Alfa Saadu: Nigerian doctor who died of coronavirus after leaving retirement to save lives

Coronavirus remains untamed and uncurbed while rendering no good to humanity – it continues to kill the young, old, rich, poor and many ‘living legends(s)’ across different nations of the world. With no cure discovered yet, the disease, declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is unrelenting in its spread across […]

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Music star, Salawa Abeni releases nude pictures to block blackmailer

Waka music star, Queen Salawa Abeni, has been forced to release her nude pictures on the social media to escape being blackmailed by an unknown man. She said the scammer, who is threatening to tarnish her image and destroy her career of over 45 years, identifies himself as Jason and lives in Osun State. Salawa took […]

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We won’t sell petrol at N123.5k unless old stock exhausts – Marketers

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) yesterday said its members would not comply with the new N123.50k per litre price of petrol until they exhausted their old stock. The Federal Government had, through the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), announced a further reduction of the pump price of petrol from N125 to N123.50k per […]

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We will continue operations at seaports – NPA

Operations would continue at all the nation’s seaports unhindered, despite movement restrictions in some states as part of the measures to check the rampaging COVID-19. In fact, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, announced that it has no intention of shutting the seaports, assuring that necessary arrangements are in place to ease operations. It said in […]

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Doctors warn of malaria drug scarcity

In this file photo taken on February 26, 2020, medical staff shows at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille, packets of a Nivaquine, tablets containing chloroquine and Plaqueril, tablets containing hydroxychloroquine, drugs that has shown signs of effectiveness against coronavirus. – Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug dubbed a “gift from God” by US President Donald […]

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Nigeria’s virus cases hit 174

Fumigation of Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State by the Chairman, Mr. Laven Ubandoma to prevent COVID-19 in the council…yesterday. PHOTO: NAN The presidency yesterday released a “chronicle of some of the reactions by the agencies and trained experts under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari” as the coronavirus continues to spread in […]

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Cuba ready to help Nigeria in COVID-19 battle – Envoy

Nigeria’s challenge with the expanding footprints of the coronavirus pandemic is getting a badly needed signal to help from Cuba, the Caribbean nation whose biomedical industry is currently attracting global acclaim for the impressive results its “wonder drug,” the interferon Alpha 2B, had in the control and management of the disease in Wuhan, China. Cuban […]

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Ondo shuts borders, declares 3-day fasting, prayer

Ondo state on Wednesday shut land and sea routes with its neig­hbouring states of Ekiti, Osun, Ko­gi, Edo and Ogun states to shield the state away from the rampaging coronavirus. Also, the state government decla­red a three-day period of fasting and prayers commencing from Th­ursday, 2nd to Satur­day, 4th to seek the face of God […]

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