A 48-year-old herbalist, Isiaka Ogunkoya has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for the murder of one Pastor, Kalejaye Ezekiel. Nemesis caught up with him when he was on his way to Isoyin, he was arrested during a stop and search operation where he confessed the human parts belongs to a pastor. The…
The Federal government of Nigeria will today hand over the Madagascar COVID-19 cure to the Ministry of Health. This was disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire during a programme on Channels Television. Recall that over a week after receiving the Madagascan formulation for the treatment of COVID-19, the Presidency had…
A Nigerian man with the handle @SalmanDuke on Twitter has mourned his ‘close girlfriend,’ Magana, who died of Coronavirus in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the aggrieved man, the deceased had been ill and was treating malaria and typhoid until last Thursday when she tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. ”I just lost a…
In celebration of this year’s Africa Day, actress Stella Damasus has said that she believes that the cure for COVID-19 will come from the continent. She also advised Africans to ensure they take care of one another in the pandemic period irrespective of whatever divide may exist between them. Stella Damasus wrote: “Happy Africa Day…
A commercial tricycle operator, Joseph Asogwa, was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two suspected tricycle snatchers along Onitsha-Owerri Road, Oba, Anambra State. The suspects disposed of the victim of his tricycle after pouring a hot liquid on his face, which hurt and momentarily blinded him. GIOTV gathered that Asogwa immediately raised the alarm which attracted the…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, says NAFDAC will continue its clinical trial of chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment. Speaking yesterday on a TVC program, Adeyeye said Nigeria believed in hydroxychloroquine and that there was data to prove that it was effective in treating COVID-19 patients,…
Africa has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus, but World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried the continent could face a “silent epidemic” if its leaders fail to prioritize testing for it. “My first point for Africa, my first concern, is that a lack of testing is leading to a silent epidemic…
A man triggered an outcry on social media after sharing a video from an empty isolation center which he claims is located at Sani Abacha stadium in Kano state. The social media user who countered an alleged claim of the isolation center housing 800 Coronavirus patients in the video he filmed on May 24, sarcastically…
Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo’s future at Manchester United is reportedly shaky as his parent Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua has ordered him to return to full training with the club at the end of this month when his loan deal with Manchester United expires. Ighalo joined Manchester United on the last day of January, securing a…
Discharged COVID19 patients in Niger state have spoken about their time at the state’s Isolation center. In an interview with The Nation, the patients who were discharged today, May 24, claimed that all through their stay at the isolation center, no drug was administered to them in the form of treatment. The patients stated that…