A doctor named Aliyu Yakubu, who works in Kastina State, has died of Coronavirus. SaharaReporters learnt that the doctor died of the virus in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, said the doctor was 60-year-old and died at the Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital in Daura three days ago.…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has been urged to make public the daily number of Nigerians screened for Coronavirus. A coalition of civil society groups led by Civic Media Lab said the figures will help Nigerians and the world know the true state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. “The fight against…
Amnesty International has said that armed conflicts and state repression were causes of human rights abuses in Africa. The organisation in its annual review of human rights in the region on Tuesday said rights defenders in Africa were persecuted and harassed for standing up and speaking out against governments. According to the report, there…
Originally broadcast live on 06 April 2020, the daily press briefing on coronavirus COVID-19, direct from WHO Headquarters, Geneva Switzerland with Dr Tedros WHO Director-General, Dr Micheal Ryan, Executive Director of the Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme with special guests Lady Gaga and Hugh Evans,…
The variety of confirmed instances of Coronavirus in Nigeria rose to 131 on Monday with two recorded deaths. Nigerian Centre for Disease Control made the announcement The NCDC tweeted, “Twenty new instances of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13 in Lagos, 4 in FCT, two in Kaduna and one in Oyo State. “As…
After intense strain from the Nigerian public particularly from senior authorized practitioners and different outstanding residents, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday introduced the signing into legislation of the COVID-19 Regulations. Sections 2, Three and four of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004) conferred such powers on President Buhari. It was the authorized framework wanted to…
Following the announcement of the primary Coronavirus case in Ondo State, palpable concern has continued to grip residents of the town. SaharaReporters gathered that the primary confirmed case is a navy officer, who just lately returned to Nigeria from India. A supply informed our correspondent that the state obtained the results of the take a…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is right here to show us a lesson; I hope we be taught. Nigeria’s healthcare is unhealthy. But as an alternative of fixing it our rulers have been busy flying up and down to profit from different nation’s productive well being system. With Coronavirus, actuality is upon us. No extra operating abroad for…
The Third Force Forum has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governors Forum to start the fee of between N20,000 to N40,000 to low-income earners and self-employed Nigerians as “COVID-19 Intervention Fund”. The discussion board stated the fee must be made to individuals, who earn beneath N50,000 month-to-month. The group posited that pressing actions…
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has held a gathering with the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on steps to be taken to make sure the decongestion of correctional centres (previously prisons) in Nigeria. This is coming three days after inmates on the Kaduna Correctional Centre tried a jailbreak following the worldwide outbreak of…