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A health surveillance and investigation team have found the 24-year-old man who went into hiding after testing positive for COVID-19. Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura, the Commissioner for Health in Borno, made this known on Monday. The commissioner, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State High-Powered Team on COVID-19, said that the patient was found in a critical state in his family house in Gwange Area of Maiduguri. “The patient was moved on a stretcher and is now on a ventilator in an isolation centre in Maiduguri. “Health workers are doing everything humanly possible to revive the patient. “Also, a…
Imo governor, Sen Hope Uzodinma, on Monday disclosed that his administration saves N2 billion every month from the wage bill of the state workers and pensioners. He attributed this to the payments of salaries and pensions using the Bank Verification Number (BVN) records which uniquely tied each worker to a distinct bank account. The governor, in a statewide broadcast in Owerri, said the savings was as a result of a comprehensive review of the state’s civil service and payment structure with a view to fishing out ghost workers. This, he said, had been put in place by his administration, a…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to the 36 state governors urging them to “urgently provide information on spending details on COVID-19 in your state, and to immediately redirect public funds budgeted for security votes and life pensions for former governors from the state to invest in and improve public healthcare facilities and access to quality education.” SERAP said: “Given the rising number of deaths in Kano state reportedly linked to COVID-19, your state and other state governors now have to show leadership, transparency, and accountability, if you are to effectively and satisfactorily…
The government of Oyo State said on Sunday that it rejected the 1,800 bags of rice meant as Covid-19 palliatives by the Nigerian Customs Service because they were truly bad and unfit for consumption. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, who equally serves as a member of the Covid-19 Task Force, indicated that any claims to the contrary were a disservice to humanity and attempt at endangering the lives of the people in the state. “No government that is worth its name would agree to serve its people with food items that…
By Victoria Hanson, LAGOS Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie is yet to put to bed, her hubby, Prince Odi Okojie said on Sunday. The Okojies are expecting their fourth child and the rumour on social media is that the delectable actress has put to bed. But, the hubby, quickly reacted saying her wife was yet to deliver, promising to update her teeming fans as soon as the fourth fruit of the womb arrives. The Okojies “I woke up this morning to see countless missed calls and messages congratulating me on the arrival of our new baby. We are so thankful…
Following their treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centre, Idi-Araba, six COVID-19 patients have recovered and subsequently discharged, says the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The Ministry, through its verified Twitter handle on Saturday, said the patients were three males and three females, who have now tested negative twice and consecutively to COVID-19. According to the ministry, the number of discharged patients from isolation centres in the state is now 123. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagos still remains the epicentre of Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections with 670 of the overall 1095 cases. Data from…
The Plateau government is investigating the circumstances surrounding the leak of the confidential laboratory result of some suspected COVID-19 cases carried out at the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) Testing Centre in Vom. The commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manjang, stated this in a press release issued on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Thursday, 23rd April, the result of a suspected person with COVID-19, which tested positive, was circulating in different platforms of social media. This went on before the official announcement by the National Centre for Disease Control and the…
As the world battles the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Africa has recorded 9,106 COVID-19 recoveries from its 30,329 confirmed cases in 52 African countries. Data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), shows that as at 9 a.m. East Africa Time on April 26, the continent had recorded 1, 374 COVID-19 deaths. The breakdown of the cases by regions reveal that the Northern Africa region with 12,479 cases has the highest confirmed COVID-19 cases; Western region 7,373; Southern 4, 698; Eastern 3,127 and Central 2,652 cases. Recoveries of COVID-19 patients by regions shows that the Northern Africa…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is desperately looking for more Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) extraction kits as it expands testing for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of NCDC, said this on Sunday on his verified twitter handle. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the extraction kit is part of the recommended diagnostic protocols published by WHO. However, the kits are currently in high demand across the world but in short supply. Iheakweazu stated that the product it was looking for was a Total viral RNA extraction kits “preferably spin column…
The Police Command in Enugu State says that it will henceforth arrest and prosecute users of fake government, private, and spy number plates in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement in Enugu on Sunday. Ndukwe said that the police would also prosecute abusers of diplomatic number plates as well as users of an illegal siren, unregistered vehicles, and covered number plates. “The Command wishes to inform the general public, particularly residents of the state, that it has come to its knowledge the flagrant use of illegal siren, unregistered vehicles, and covered…