Day: June 8, 2020

Fear as Five Nigerian Lawmakers Test Positive For COVID-19

Damilola Olonade

  Five out of the 24 members of the Nigeria’s Gombe State House of Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19 creating apprehension across the state. Chairman of the task force, Prof Idris Mohammed, stated this in Gombe on Monday while updating newsmen on the situation of the pandemic in the state. According to him, the lawmakers whose identities were not disclosed have been admitted at different isolation centres in the state. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, has, together with 66 other people from the state, also tested positive for…

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BREAKING: How Nigeria’s Abia Governor, Ikpeazu, Tested Positive For COVID-19

Efe Wellington

  Governor of Abia State, South East Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for COVID-19. Commissioner of information in the state, John Okiyi Kalu, announced the case in a statement on Monday. He said the governor had gone into isolation before his result returned positive, and that he has directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf pending the time he resumes duty. ”Recall that on Saturday, 30th May, 2020, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu volunteered his sample for COVID-19 test and subsequently directed members of the state Executive Council (EXCO)…

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AustaZeneca, Bill Gates offer 400m vaccine doses on trial to low income nations December

Tim Bauer

  400 million of Oxford coronavirus vaccine should be ready for low and middle income countries by the end of 2020, Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca has said. There is still no guarantee the vaccine will work but the company is pushing ahead with production anyway to shorten the timeline in case it does prove effective. In all, 2 billion doses of the vaccine will be available for global vaccination after a new deal that included $750m from Bill Gates, Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca has said. AstraZeneca, which struck two new deals to…

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Singers Simi, Adekunle Gold Welcome First Child

Damilola Olonade

  Singers Simi and Adekunle Gold have welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Adejare. The “Duduke” crooner made the announcement via her Instagram page on Sunday evening. According to the announcement, the couple welcomed their baby on the 30th of May, 2020. She posted a picture of her husband holding the baby’s hand and captioned it: “Adejare. “It’s like free-falling – this unending, soul snatching, infinite, mind-boggling love. “Deja, my baby girl, I got you. I promise. Now and forever. So help me God. 5.30.2020.”

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