COVID-19: 50,000 poor households get palliative in Kano
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano 50,000 poor households will receive food items and cash as palliative measures to ease the spasms associated with the total lockdown down imposed in the state to prevent the spread of the novel Corona Virus in the state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje flagged up the distribution of the items in the […]
Ekiti records first COVID – 19 Death
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado- Ekiti Ekiti State has recorded its first Covid-18 death, as the third index case died on Wednesday. The 29 year old woman died at the Intensive Care Unit of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, on Wednesday. The woman, who was an health professional in Lagos sneaked into Ekiti last week […]
COVID-19: Versa Nigeria Limited Donates Bags of Rice, others to Kwara government
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin More palliatives for the masses, residents in Kwara rolled into the hands of the state government on Wednesday, as Versa Nigeria Limited, an Agricultural expert with other interests in Real estate and Transportation handed over 60 bags of rice with tomato paste and other condiments for distribution. The co-owners of […]
COVID-19: CSOs call on Federal, State Govts to publish list of palliative beneficiaries
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, and Centre for Communication and Social Impact, CCSI, under the auspices of Upright For Nigeria and Stand Against Corruption campaign, Wednesday, called on the Federal and State Governments to publish names of palliative beneficiaries. The call […]
COVID-19: PETAN donates food items to host communities in Rivers
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria PETAN, with the support of Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board NCDMB has donated food items to 10 communities in its area of operations in Rivers State. Publicity Secretary of PETAN, Dr Lucky Akhiwu disclosed this in a […]
COVID-19: AFAN hails Ministers over initiative, resolutions on movement of foodstuff, inputs
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The umbrella body of farmers in the country, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Wednesday, hailed Ministers of Agriculture, Defence, Police Affairs and Interior over initiative and resolutions made on Monday 20th April 2020 in a communique on the smooth movement of foodstuff and farm inputs across the country during […]
COVID-19: NDE pays stipend to 800 trainees in Delta
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced payment of stipend to 800 trainees in Delta to cushion the effects of COVID-19 lockdown. The NDE State Coordinator, Mr. Tony Olu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Wednesday. Olu said that following the lockdown occasioned by the […]
COVID-19: Ex-CBN Director harps on social welfare to check poverty
Dr. Titus Okunrounmu, former Director of Budget at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised the Federal Government to intensify the provision of social welfare for Nigerians so as to reverse the poverty rate in the country. Okunrounmu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on […]
BREAKING: Result of suspected COVID-19 patient in Ughelli South is positive
Perez Brisibe – Ughelli The result of the suspected COVID-19 patient in Otu-Jeremi, headquarters of Ughelli South local government area of Delta State has shown that the patient is positive for the virus. A senior staff of the hospital who made the disclosure to Vanguard said the patient, aged 36, had visited the hospital in […]
UK confident of hitting 100,000 COVID-19 daily tests target — Foreign Secretary
British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Wednesday the government was confident it would meet its target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day for the coronavirus by the end of the month. Official figures on Tuesday showed 18,206 tests had been carried out the previous day. READ ALSO: US senate passes additional $484bn COVID-19 relief […]
COVID-19 patients with diarrhea more likely to have severe symptoms of pneumonia – Research
Researchers have found that more coronavirus disease patients with diarrhea showed severe symptoms of pneumonia than those without diarrhea. This is according to a recently published research article in the journal Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The researchers from the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and its Research Institute of Gastroenterology examined the intestinal […]
