Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared a total lockdown of the two local government areas that make up the Port Harcourt metropolis with effect from Thursday, May 7th, 2020. The two local government areas are Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor. In a statewide broadcast on Monday, Wike said apart from those authorised to be…
Evacuation of About 4,000 Nigerians Abroad Starts Wednesday – Onyeama
Says returnees could overwhelm NCDC facilities. At last, Nigerians stranded outside the country as a result of the COVID-19 challenge and had been anxious to return home can now do so from Wednesday when the first evacuation from the United Kingdom would commence. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama dropped the hint on Monday in Abuja…
Abuja Eases Lockdown Cautiously
The Federal Capital Territory begins the experiment of easing total lockdown Monday despite rising cases of COVID-19. As COVID-19 continues its onslaught against humanity, the world has found itself between the devil and the deep sea – stay at home and starve; ease lockdown and risk more infections. Whichever option you choose, people will die.…
Two to Four million Nigerians Risk Contracting COVID-19, Dakum, IHVN Boss Alerts
Warns authorities to prepare for rebound due to easing of lockdown. As many concerned Nigerians express fear and apprehension over what they perceive as premature easing of the lockdown in some states as a result of the ravaging coronavirus disease, COVID-19 which has so far claimed no fewer than 85 lives in the country, the…
Antiviral Drug for COVID-19 Excites Ihekweazu, NCDC DG
Advises review of anti-quarantine law be put on hold The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, is excited about the prospect of an antiviral drug, Remdesivir, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, United States of America for the treatment of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19 which has been ravaging…
State Governments Deporting Almajiris are Irresponsible – Clement Nwankwo
Calls for public scrutiny, debate of NCDC Bill The Executive Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, Clement Nwankwo has frowned at the actions of some state governors who have recently been deporting almajiris from their respective states to their supposed states of origin, describing any state government doing so at this time of COVID-19 pandemic…
Hope Rises for COVID-19 Patients as Catholic Monks in Edo Develop Cure
As the search for cure for the coronavirus disease, COVID-19 continues, the Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories, Ewu, in Esan Central local government area of Edo State managed by the Oblates of St Benedictine’s Catholic Monks has announced the development of an herbal medicine, “CVD PLUS” for the cure of the virus infection. The…
COVID-19: Health Workers in Edo to get N90,000 to N300,000 Hazard Allowance – Obaseki
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki said on Thursday that health workers in the state are now to receive between N90,000 and N300,00 as hazard allowance depending on their cadre. Obaseki, however, clarified that only the health workers participating in the fight against COVID-19 would benefit from the newly approved allowance. Speaking at a press briefing…
Conditions for IMF’s $3.4 billion loan to Nigeria
Nigeria’s $3.4billion IMF loan comes with many charges, fees, surcharges and interest of between two to three percent per annum, and further devalues the Naira to N389.976/USD as against CBN’s N360/USD. As expected the International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday approved Nigeria’s application for $3.471.83 billion to bridge shortfalls in the 2020 budget and respond to…
COVID-19 and the Inevitable Teaching Dynamics
From Mudasiru Olalere Yusuf Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and invariably it fuels action. The 2018 Spanish flu and its twin, the second world war which started the same year, led to the robust believe that the film will supplant the contemporary education. Thomas Edison in 1922 gleefully proclaimed that the…
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