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A chartered plane bearing Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman presummedly went into labour.
The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa made this known to Channels TV.
The plane, which was meant to reach Nigeria at 3 pm is now expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7 pm.
“Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama also confirmed the u-turn during his speech at the Presidential Task Force orientation on COVID-19 on Wednesday.”
“One of the passengers, a lady, had a baby on the flight, or went into labour,” Onyeama said. “So the plane had to turn back. And I am happy to say mother and child are doing well in the hospital. And the arrival time has been rescheduled to 7 pm this evening.”
The Emirates flight is looking forward to be the first of at least two other flights scheduled to bring Nigerians within the next few days.
As said by the foreign ministry, consultations are ongoing with British Airways to airlift 300 Nigerians from London on Friday; positioning are also being made with Ethiopian airlines for a flight from New York to Abuja next Monday.
Atop 4,000 Nigerians are on the verge of evacuated across the world back home, foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama said on Monday.
Source____Channels TV
32 health workers in various hospitals across Kano State in Nigeria have tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic.
The state government made this known in a report via its Twitter handle in the early hours of Wednesday.
Although the government didn’t specifically state that the 32 cases were all health workers, the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association in the state, Sanusi Bala, confirmed this to Channels Television.
The new infections bring the toll of the cases confirmed in the state to 397.
Three have, however, recovered and been discharged while eight persons have died.
Meanwhile, Nigeria Recorded 148 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 2,950
Source___Channels TV
Nigeria has confirmed 245 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the country’s Toll of infections to 2,802.
According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, the total deaths are now 93 while the total discharged are 417.
The nine cases that were previously made known as discharged cases in Nigeria, were confirmed in error. So for now, there are 417 cases that have been discharged
One case reported in Nasarawa in Nigeria was a repeat test. The state has a total of 11 confirmed cases at the moment.
Source___Channels TV
A former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Tanimu Turaki, has begged not culpable to the deceit charges layed against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
More upadate on the News will be published soon.
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Nigeria has confirmed 220 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the country’s toll of infections to 2,388.
As tweeted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, of the new infections, 62 are in Lagos, 52 from the FCT, 31 in Kaduna and 13 from Sokoto.
The toll of deaths from the virus also rose to 85 as 385 have now recovered.
Source____Channels TV
The Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade, has said that the COVID-19 outbreak should be a an alarm call for the reshaping of Nigeria’s healthcare structure.
He disclosed this on Saturday during the Church’s annual Worker’s Day programme, The Platform.
This year’s edition, nevertheless, concentrated on Nigeria’s fight against the COVID-19, until now.
While conveying his message, Pastor Oyemade recollect how years ago, the University College Hospital, Ibadan, where his parents both worked as doctors, was categorized among the 10 best hospitals in the commonwealth nations.
He said this on Saturday during the Church’s annual Worker’s Day programme, The Platform.
This year’s edition, however, focussed on Nigeria’s battle against the COVID-19, so far.
But as said by him, the present healthcare system is now nothing to be proud of.
He, nonetheless, says the current pandemic should be an alarm call for the government to reshape sustainable infrastructure.
“My parents are both medical doctors and I was born while they were living on the premises of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
“The UCH, then, was regarded as one of the best 10 hospitals in the commonwealth nations, which included hospitals in England, Whales, Scotland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand,” Oyemade said.
Source___Channels TV
Mr Femi Adesina says the mistrust who discharged the draft speech of President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast has been taken to custody.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity disclosed this in a piece entitled ‘Enemies Of The State’.
He said the mistrust was discharging the draft speech of the President’s speech hours before his nationwide broadcast on COVID-19 on Monday.
According to Adesina, an enemy of the state struck in Nigeria on Monday and this time, it was non-fiction.
The President’s spokesman stated that as the country hold back for the speech to be televised at 8pm with great expectations, a purported copy of the broadcast began to circulate on social media from about 4pm.
He elaborated that after evaluating the document being going around on social media, he found out that it was a rogue copy.
Adesina said the copy being circulated was different from the President’s broadcast, adding that the distrust was eventually found and made to answer for his action.
Source___Channels TV
Nigeria has confirmed 204 new cases of the novel Covid-19, bringing the country’s infections toll to 1,932.
As seen by the tweet of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, of the new infections, 80 are in Kano, 45 are in Lagos, while 12 are in Gombe.
Thursday’s new cases are the highest confirmed in a day in Nigeria since the NCDC started compiling the virus data in February.
The toll of deaths from the virus also rose to 58 while 319 have now recovered.
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News of the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nigeria has prompted fierce debate on social media, with #CoronavirusNigeria now the top Twitter trend across the country.
Nigerian authorities have urged the public to remain calm.
But some people say they fear the country, which is already battling an outbreak of Lassa fever, may struggle to cope if coronavirus spreads:
Wale Adetona✔ @iSlimfit
Our hygiene is bad, especially in Lagos. If this virus spreads, we are doomed. We need the same energy we used in defeating the Ebola virus. Lord help my country people to all play our parts.
M E S S I@badniggafela
The federal government of Nigeria needs to be heavily slapped for this mess they are trying to put us in
Y’all know our health sector is a mess and we not fully prepared to handle these kinda outbreaks
Yet we allow people come in from affected countries
Others say that the quick response of health authorities to the 2014 Ebola outbreak is proof the country will be able to contain the threat:
Remember when Ebola entered Nigeria?
People cried about how it’s over for us.
We would all be dead. No one can contain it. Our government doesn’t care. Our people are gullible.
But guess what, we’re still here.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS!#coronavirusnigeria
Have some more faith in your country, guys. We did contain ebola.
I’m hopeful that we’ll contain this too, and not at such a heavy cost, God willing.
LASG, we’re all counting on you.
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That’s one of the key steps recommended by the World Health Organization
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Nigeria is the first country in sub-Saharan to record a positive case of coronavirus, after authorities confirmed an Italian citizen who flew into Lagos from Milan tested positive for the disease.
Egypt and Algeria have also recorded positive cases.
A week after the introduction of the ban on the popular two- and three-wheeled vehicle, its impact has been widespread.
Holding a white placard above her head and surrounded by a group of young people, Sally had a clear message.
“All we want is for the government to lift the ban until an alternative is made ready,” she said.
Sally was referring to a recent decision by authorities in Nigeria‘s commercial capital, Lagos, to outlaw commercial motorcycles and tricycles from most of the crowded city’s residential and business areas.
She was not alone. Dozens of other mostly young people on Saturday joined protests in the megacity of more than 20 million people, angry by the state government’s recent decision to outlaw the two- and three-wheeled vehicles, which are a popular transportation choice for commuters seeking to beat heavy congestion.
“I am jobless and I am confused,” Innocent Udoka, one of the motorcycle drivers hit by the ban, told Al Jazeera.
“I am a graduate. I have no job and my only means of survival is taken away – how would I start again?”
Introduced on February 1, the ban is aimed at decongesting Lagos’s roads and reducing accidents and overcrowding. Citing the two- and three-wheeled vehicles’ “chaos and disorderliness”, as well as the “scary figures” of deadly accidents, the government said the ban was central in its efforts to achieve its goals.
One week on, the effect of the ban has been widespread, with long queues forming at bus stops, car drivers facing gridlocked traffic and others sometimes having to walk to avoid hours in traffic. Meanwhile, scuffles between some drivers and the police were reported in some parts of Lagos state over the past week.
“This ban doesn’t solve any of the problems attached to it,” Sally argued. “More people are suffering to get to work … and school. And several thousand [of people] have just lost their livelihood.”
But protesters also warned that the effect of the ban could be felt by all sectors of the economy.
“The [number of] people who would suffer [is] vast, including investors,” says Lagos based writer Timileyin Ogunleye, “Why? Because [a] few months back, several investors threw in several millions of dollars into the transport business, only for this abrupt ban to follow. Things are not done that way.”
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