Category: HEALTH

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, on Wednesday said that the war against illicit drugs and trafficking in Nigeria was yielding positive results. Marwa said this in Abuja during a sensitisation training on Read more…

Fellow Nigerians I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some 3 million confirmed Read more…

BY GORDDY OYAILO JNR More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said. The estimated size of the crowd was Read more…

BY GORDDY OYAILO JNR The military has sent a strong warning to criminal elements hiding under the cover of the lockdown to rob and harass innocent citizens to keep off the streets, saying it is prepared to use ‘minimum force’ Read more…

BY CELINE OSAGIE A new scientific study has shown that medics and patients can spread coronavirus through the soles of their shoes. Medical staff and pharmacy workers are being advised to disinfect their footwear after researchers discovered the virus can Read more…

BY GORDDY OYAILO, JNR President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will freeze funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) amidst the coronavirus pandemic has continued to receive condemnation around the world. The WHO receives its largest funding from Read more…

BY GABRIEL TERWASE The president of the United States, Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is putting a halt on US funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) because of what he called the organisation’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering Read more…

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has asked residents of the state to cooperate with security personnel that are being deployed all over the state to ensure their security as new measures are being taken to address the increase in Read more…

Following incidents of robbery and harassment of citizens by hoodlums and street urchins in some areas in Lagos and Ogun states amidst the coronavirus lockdown, the Nigeria police said on Monday that the Inspector General, M.A. Adamu, has ordered the Read more…

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE EXTENSION OF COVID- 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2020 Fellow Nigerians In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I Read more…

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