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Tuesday, 21 April 2020 05:43

Millions of children face impoverishment by coronavirus in Middle East, Africa - UNICEF

Millions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF said children were nearly half of an estimated eight million people who will be hurt by the loss of about 1.7 million jobs this year as a result of businesses closing, salaries being suspended and other effects of lockdowns in the region. “It is evident that the pandemic is affecting children firsthand. Many families in the region are already becoming poorer due to the loss…

Monday, 20 April 2020 05:56

Paralysis of Nigeria’s oil sector averted as Rivers releases detained oil workers

Following the resolution by senior oil workers under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to shut down Nigeria’s oil exports by midnight of yesterday, due to alleged refusal of the Rivers State Government to release detained 22 offshore ExxonMobil workers, the state government has freed the oil workers. Apparently dissatisfied with the role played by Rives State Police Command in the arrest of the workers, Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, on Friday removed Rivers Commissioner of Police, Mr Dandaura Mustapha, and replaced him with Mr Gobum Mukan, who was asked to…

Monday, 20 April 2020 05:55

FG confirms 86 new cases of coronavirus as death toll rises to 21

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 86 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 627, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. It also confirmed two new deaths bringing to 21, the number of COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria. NCDC in a tweet late Sunday night confirmed that 70 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, 1 in Bauchi and 1 in Borno. It said: “As at 11:50 pm 19th April, there are 627 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. There are 170 discharged…

Monday, 20 April 2020 05:54

WHO staff tests positive to coronavirus

A staff member of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Bauchi state has contracted the coronavirus. Mr Aliyu Mohammed, the state commissioner of health, said the WHO staff member, not named, earlier travelled to Kano state before testing positive for COVID-19. A statement issued on Sunday by one Ibrahim Sani on behalf of the commissioner said the building housing offices of the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had been sealed over the development. The statement reads: “Following the confirmation of a staff of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi office who tested positive to COVID-19, the UNICEF/WHO offices…

Monday, 20 April 2020 05:53

Coronavirus: Muslims to go through Ramadan like never before

Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred. The holiest month in the Islamic calendar is one of family and togetherness – community, reflection, charity and prayer. But with shuttered mosques, coronavirus curfews and bans on mass prayers from Senegal to Southeast Asia, some 1.8 billion Muslims are facing a Ramadan like never before. Across the Muslim world the pandemic has generated new levels of anxiety ahead of the holy fasting month, which begins on…

Monday, 20 April 2020 05:51

Army wipes out 105 Boko Haram fighters - Official

No fewer than 105 Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province terrorists have been shot dead by troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Lafiya Dole after the insurgents attempted to attack Buni Gari community in Yobe State. The troops of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, carried out the clearance when they encountered the terrorists on Saturday. This is just as troops on Operation Hadarin Daji also killed scores of bandits in Kurechi and Qurzan Maikuka communities in the Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State. Nigerian Army in a statement on Sunday by acting Director, Army Public…

Sunday, 19 April 2020 05:54

Ganduje sacks Commissioner for celebrating Kyari’s death

Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has relieved the appointment of commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Mr Mu’azu Magaji with immediate effect. According to a statement signed by Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba, the commissioner was removed following his unguarded utterances against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari. He said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering it to disrepute. “The action of a public servant, personal or otherwise reflects back on the government and therefore, the Ganduje administration…

Sunday, 19 April 2020 05:52

Trump threatens consequences if China started coronavirus outbreak deliberately

President Donald Trump has attacked China once again over the coronavirus pandemic - questioning whether it was a "mistake that got out of control" or a crisis that was started deliberately. At the daily White House briefing, the US president warned that Beijing would face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the spread of COVID-19, but he stopped short of saying what type of actions he might take. "It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn't, and the whole world is suffering from it," Trump told reporters on Saturday. The president has ramped up…

Sunday, 19 April 2020 05:51

Music stars back health workers on coronavirus with ‘One World: Together Home concert’

Some of the biggest names in music have joined forces to celebrate healthcare workers in a globally televised concert. Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish were among more than 100 artists who performed songs from their living rooms, due to the coronavirus lockdown. The Rolling Stones even managed to play together from four separate locations. The eight-hour show also featured real-life stories from those on the front line of the fight against Covid-19. Lady Gaga, who curated the line-up, called the event "a love letter to the world". Dedicating the show to first responders and medical staff, she said…

Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:01

Buhari’s Chief of Staff Abba Kyari is dead

Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, is dead. His age is unclear at this time. Kyari died of coronavirus. He received treatment at a private hospital in Lagos. His death was announced by presidential spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina, in a Tweet early Saturday. “Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,” Adesina wrote. Kyari had on March 23 tested positive to the novel coronavirus. On March 29, Kyari issued a statement on his decision to move to Lagos for “further test and…

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Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:59

Southwest govs announce joint border closures, compulsory face mask

As part of measures put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19, governors of the Southwest geopolitical zone have ordered immediate closure of entry points to the six states. The governors disclosed this in a statement personally signed by Ondo State governor and chairman of South West Governors’ Forum, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu said the forum, after its virtual meeting held on Thursday, resolved that people involved in essential services or dealing in medicine, water and consumable items, traders and market men/women in particular should endeavour to wear face masks while plying their trade to minimise the spread of…

Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:57

Ogun socio-cultural group led by ex-House Speaker packages Covid-19 relief food for residents

A Socio-Cultural group in Ogun State, Egbe Omo Ogun Rere (EOOR), has commenced distribution of packaged food items to vulnerable indigenes of the State in order to cushion the effect of hunger posed by the Government's Stay At Home Order extended by another 14 days to stop the spread of the pandemic, coronavirus. EOOR in a statement released by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Segun Adewale, said the executive council and the entire members of the group under the Chairmanship of Mrs Titi Oseni-Gomez, a former Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, consider the provision of the food items to…

Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:56

Covid-19 may affect the brain. This is how

A pattern is emerging among Covid-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is. At times this is linked to low oxygen levels in their blood, but in certain patients the confusion appears disproportionate to how their lungs are faring. Jennifer Frontera, a neurologist at NYU Langone Brooklyn hospital seeing these patients, told AFP the findings were raising concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on the brain and nervous system. By now, most people are…

Friday, 17 April 2020 05:05

Not enough space to isolate Nigerians returning from abroad - FG

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said the planned evacuation of Nigerians from foreign countries will be staggered as the number of interested persons is high. Government had concluded plans to bring back Nigerians from the United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates and other countries on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Over 2,000 Nigerian nationals had registered with various Nigerian embassies abroad to return home. But speaking during the Presidential TaskForce on covid-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the minister explained that the isolation centres were not enough to accommodate them. Onyeama said, “We have received all…

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