FG slams critics over invitation of Chinese doctors
The Federal Government has slammed critics of an offer by a foreign company, Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, to import an 18-member Chinese team of medical experts, including doctors, nurses and public health advisers to share experiences with their local counterparts on the management of COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Chinese experts will subject to established rules in Nigeria
The Federal Government has said that the Chinese experts coming to Nigeria with globally scarce supplies in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic would be subjected to established rules in the country. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. The […]
Oil price slump: FG not returning fuel subsidy — NNPC
There are indications that the federal government may deregulate the petroleum downstream sector as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS known as petrol has been removed.
LUTH rolls out strategic measures to combat challenges of COVID-19 management
The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says it has rolled out strategic measures and ready to combat the challenges of management of COVID-19 resolutely. Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director, made the assertion while addressing the management and members of staff of the institution in Lagos on Monday. “We are […]
Looking into the ever-evolving world of gaming in Nigeria
Technology is on the rise in Nigeria, with devices – particularly smartphones – becoming integral to everyday life. Alongside the rapid adoption of technologies has, almost inevitably, been a surge in people who enjoy digital forms of gaming.
COVID-19:NIMASA hands over N700million worth of items to Lagos, FG
THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, yesterday handed over three relief materials valued at over N700million to both the Lagos State and the Federal governments to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
COVID’19: CBN alerts Nigerians on cyber attack
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday said that cyber criminals are taking advantage of the Coronavirus (COVID’19) pandemic to defraud Nigerian citizens.
BUA,Dangote, drag equities down by 2.02%
As the equities market continues to reel from the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, losses recorded in two industrial goods giants – Bua Cement Plc and Dangote Cement Plc – yesterday, pushed the market further down by 2.02 percent.
Ebola: DRC to declare outbreak over in 6 days — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says if there are no more cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the government of DRC can declare the outbreak over as early as Sunday. Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said in a statement posted on the agency’s website that the stakeholders were nearing the end […]
COVID-19: A case for empathy, not death wish
By Tobi Soniyi DURING the run-up to the 2015 presidential election, the then governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, was criticised for placing an advert on the front page of a national newspaper suggesting that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, would die in office if elected president. The advert […]
The perfect storm and the re-alignment of global economic power
By Obadiah Mailafia EVOLUTIONARY biologists tell us that viruses have been with us since the beginning of time. Civilisation itself has been a struggle between humans and viruses. Conspiracy theories abound. The Chinese and Americans have been at each other’s throats. Some claim it was a Chinese invention to get even with the West. Others […]
