By Balogun Damilola A renowned medical practitioner, Dr. Chidi Ezeihu has appealed to the Federal Government and the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, to as a matter of urgency carry out a clinical trial of his therapy. Ezeihe, who carried out his research under the Federal Government Technology Incubation Centre, Enugu, said his therapy could be a way out of the COVID-19 infection currently ravaging the entire world. The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) medical practitioner and an expert in alternative medicine, said he strongly believed that his formula known as Salvage A and B, which he has…
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By Balogun Damilola The head of Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control issued an urgent plea for supplies to scale up testing. “We’re desperately looking for more RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) extraction kits as we expand #COVID19 testing,” said Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Twitter. With an estimated population of 200 million, Nigeria has only managed about 11,000 tests since the outbreak began, confirming about 1,500 cases. In comparison, South Africa, which has close to 60 million people, has conducted over 185,000 tests. Ethiopia has conducted just over 15,000 – but has a population of around 114 million, which means that its testing…
By Balogun Damilola Member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has urged Muslim ummah in the country at large to take advantage of the holy month of Ramadan to pray for lasting mercy of Allah. Adefisoye stated in his Ramadan message that it has become absolutely necessary for Nigerians to rededicate their lives to Allah and continuously seek His face to put an end to the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. He further urged the Muslim ummah to seek forgive of their sins and pray for individual prosperity and the prosperity of Nigeria even as coronavirus pandemic is foisting…
By Balogun Damilola 195 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 80-Lagos 38-Kano 15-Ogun 15-Bauchi 11-Borno 10-Gombe 9-Sokoto 5-Edo 5-Jigawa 2-Zamfara 1-Rivers 1-Enugu 1-Delta 1-FCT 1-Nasarawa As at 11:50pm 28th April- 1532 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 255 Deaths: 44
By Balogun Damilola As at today, 28th April 2020 we are expecting pending test results of 77 samples sent to the @NCDCgov lab. Please, let’s all observe precautionary measures against #COVID19 at all times, let’s stop the spread of this deadly virus. May God heal our land. YemieFash reports.
By Balogun Damilola The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the $3.4 billion requested by the Nigerian government for emergency support. The board met on Tuesday to discuss Nigeria’s request for emergency support under the rapid financing instrument.
By Balogun Damilola The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Ondo State on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) who doubles as the head of the State Information Technology Agency, Olumbe Akinkugbe is set to roll out another set of palliative to the people of his local government in Ondo West local government area of the state. Akinkugbe is partnering with Foodclique, a food support organisation which provides meals for children, physivally challenged, unemployed and other victims of hunger. The new set of palliatives which provide 30 meal in one box is targeted to provide food for 300 household…
By Balogun Damilola President Donald Trump on Tuesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari, and declared support for Nigeria on the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of information, Lai Mohammed disclosed this at the daily media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19. He said the US president promised to send across ventilators to Nigeria. Details shortly…
By Balogun Damilola The Senate has resolved to give accelerated approval to President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to raise a fresh loan of N850 bn from the domestic capital market to fund projects in the 2020 budget. The request was contained in a Presidential memo read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the Senate. The upper chamber also mandated it’s Finance and Appropriation Committees to liaise with the Finance Minister to obtain more details of the loan request. Details shortly…
By Balogun Damilola A former Speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Ahmed, is dead. The 66-year-old died in a hospital after suffering from a yet to be disclosed illness. He served as Speaker of the Jigawa Assembly for eight years during the tenure of Dr Sule Lamido from 2007 to 2015.