A motorist, identified as Joseph Pessu, was shot dead in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, by a soldier for allegedly flouting the state government’s sit-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Eyewitnesses said the middle-aged motorist, who was cruising in a black Toyota Camry car without number plate, failed to stop at a…
Limited global stocks of two anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors cautioned on Thursday. Around the world, countries are expanding access to chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are used to treat malaria and are known to have anti-viral properties. The medicines have shown…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Joke, have tested negative for coronavirus. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known early Friday morning. Before announcing the results, there had been fears over the status of the governor who was believed to have met with some positive cases, The PUNCH reports. But…
A Ghanaian amateur footballer, Emmanuel Harrison has died of coronavirus in Italy after being diagnosed with the disease. Italian news platform, Oglio Po reported that the 49-year-old man died 10 days after being admitted at the Oglio Po Hospital in Vicomoscano, a town in the northern Italian region of Lombardia. Harrison who played for some amateur teams including Maffei where he led…
A youth leader, one Joseph Pessu was reportedly shot dead by a soldier at Ada Val Arenyenka street, along Ugbuwangue axis of the NPA Expressway, Warri, Delta state fordisobeying the lockdown order. According to reports trailing his death, the incident occurred at about 09:40am on Thursday, April 2, while the victim was riding his power…
The Federal Government has revealed that the billions donated by wealthy Nigerians towards the fight against COVID-19 didn’t go into government coffers. This was made known by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu. According to Aliyu, the money goes into a separate account not…
The Nigerian Communications Commission has warned Nigerians, especially telecoms consumers, not to fall prey to a fraudulent message being spread on the Internet by a fraudulent website. The commission, in a statement on Thursday, identified the fake website as https://covid-19-fg-grant.blogspot.com/?=1, saying it was asking Nigerians to apply for a free Internet bundle, claiming it was…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link. He said any such link asking for the bio-data of Nigerians as beneficiaries of monetary hand-out was fake. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, said the message was…
The German Mission in Nigeria has pledged €5.5m to the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, says the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. The donation, according to an online currency converter, Oanda, as of 2 pm on Thursday, exchanged for N2.2bn. This is coming as the West-African country grapples with the attendant effects…
Israel’s health minister, Yaakov Litzman and his wife Chava have both tested positive for Coronavirus. The country’s Health Ministry which confirmed the development in a statement released on Thursday, April 2, said Litzman and Chava have been in isolation after feeling unwell. The statement further revealed that those who have been in contact with the health…