Monday, November 18

Covid-19

FG to Receive 20 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
10Dec By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Nigeria

FG to Receive 20 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines

The Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that it is making plans to purchase at least 20 million vaccines to commence the process of protecting the populace from the deadly covid-19 disease. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on covid-19 in Abuja. He said, “When considering the cost of vaccines, you don’t only look at the cost of buying or getting it here, but the cost of keeping it. Finally, you consider the operational cost – that is, the cost of actually going to give people vaccines. You need syringes, trained health workers and must all be paid. The cost implications go along those lines, and a few other costs we have not mentioned. “We are a population of 200 million. There is hope of vacci...
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138 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 —NCDC
23Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety, Youths

138 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 —NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday  disclosed that a total of 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19. Disclosing this during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the NDDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the safe reopening of the NYSC orientation camps across the country was successful. He stated that none of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps. According to him, “a total of 34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities have been tested so far in the last weeks of which only 138 was found positive, which is 0.4 per cent prevalence and 1 in 200 people.” Ihekweazu said those who tested positive were either managed at home or in a treatment centre depending on ...
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Lagos Govt. Unveils N5b Recovery Fund for Entrepreneurs
19Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Economy, Lagos News, Nigeria

Lagos Govt. Unveils N5b Recovery Fund for Entrepreneurs

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has unveiled a N5 billion Lagos Economic Acceleration Programme (LEAP), a post-COVID-19 recovery programme for micro, small and medium enterprises. The launching, tagged: “From Pandemic to Prosperity”, was held in Ikeja, Lagos. LSETF Executive Secretary Mrs. Tejumola Abisoye said the intervention would provide access to affordable finance at single-digit interest to MSMEs, thereby saving existing businesses, jobs and also creating new job opportunities. According to her, interested applicants in other sectors apart from agriculture and agribusiness sector should register with the Ministry of Tourism to apply for the loan. “It is a sector specific intervention programme targeted at sectors that have been severely affected by the pand...
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Exclusive: How Anambra State Won Covid-19 War
16Nov By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Armed Forces, Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Science

Exclusive: How Anambra State Won Covid-19 War

The Anambra State Government has said that proactive plans and effective management of limited resources were key factors that enabled the state win the COVID-19 war. The Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Creative Security, Retired Air Vice Marshal Ben Chiobi, disclosed this while welcoming students in the Nigeria Study Tour Group 8, Senior Course 43 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, to Anambra State on behalf of the state government. The students, made up of senior officers from the Nigeria Navy, Air Force, Army, an officer from the Counterterrorism Unit of the Nigeria Police Force as well a man from the Department of State Security, DSS, is in the state as part of a mandatory research course to help the students create an academic balance...
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Don’t Trivialize COVID-19 Protocols – NYSC to Corps Members
13Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Nigeria, Youths

Don’t Trivialize COVID-19 Protocols – NYSC to Corps Members

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra State has charged prospective corps members in the state to take the COVID-19 protocols and guidelines seriously. State Coordinator, Kehinde Aremu gave the charge at the permanent orientation camp, Umuawulu Mbaukwu in Awka South Local Government Area of the state while flagging off lecture series and sensitization of monitoring and prevention of COVID-19. He urged them to take responsibility for their actions throughout their service year or have themselves to blame. He maintained that COVID-19 protocols must be sustained on camp. “All course operators and prospective corps members were tested and confirmed negative before they were admitted,” he said. Meanwhile, State Commissioner for Youths and Creative Economy, Prof. Theresa ...
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FG: Nigeria Will Profit Early From COVID-19 Vaccines
11Nov By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, News, Nigeria

FG: Nigeria Will Profit Early From COVID-19 Vaccines

The Federal Government has given assurance that Nigerians will benefit early when COVID-19 vaccine is developed in commercial quantity. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health disclosed on Tuesday in Abuja that anytime an effective vaccine is developed as a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerians will be among the first beneficiaries. The minister who stated this at a two-day multi-sectoral conference on the COVID-19, noted that plans have been made by the Federal Ministry of Health to guarantee that Nigerians have access to the vaccine once it is released. Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday announced that vaccine with they jointly developed was 90 per cent potent in preventing COVID-19 disease in ongoing Phase 3 trials. The announcement came at a time when there was hike in coro...
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NYSC Camps Won’t Be Closed If a COVID Case is Detected – NCDC
8Nov By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

NYSC Camps Won’t Be Closed If a COVID Case is Detected – NCDC

None of the 37 orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps would be shut down should one corps member test positive to COVID-19, the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said. According to him, prevention, detection and prompt response remained critical factors for the safe reopening of camps. He stated this ahead of the nationwide reopening of NYSC orientation camps on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. A statement issued on Sunday by the NYSC Director (Press and Public Relations), Adenike Adeyemi, said Ihekweazu gave the conditions during a webinar held for the 2020 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members getting ready for orientation course. He hinted of the preparedness of NCDC to collaborate with the NYSC in order to ensure that no...
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COVID-19: Oyo Govt. Shuts Down University
7Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, Nigeria, Press Statement

COVID-19: Oyo Govt. Shuts Down University

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has issued a directive to the management of workplaces, schools, and religious centres to ensure strict compliance with the COVID-19 protocols to curtail the spread of the disease. The Task Force, in a statement signed by Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, indicated that the directive became necessary following the discovery of a COVID-19 case in a tertiary institution in the state. The statement partly read, “The government of Oyo State wishes to draw the attention of the general public to the recent resurgence of cases of coronavirus in the state. Many of these cases were discovered in closed space settings such as offices and workplaces. “A reported case within a tertiary educational institution had also resulted in mo...
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COVID-19: No Fans for Eagles Vs Sierra Leone Clash – FG
4Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
AFCON, Africa, Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety, Sierra Leone, Sports

COVID-19: No Fans for Eagles Vs Sierra Leone Clash – FG

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 have advised the Edo State Government and the Nigeria Football Federation against allowing fans into the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, during the 2021 AFCON qualifier between the Super Eagles and Sierra Leone on November 13. Edo State Government had earlier announced that the gates would be thrown open for fans to watch the game at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. The ministry said admitting fans into the match venue would amount to a breach of the COVID-19 protocols. In a letter addressed to the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, the ministry stated that the game “will not have any audience and no gathering.” The letter read in part, “The ministry wishes to bring to your urg...
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