ICYMI: Points from President Buhari’s speech on COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari after four weeks the first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease was recorded in Nigeria finally address the nation. In his speech, President Buhari stated that: Federal Government provided an initial intervention of fifteen billion Naira (N15bn) to support the national response as Nigeria fight to contain and control the spread. FG […]
NEMA distributes relief materials to victims of armed banditry in Niger
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday distributed millions of Naira worth of relief materials to victims of armed banditry displaced from three local government areas of Niger.
Kaduna govt identifies two new COVID-19 patients as contacts of index case
Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Baloni, said on Tuesday the two confirmed coronavirus cases in the state are contacts of the index case. The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Monday confirmed two new cases, bringing the number of cases in Kaduna to three. The state governor, Nasir El-Rufai had on […]
FACT CHECK: Coronavirus is not an airborne disease – WHO
With the canard making the rounds that the pandemic disease, coronavirus, is an airborne disease, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has faulted the report, saying that the virus codenamed covid-19 is not an airborne disease.
Europeans send medical supplies to Iran, circumventing sanctions
France, Germany, and Britain have made the first use of a bartering mechanism set up to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran, to send medical supplies to the crisis-hit country, the German Foreign Office says.
Gov Emmanuel signs quarantine, restriction of movement law
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has signed into operations the quarantine and restriction of movement regulations 2020 in view of the serious and imminent threat to Public Health by COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement signed yesterday by the Commissioner for Information Mr. Charles Udoh, the new law […]
