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15Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Doctors Suspend Strike in Zamfara

Zamfara State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its one week strike it embarked on to protest poor remuneration. The Chairman, Dr. Mannir Bature, announced the suspension in a statement in Gusau on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NMA on December 10 directed its members to embark on a one-week strike. “I write to inform the public that the NMA has suspended the one-week strike it embarked upon last Thursday,’’ Bature said. He said the suspension followed approval of the restoration of call duty allowances to doctors working with the government by Governor Bello Matawalle. “This is the outcome of an extensive meeting between representatives of the government and NMA. “Consequently, the solidarity strike embarked on by...

12Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety

Covid-19: El-Rufai Goes into Isolation

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has gone into isolation following reports that an immediate family member and senior officials of the State Government tested positive for COVID-19. Mr El-Rufai is one of prominent Nigerians who tested positive for the virus in the earliest stages of the pandemic, which broke out in Nigeria in February. On Friday evening, Mr El-Rufai said he has been notified of more positive COVID-19 test results of persons close to him, including an immediate family member and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. In the video broadcast shared via his verified social media pages, the governor said he is currently in self-isolation and hope to be tested by Sunday. “This is purely a precautionary move that complies with the standard COVID-19 pro...

BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Tests Positive For COVID-19

12Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety

BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Tests Positive For COVID-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has tested positive for coronavirus. The state health commissioner, Akin Abayomi announced this on Saturday. African News Today had earlier reported that the governor had gone into isolation on Friday following contact with persons infected with the virus. Abayomi said the Governor is currently experiencing “mild symptoms and fatigue typical of a mild case of COVID.” In a statement, he added that Sanwo-Olu is receiving treatment and is being closely monitored at home by a clinical team from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba. “Mr. Sanwo-Olu is doing well on treatment and rest and we are confident that he will recover quickly and clear the virus,” the statement said.

El-Rufai Self-isolates as Associates Test Positive for COVID-19

12Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

El-Rufai Self-isolates as Associates Test Positive for COVID-19

Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State has gone into self-isolation for a second time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic after aide tested positive to the virus. The governor who disclosed this a tweet on his Twitter handle noted that he had been informed of more positive COVID-19 test results of persons close to him. El-rufai stated that these included an immediate family member and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. The governor added that the measure was precautionary and in line with COVID-19 protocols. He said, “Malam Nasir El-Rufai has been notified of more positive Covid-19 test results of persons close to him, including an immediate family member and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. “As a precaution, he is in self-isolation pen...

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Goes into Self-Isolation

11Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Goes into Self-Isolation

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has gone into self-isolation following the news of one of his close aides testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, the unnamed aide was said to have tested positive, necessitating the governor to proceed on self-isolation. The governor and other members of his team will be tested by the Lagos State biobank but will remain in isolation until the results of the test are available. “This is not the first time the governor is having the COVID-19 test. He has had at least three since May when he announced that 10 of his aides had tested positive for the virus,” the commissioner stated.

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...

Senate Passes Bill on Compulsory Health Insurance for Every Nigerian

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Legislature, News, Nigeria

Senate Passes Bill on Compulsory Health Insurance for Every Nigerian

Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health has disclosed that the Senate has passed a bill that makes health insurance compulsory for every Nigerian. He stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of Group Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP). He said, “We have passed it in the Senate. Two Committees on health from Senate and the House of Representatives worked on the bill, so the bill is before the House of Representatives just for concurrence. “Also, the National Assembly has passed the National Health Insurance Authority Act. It will not be National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) again, it will be National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) . A scheme in NHI(S) means only one scheme. That is what has been happening. “The N...

Enugu Yellow Fever: Fear of Outbreak Grows in Nsukka, Isi-Uzo, Igbo-Etiti LGAs

16Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Enugu Yellow Fever: Fear of Outbreak Grows in Nsukka, Isi-Uzo, Igbo-Etiti LGAs

Following the confirmed cases of Yellow Fever in Enugu Ezike, Igbo North Local Government Area, LGA, of Enugu state by the state government, there are fears the outbreak might have extended to other towns after reports of unusual deaths in Nsukka, Isi-Uzo and Igbo-Etiti LGAs. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday, signed by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi. Obi said the ministry had already taken samples of individuals suspected to be afflicted by the disease and sent them to the National Reference Laboratory at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja for complete examination. The commissioner added that the results of the tests are expected this week as the government remains committed towards the health and safety of its citizens. ...

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...

Yellow Fever Death Toll Rises to 20 in Benue State

15Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Yellow Fever Death Toll Rises to 20 in Benue State

Following the death of three persons from a disease suspected to be yellow fever, the death toll occasioned by the disease has risen to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. Andrew Amee, Permanent Secretary of the state's Ministry of Health had on Tuesday raised the alarm over a “strange illness” that had claimed 17 lives. Speaking in a phone interview on Saturday, the state epidemiologist, Dr Sam Ngishe, said three more deaths had been recorded, bringing the number of deaths to 20 – 19 males and a female – all aged between seven and 40. Ngishe also said 26 people, two females and 24 males, had fallen ill with the sickness. He said, “Altogether, there have been 20 deaths, and the state Ministry of Health is at the location and we have been able ...