The Nigerian government says the ravaging third wave Delta variant of Coronavirus can be defeated if all citizens play their part in the fight against the pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the declaration on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. He said; ”If everybody plays…
Edward Dickson, the managing director and editor-in-chief of African Newspapers Nigeria Plc, the publishers of the Tribune titles, says the country’s traditional media was already in an “intensive care unit” before COVID-19. Dickson said before the pandemic, it had already become difficult to manage the business of traditional media organisations. Speaking during ‘Ayekooto on Radio’,…
The Chief Missioner of Nasru-Lahi-l-Fatih Society, NASFAT, Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike has urged Nigerian Muslims in particular and Muslims in general to remain optimistic and put their trust in God, saying that it was through these virtues that the Almighty God saved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from his adversaries and later made him become a rallying point…
Nigeria has confirmed 471 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed the cases on Sunday night via its official website. The NCDC also noted that two COVID related deaths were recorded in the country “The 471 new cases are reported from 13 states- Lagos (219),…
Nigeria has confirmed 566 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, while confirming the cases on Thursday night via its official website, stated that 11 deaths were recorded. According to the NCDC, the cases were confirmed from 12 states-Lagos (283), Akwa Ibom (88), Oyo (62), Rivers (62), FCT…
THE United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF)has said that finding has shown that mothers even infected with Coronavirus ,can still breastfeed their babies without infecting them. This was just as the organisation worried that in Kano, exclusive breastfeeding is only 18 percent, this is coupled with poor environmental challenges, resulting in a high rate of child…
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Edward Kallon has declared that increased food prices, climate change and COVID-19 pandemic have denied people access to food. According to him, the high level of food insecurity is in danger of deteriorating into catastrophic conditions with increased malnutrition among children. Speaking yesterday (Thursday); at a three-day economic…
No fewer than 35 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Sagamu, Ogun State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the upsurge of the third wave of COVID-19. Daily Trust had reported how about 109 prospective corps members…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC has refuted reports making the rounds in both the mainstream and new media alleging that NYSC camps are on red alert as 109 tested positive for COVID 19. The rebuttal is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Scheme, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi. According…
