The Osun government on Saturday, said it had discharged another coronavirus patient from its isolation and treatment centre, having recovered fully from the disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, in a statement in Osogbo, said this brings the number of cases successfully managed and discharged in the state to 32. According to Isamotu, with the recovery and discharge of the patient, the State now has six active COVID-19 cases at its isolation centre. “I am pleased to announce to you the discharge of another patient from our isolation and treatment centre in Asubiaro, Osogbo. ” The patient…
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Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), said 41 persons had died of Lassa fever from January to date in the state. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi on Saturday, noted that lassa fever is more deadly than Coronavirus (COVID-19). The PHCDA boss explained that a case of Coronavirus reported early have greater chances to get treated and recovers. He added that most cases of lassa fever were reported late, hence the number of death of patients. “We just recorded another two deaths resulting from lassa fever. This has brought the total number of deaths…
In a bid to further tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of researchers in the University of Lagos (Unilag) has produced an Ambuvalent ventilator.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, known as Unilag /LASRIC Ambuvalent, was sponsored by the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC).The team carried out a ‘demonstration of concept’ of the project to the institution’s management on Friday.The team Lead, AbdulHakeem Amuda, an Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, said at the demonstration that the project was an opportunity for the scholars to prove their mettle. According…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday met behind closed doors with Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Embalo was received at the official residence of the president by the Nigerian leader. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Embalo said he was on `routine visit’ to President Buhari, whom he described as his political father, for consultations and advice over some socio-political issues. “You know, he is the number one and it is a blessing meeting with the President (Buhari}, he is serving like a…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State Council, on Saturday rejected the palliative from Enugu State Government over alleged interference in the union’s activities.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that problem started when the government representatives, led by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Chidi Aroh, announced that the palliative were “for the two factions in the union”.“I heard that there are two factions in the union. The items should be shared between them.”Miffed by the statement, the Acting Vice President of NUJ, South East, Zone C, Comrade Ken Ofoma, expressed dismay over the Commissioner’s statement, declaring that…
The Defence Headquarters says Boko Haram terrorists in the Sambisa Forest of Borno have been set in disarray, following massive air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) on Friday. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Enenche said the operation was executed based on credible intelligence reports as well as series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. He added that the reports revealed that the terrorists were importing additional fighters as well as increasing their logistics stocks preparatory to launching attacks on troops’…
Scores of persons are feared killed in a communal conflict in Tigno town of Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.Mr Samuel Danga and Usman Babale, both residents of the area, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola that the incident sparked off by misunderstanding between two youths.They told NAN that many people lost their lives from gunshots while several houses, shops and filling stations were destroyed.DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Police Public Relations officer (PPRO), Adamawa Command, also confirmed the development to NAN.Nguroje said the command received report of the conflict…
The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Oscar Onyema, says the demutualisation process of the exchange is moving ahead in line with the expected sequence of events. Onyema, in a statement in Lagos on Saturday, said that the court had granted an order sanctioning the NSE scheme of arrangement for demutualisation. Demutualisation of a stock exchange is a process by which non-profit, members/brokers owned mutual exchange is converted into a profit-seeking shareholder corporation, open to members of the public. Demutualising an exchange, therefore, transforms it from being owned by members or brokers, to one with a different governance structure where members…
The Acting Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has been honoured with the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria, ICAN’s 2020 Merit Award. The award was presented to him by ICAN President, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuadigbo on Saturday, May 16, 2020, virtually through an ICAN Webinar. The award presentation through electronic video conferencing system, the first of its kind in the history of ICAN, featured nine awardees and lasted one hour, thirty minutes. Okwuadigbo, while justifying the conferment of the Award on Magu, said that the EFCC’s Chairman is an icon ‘’who has…
Airtel Nigeria has extended its work-from-home policy by two weeks in a bid to safeguard them from contracting coronavirus and stem the spread of the virus. Airtel Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. He said that the company’s employees particularly affected were those in Lagos, Ogun State and Abuja, the epicenters of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria. ” They have been told to continue to work from home untill the end of May,” he said Ogunsanya urged the company’s employees in others parts of the country to observe the nationwide…