The Permanent Secretary of the State House , Tijani Umar , has said the N 1. 3bn approved for Villa clinic was too small . He spoke in an interview with journalists on Thursday after defending 2012 budget estimate before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs State . The Permanent Secretary who […]
The Chinese authorities have temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits due to the COVID -19 pandemic . Our correspondent learnt that the United Kingdom , Belgium , Luxembourg, Philippines and a few others were also affected by the policy . It was […]
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, on Thursday, asked State House officials to put its clinic in order and equip it to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari would have no need to travel abroad for medical treatment. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Danjuma Lar, made this remark when the Permanent Secretary […]
Death toll from a strange disease which has ravaged the communities of Ute-Okpu and Idumesa in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State for over two weeks running has risen to over 30. A middle-aged woman, Mrs Monica Emeke, lost two of her children, a boy and a girl in one day to the […]
The Lagos State Government has announced that it may impose new lockdown in the state over the reoccurrence of coronavirus cases in the state. This was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo. The statement contains a quote from the Commissioner for […]
A total of 161 Indonesian doctors, including nine dentists have died of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) said on Tuesday. “They died after being infected by the COVID-19,” the IDI’s Mitigation Team leader Adib Khumaidi said. The highest death toll came from East Java with 33, followed by Jakarta 24, North Sumatra […]
Not less than 15 people have died mysteriously within the last two weeks in Ute Okpu and Idumesa communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, confirmed this to Channels Television in an interview on Sunday. Ononye said he already led a team of […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that English Premier League matches will continue during a month-long national lockdown starting next week. The return of the lockdown was to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Johnson had in an address said there was a need for a return to the lockdown measure as the pandemic was […]
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, which will join several European countries in imposing the measure for a second time, as Slovakia took a different tack and began testing its entire population. Global infections are fast approaching 46 million, with close to 1.2 million deaths, and Europe […]
By Agency Reporter U.S. President Donald Trump has falsely accused doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths, with the virus exploding in many states. However, his challenger Joe Biden said Trump had surrendered to the pandemic. Both rivals on Friday sought support in Midwestern states where the coronavirus has roared back. In Wisconsin, where new cases […]
