Kano State government has approved the appointment of the district head of Kibiya, Kabiru Inuwa, as the new Emir of Rano. The Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Alhaji, announced this on Tuesday after the kingmakers forwarded names of three persons to the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The two other nominees are Muhammadu Umar (district head of Bunkure) and Munir Abubakar (Chiroman Rano). Ganduje charged the new emir to be just and fair to his subjects. The immediate past Emir of Rano, Tafida Abubakar Illa, died on Saturday at the age of 74. The late…
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By Balogun Damilola The Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of 60 coronavirus patients from the isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki and Eti-Osa in the state. The announcement was made by the Lagos State Ministry of Health in via its Twitter account on Tuesday. The ministry stated that the patients were discharged after showing full recovery from the virus. The tweet read, “60 more COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females and 40 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki and Eti-Osa to reunite with the society. “The patients; 31 from IDH, Yaba, 19 from…
By Balogun Damilola The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, disclosed that it had reached 440,000 Lagos households with its COVID-19 Emergency Food Response Initiative, a palliative scheme for the aged, vulnerable, low-income earners and people living with disabilities. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, said this when the Lebanese government donated eight truckload of various food items and an ambulance worth N82.5 million to the Lagos State Government in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Lawal said: “The pandemic coronavirus is novel and it has a lot of negative impact on the economy globally,…
By Balogun Damilola Niger on Tuesday received a consignment of herbal tea that Madagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina has touted as a powerful remedy against the novel coronavirus. Baptised COVID-Organics, the drink is derived from artemisia — a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatment – and other indigenous herbs. Rajoelina hopes to distribute the infusion across West Africa and beyond. Madagascar claims it cures COVID-19 patients within 10 days. The World Health Organisation has said that the herbal tea’s effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of the potion. “Ismagail Annar, the chief of…
By Balogun Damilola The Nasarawa State Government has announced an additional case of COVID-19 in the state. Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed this while briefing journalists on COVID-19 updates in the state on Tuesday. He explained that the new case is a driver of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, who transported samples of persons believed to have been infected with COVID-19 in the state. “The affected driver who lives in Ado village of Karu Local Government Area of the state has been relocated to COVID-19 Isolation Centre at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi for treatment,” the governor added. YemieFash…
By Balogun Damilola The Senate has begun probe on the present status of 5th Generation (5G) network in Nigeria. The Senate has mandated its Committees on Communications, Health, Science and Technology and ICT and Cyber Crimes to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the status of 5G Network in Nigeria and its technological impact on Nigerians. The Committees, with Communications Committee as the lead, should report back in four weeks. The resolution of the Upper Chamber was sequel to a motion by Senator Uche Ekwunife, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Anambra Central.
By Balogun Damilola Three patients receiving treatment for coronavirus in Kano state have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Tijjani Hussain, coordinator of the technical response team on COVID-19, broke the news in Kano on Tuesday afternoon. Since the state recorded its first case in April, this is the first time that patients would be discharged.
By Balogun Damilola The Senate Tuesday introduced its own Infectious Disease Control Bill under a new name. By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate Tuesday introduced its own Infectious Disease Control Bill under a new name. The Bill titled: “National Health Emergency Bill” sponsored by the Chairman Senate Committee on Communicable Diseases and Primary Healthcare, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) scaled first reading on Tuesday. Recall that a Bill titled: “Control of Infection Diseases Bill 2020” sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, was passed for both first and reading in the House of Representatives last week Tuesday. The House…
By Balogun Damilola World leaders called Monday for cooperation not competition in the quest for a coronavirus vaccine, as they pledged 7.4 billion euros ($8.1 billion) at a fundraising telethon snubbed by the United States. COVID-19 has killed nearly a quarter of a million people around the world — 140,000 of them in Europe — and Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission and the host of the videoconference, said a vaccine is the best chance of beating the disease. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the fundraising as a powerful show of “global solidarity”.…
By Balogun Damilola Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described his late boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of the country. Many believe the former Katsina Governor was best leader of Africa’s most populous nation since the return to multi-party democracy in 1999. He was the second civilian President under Nigeria’s current constitution. Yar’Adua took office in 2007 and led for 3 years. He died at 58 in ten years old and was flown back for burial. His known cause of death was said to be pericarditis –…