Tag: COVID-19

Reps Direct Federal Fire Service To Refund N1.48 Billion COVID-19 Funds

Ganiyu Amodu

The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has ordered the Federal Fire Service to refund the sum of N1.484 billion within seven days to the coffers of the Federal Government being the intervention funds it received for the COVID-19 epidemic and which it failed to account for. The committee is Chaired by Bamidele Salam. The committee issued the directive when the Service, for the umpteenth time failed to honour its invitation to appear and explain how it expended the funds. Deputy Chairman of the committee, Jeremiah Umar, had…

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BREAKING: US President Joe Biden Contracts COVID-19

Nurudeen Oyewole

79-year-old President quarantined after testing positive for dreaded virus that killed over one million Americans United States President, Joe Biden, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at the White House. Confirming his status, the White House said the president will continue to work in isolation until he tests negative. The 79-year-old, who is fully-vaccinated and has twice received booster jabs, is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and will continue to carry out all his duties, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. The president is taking the antiviral medicine Paxlovid, her…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Oldest Carrier, Aero Contractors, Stops Operations

Ganiyu Amodu

Why we did it, company opens up in a statement to Platforms Africa Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has temporarily suspended operations. Platfirms Africa reports that this, according to a statement from the company, is due to the impact of the challenging operating environment on its daily operations. “The management of Aero Contractors Company of Nig. Ltd. wish to announce the temporary suspension of its scheduled passenger services operations with effect from Wednesday, July 20, 2022. READ ALSO Ghana Confirms Cases As Marburg Virus Rocks Country COVID-19 vaccine, a ploy…

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COVID could be spread through fart — UK Ministers

Wonuola Olujobi

The official advice is to open a window to increase ventilation and slow the spread of Covid, but now there could be an added incentive – the virus may also be spread by flatulence. Ministers have privately pointed to evidence that Covid could be spread by people breaking wind in confined spaces such as lavatories. One said they had read “credible-looking stuff on it” from other countries, although government scientists are yet to produce a paper on the matter. READ ALSO: EXPLAINER: Why COVID-19 may still Kill more Men than Women…

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74 Foreign passengers abscond from Nigeria’s quarantine centres

Dawood Rabiu

  ECOWAS Heads of State and Government had fixed the cost of COVID-19 testing, whether PCR or otherwise, at $50 at all Points of Entry with effect from May 17, 2021.   The Nigerian Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has said some returning foreign passengers have absconded from the country’s isolation centres, which is a violation of the mandatory quarantine requirement under the advisory earlier issued by Nigeria. Though the Chairman of the PSC on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who confirmed this during…

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How Nigerian Oil Workers fared When Expatriates Ran Home Ahead Lockdown

Efe Wellington

  During the global lockdown over COVID-19 pandemic; the oil companies in Nigeria were forced to send expatriates back to their countries and responsibilities that were not planned to be handed over to Nigerians were handled by them. Here is an account of big test for local content and how the Nigerian workers fared, by LADOL MD   Managing Director LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, has said that the way to move Nigeria and its economy forward is to embrace local content, currently being championed in the oil industry by the…

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COVID-19 Nasal Swab Test Punctured Woman’s Brain Lining, Leaked Fluid From Nose

Damola Oyede

  A Covid-19 nasal swab test punctured a US woman’s brain lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose and putting her at risk of life-threatening infection, doctors reported in a medical journal Thursday. The patient, who is in her 40s, had an undiagnosed rare condition and the test she received may have been carried out improperly, a sequence of improbable events that means the risk from nasal tests remains very low. But her case showed health care professionals should take care to follow testing protocols closely, Jarrett Walsh, senior…

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China ‘intentionally’ manufactured, released COVID-19 – Chinese Virologist, Whistleblower

Micheal Olatunji

The Chinese government intentionally manufactured and released the COVID-19 virus that led to mass shutdowns and deaths across the world, a top virologist and whistleblower told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday. Carlson specifically asked Dr. Li-Meng Yan whether she believed the Chinese Communist Party released the virus “on purpose.” “Yes, of course, it’s intentionally,” she responded on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Yan said more evidence would be released but pointed to her own high-ranking position at a World Health Organisation reference lab as a reason to trust her allegation. “I work[ed] in the WHO reference…

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