COVID-19: NMA Committee urges FG to create more testing centres
…says supply of medical equipment to isolation centres better than cash donations By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja To quicken steps taken to arrest the spread of Coronavirus in the country, Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called for the creation of more testing laboratories. It also urged the coalition of private sector players supporting the fight […]
Britain’s Johnson admitted to hospital after 10 days with coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital over persistent symptoms of the coronavirus, according to a Downing Street statement late on Sunday.
US reschedules repatriation flight from Lagos
THE United States Mission in Nigeria, yesterday, said the United States government has taken actions to redress the hiccups faced by its citizens due to last Friday’s inability of two repatriation flights to depart Lagos for America.
Withdraw troops from restriction enforcement, Falana tells Buhari
Human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw armed troops from enforcing COVID-19 restrictions.
Patients rush to join studies testing drug for coronavirus
The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit. When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug […]
How FG lost N240bn to electricity firms for unused power
ABUJA — Nigeria has lost at least N240 billion to five electricity generating companies in the last five years due to faulty agreements sealed between it and the firms.
2011 POLL: Campbell’s rigging postulations distorted — Jonathan
FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has picked holes in claims by former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, in a recent media report that the 2011 presidential election was rigged.
5G Network not connected to COVID-19 — CDD
THE Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, yesterday, dismissed reports connecting the 5G network to the coronavirus pandemic.
Admission: We haven’t released cut-off marks yet, says JAMB
ABUJA — THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclaimed admission cut-off marks circulating in social media, asking higher institution admission seekers to disregard them.
COVID-19: NMA, NARD tackle FG on Chinese doctors
LAGOS—The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday rejected plans by the Federal Government to invite Chinese doctors into the country, describing it as an embarrassment to their members and health workers in the country.
APC lauds Lagos govt. over COVID-19 response
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the state government for its courageous , inspiring , professional and reassuring response to the coronavirus scourge in the state.
