[responsivevoice] The World Health Organization, WHO, Friday, in Wuhan, started the probe of China on its alleged complicity in the origin of COVID-19. The WHO China mission completed the required two weeks quarantine in a Wuhan hotel Thursday and started its assignment Friday with a meeting with a group of Chinese scientists in Wuhan. They…
COVID-19: Transporters in Edo Directed not to Pick Passengers without Nose Mask
[responsivevoice] Members of the Edo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) may henceforth not pick passengers not wearing nose masks, as part of measures to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). A directive to this effect was given Thursday by the state government during a sensitization…
FG Welcomes New COVID-19 Research Group’s Drug Report
[responsivevoice] Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Monday, welcomed the report of IVERCOVID Research Group, a team of home and overseas-based Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the efficacy of Ivermectin, a drug used in the treatment of river blindness, in the management of COVID-19 infection. The report is titled, “A randomized controlled trial for the repurposing…
Adodo, Labour Leader, Ex-Commissioner, is Dead
[responsivevoice] The General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (ISSSAN), Didì Adodo is dead. A former General Secretary of the United Labour Congress, (ULC) Adodo also served as commissioner for establishment and special duties in Edo State during the immediate past Adams Oshiomhole administration. Unconfirmed sources say Adodo died as…
NCDC Warns of Spread of Covid-19
[responsivevoice] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has warned of the consequences of Nigerians being indifferent to the consistent spread of covid-19 since December 2020. A statement by the agency has, therefore, put out an advisory on how to contain the spread. This is coming at a time states are experiencing an upsurge in…
Edo Records 82 New COVID-19 Cases in 72 Hours
[responsivevoice] Edo State has witnessed an alarming surge in coronavirus infections with 82 new cases and three deaths recorded in 72 hours. Thirty-one persons also recovered from the infection. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this during a meeting of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), chaired by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki.…
FG in Dilemma over Surge in COVID-19 Cases
[responsivevoice] The Federal Government of Nigeria is facing an unenviable dilemma over the resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria. As at Monday January 4, a total of 1,204 new cases, the highest daily incidence since the first case on February 27, 2020, were reported across the country with Lagos State confirming the highest figure of…
Lagos Schools Resume January 18
[responsivevoice] Lagos state government has announced that primary and secondary schools across the state will reopen for studies on Monday January 18, 2021. Folashade Adefisayo, the commissioner for education in the state made the announcement on Monday. She said this was to enable them start the second term for the 2020/2021 academic year. The Commissioner…
New Year Speech By His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
[responsivevoice] 1st January 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years…
Odekunle, PACA Member Dies of Covid-19
[responsivevoice] Femi Odekunle, professor of criminology and a member of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption , PACA is dead. He died on Tuesday at a hospital in Gwagwalada, where he had been taking treatment for the infection for about two weeks. The president, Muhammadu Buhari, speaking through his senior Special assistant on media and publicity,…
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