Nasarawa is among states without a ventilator to help in the fight against coronavirus pandemic, but the state governor, Abdullahi Sule has bought 24 Toyota Hilux vehicles for state lawmakers, estimated at nearly N500 million. There are 169 ventilators nationwide spread across only 16 states, Daily Trust exclusively reported last week. On Thursday, the number…
Menegian, one of the children of late Ogoni environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of Coronavirus in a hospital in the United Kingdom. His death was announced on Facebook by his sister, Noo, this afternoon. She wrote ”We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. He had Covid-19 combined with underlying health conditions. Gian…
The US President, Donald Trump has said that his administration was trying to determine where the deadly Coronavirus disease originated from. Also addressing reporters yesterday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the Chinese government “to come clean” on what it knows about COVID-19. During his daily briefing on the pandemic at the White House…
Popular Nigerian Male Barbie, Idris Okuneye is otherwise known as Bobrisky, has taken to her Instagram account to advise fans on the importance of ‘hustling’. Bobrisky stated that he’s living well today because of his decision to hustle as a cross-dresser and she advised her fans/trolls to get busy and stop depending on giveaways/freebies on…
The Governor of Cross River State,Prof. Ben Ayade, has distributed stimulus package to vulnerable persons and citizens in the 18 local government areas of the state. Distributing the items on Wednesday at CROSPIL in Calabar, Ayade said he had already approved N30,000 as monthly stipend for beneficiaries of the automatic employment given to 8,000 youths…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed his readiness to donate his blood as sample for research in the quest to find a cure to the COVID-19 pandemic. When necessary, he said, his blood could be taken for evaluation by experts on post-infection protection against the deadly infection. Makinde, who is a survivor of…
A medical practitioner identified as Dr Chinoso Egemba has revealed that people who bleach their skin are more likely to contract the coronavirus disease. Speaking to NAN (News Agency of Nigeria), DR Chinoso who is popularly known as Aproko doctor said that bleaching creams contain steroids that reduce the body’s response to anything that could…
Residents of Daura town have declared the current lockdown in the town and in the Daura Local Government Area have made them hungrier as they could not raise money to purchase foodstuffs. A resident, Barrister Ado Lalu said, “Many of us were unprepared for the lockdown. There is no money to stockpile food items at…
Five more COVID19 patients have been recorded in Kano state. This was announced this morning by the state government. There are now nine confirmed cases in the state. The state governor, Abdullahi Umar, announced a one-week lockdown in the state to prevent the spread of the virus.
Nine COVID19 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease at the Abuja Isolation Center. This brings to 20 the number of COVID-19 patients that have been discharged from the center. The federal capital territory administration (FCTA) announced this development in a tweet on Wednesday morning April 15. NINE (9) NEWLY DISCHARGED IN THE FCT As…