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We’ll Clampdown on People With Fake COVID-19 Certificates – Lagos Health Commissioner

28Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Covid-19, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Safety

We’ll Clampdown on People With Fake COVID-19 Certificates – Lagos Health Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has stated that the Ministry has observed that people have begun to have access to fake Covid-19 certificates, promising to clampdown on such people. He gave this warning at an ongoing press briefing at the Ministry of Health in Lagos on Monday. “We suspect people are gaining access to fake certificates and we will clampdown on them as this is a very dangerous trend.” Abayomi also added that Lagos residents who have tested positive have been observed to give fake contacts and phone numbers at the isolation facilities, making contact tracing difficult.

Applying Social Distancing to Curb COVID-19 has Failed in Nigeria, Another Strategy Needed – NMA President

28Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Applying Social Distancing to Curb COVID-19 has Failed in Nigeria, Another Strategy Needed – NMA President

The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Professor Innocent Ujah, has bemoaned the ineffectiveness of social distancing at combating the spread of COVID-19 in the country, noting that it has failed and new strategies need to be developed. Ujah disclosed this on Monday when he appeared on a television programme in Abuja. The NMA President said there was an urgent need for the PTF, whose mandate to coordinate the country’s response to the pandemic was recently extended by President Muhammadu Buhari to scale up its research to enable it to understand why citizens are not complying with some of its protocols. He said, “The issue of compliance with the NCDC (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control) protocols – the use of face masks, hand sanitisers, and social distancing – is a ve...

Second Wave: Rivers Govt. To Re-impose Lockdown

27Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Press Statement

Second Wave: Rivers Govt. To Re-impose Lockdown

Governor Nyesom Wike on Sunday disclosed that he will re-impose lockdown from January 2021, following the rising number of new cases of coronavirus in Rivers State. Wike gave the hint during a thanksgiving ceremony held for Mrs. Priscilla Nwanediye Mark on her 90th birthday at the St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government on Sunday. The Governor in a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, described as worrisome the refusal of most churches and markets in the State to enforce the compulsory wearing of face mask in adherence to COVID-19 protocol. The Governor said the State government had initially relaxed the restriction on the number of persons who worship in churches, but with the second wave of COVID-19, he will by this week announce new stringent meas...

Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen Tests Positive for COVID-19

27Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen Tests Positive for COVID-19

Pauline Tallen, Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was contained in a statement the minister issued on Sunday, which she personally signed. She disclosed that though she was asymptomatic, her test result showed that she was positive. The statement read, “Following interactions with individuals that later showed asymptomatic signs of COVID-19, I was advised by my medical team to undergo the test and self isolate for observation over the past few days. “This is to inform the general public that after undergoing a test carried out on me and members of my family, my result returned positive while the results of members of my family were negative. "Currently, I am asymptomatic and have gone into isolation while receiving treatment. “Ple...

24Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Gov Lalong Recovers from COVID-19

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has tested negative for COVID-19, less than one week after contracting the virus. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson for the Governor, Dr Macham Makut, on Thursday in Jos. “The governor is now free of the disease after his latest test returned negative. The Governor’s negative status was communicated to him on Wednesday night,” Makut said. He disclosed that the governor who had been on isolation since testing positive for the virus on December 17, 2020 thanked God for healing him of the deadly virus. He also appreciated the citizens of the state, his friends and associates all over the country for their prayers. According to the statement, Lalong said “Having contacted the virus and undergone treatment myself, I wish to...

Anambra State Temporarily Suspends Activities at Night Clubs

23Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Anambra State Temporarily Suspends Activities at Night Clubs

1. The Anambra State Government wishes to inform the general public that activities at night clubs throughout the state have been banned for one month, with effect from Wednesday, December 23, 2020. The ban is in response to reports of increasing incidences of COVID-19 in various parts of the world, including the United Kingdom where a new strain of coronavirus, more infectious and more deadly, has been reported. Huge spikes in numbers of COVID-19 in some states in Nigeria have also been reported. 2. Our people are returning from these places with high incidences of COVID-19 to celebrate the Christmas and New Year season with their families, friends, kindred, villages and towns and contribute to numerous development projects and programmes. The Government is, therefore, obliged to act s...

Former Anambra SSG Tests Positive For COVID -19

23Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria

Former Anambra SSG Tests Positive For COVID -19

Former Secretary to the State government SSG, during former Governor Peter Obi’s administration in Anambra State, Mr Oseloka Obaze, has tested positive for coronavirus. Obaze, who was the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP during the 2017 governorship election, said Wednesday in Awka in a statement that he was not having any symptoms. According to the statement, which was signed by himself and made available to The Nation, said he had reached out to those he had come in contact with recently to isolate themselves. He said, “Yesterday, 22/12/2020, I underwent a routine pre-travel Covid test. Today, I received the result, which indicated that I tested positive for Covid-19. “Prior to that I had no symptoms whatsoever and was very discipline about my Covid...

BREAKING: Buhari, PTF To Meet Today Over Second Wave of COVID-19

22Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Breaking News, Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

BREAKING: Buhari, PTF To Meet Today Over Second Wave of COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to meet with members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon, the Presidency has said. This was disclosed in a tweet by @NGRPresident stating; “@MBuhari will meet with the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 this afternoon.” The meeting, The Nation gathered will hold at the Aso Villa in Abuja, and it is coming at a time the country is battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had on Monday, announced fresh guidelines to curb the spread of the virus for the next five weeks.

NIN: NIMC Debunks Website Crash Speculations, Says its Undergoing Upgrade

22Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Communication, Covid-19, Information Technology, News, Nigeria

NIN: NIMC Debunks Website Crash Speculations, Says its Undergoing Upgrade

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has rubbished reports that its website, nimc.gov.ng, has crashed. It said the site is undergoing an upgrade for best performance as many Nigerians seek to obtain their National Identity Numbers (NIN), adding that the site would be available on Tuesday (today). Thousands of Nigerians had rushed to NIMC offices across the country on Monday to obtain their NIN following the directive by the Federal Government to telecommunication service providers to block SIM cards not linked to NIN within two weeks. The crowd at various NIMC offices amounted to breach of COVID-19 protocol on mass gathering put in place by the government thereby forcing the NIMC to close its offices in several parts of the country on Monday. Though the developmen...

21Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Aviation, Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Safety, Transportation

Ban Flights from UK, Atiku Urges FG

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to act quickly to avert preventable casualties by banning fights from the United Kingdom as the country battles the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 presidential election urged FG to learn from European countries that banned flights from the United Kingdom. This was contained in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja titled ‘An Ounce of Prevention Is Better Than a Pound of Cure’. Atiku said, “We must face the reality that our health sector is not sufficiently prepared to handle a sudden and unpredictable surge of this pandemic. We have already lost lives needlessly. We need not lose more. “Already, prudent nations are taking prompt action, ...