Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 18th March 2020
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BREAKING: Coronavirus: Corps Members Asked To Vacate Camp Nationwide
All corps members that are in camp are to leave this morning due to corona virus issue. full details later…
Coronavirus: Respite In Sight, Some Lines Of Good News After All
??China has closed down its last Coronavirus Hospital. Not enough new cases to support them. ??Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest the use of the same medicine globally. ??Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found
Hope As Drug Shows Good Clinical Efficacy In Treatment
CHIOMA UMEHA;SAMUEL OGIDAN;AHMED MUSA;TOYIN ADEBAYO;INNOCENT OWEH LAGOS / ABUJA – China said it has completed the clinical research of Favipiravir, an antiviral drug that has shown good clinical efficacy against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an official on Tuesday, reports ChinaDaily. Favipiravir, the influenza drug which was approved for clinical use in Japan
Bandits Kill Four Persons, Injure Many In Zamfara
GUSAU – Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday stormed a weekly market in Birnin Tsaba village of Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State where they engaged in sporadic shooting that resulted in the death of four traders. According to one of the survivors of the attack, the weekly market was in full
Anambra Lawmakers Decline Felicitations On Obiano’s 6th Year Anniversary
Awka – The lawmakers of the 7th state assembly of Anambra state yesterday gave a warning signal to Governor Willie Obiano of the likelihood of an unpleasant situation, should they continue to pretend that all is well between the legislature and the executive arms of government to avoid confusion and rancour. The lawmakers’ bottled-up anger
Constitution Amendment: Reps Want Police, Power Generation To Leave Exclusive List
ABUJA – Barring any unforeseen development in the proposed amendment of the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly, the Police Force as well as generation and transmission of electricity will leave the exclusive legislative list and be part of the concurrent list. This follows the passage through second reading an amendment bill seeking to liberalise
Covid19: Federal, State Governments May Owe Workers’ Salaries, Anambra Lawmaker Predicts
Awka – Chukwunonso Noble Igwe, the lawmaker representing Ogbaru 1 State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, has observed that the rate at which the dreaded coronavirus disease is spreading globally, there may be acute hunger and starvation. Igwe also predicted that the federal and state governments may owe workers’salaries due to the
PEAC Sees Oil Glut, Drop In Foreign Reserves, Unemployment
ABUJA – The Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) has painted a gloomy picture of what could become of Nigerian economy if the coronavirus outbreak continues unabated. Chairman of the council, Dr. Doyin Salami, predicted that with the unfolding effects of coronavirus in the world, oil glut might strike the country, trade imbalance, drop in foreign
Ceasefire In APC As Oshiomhole Survives Again
LAGOS – Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) survived what could be termed the biggest battle in his political career. But for a last minute dramatic high-wired politicking, he would have been humiliated out of office without completing two years of his
Oyo Assembly Not Rubber Stamp To Executive – Alarape
Rt. Hon. Asimiyu Alarape, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a former Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly and currently the Minority Leader. In this interview with KAZEEM AWOJOODU, he explains why the House cannot be a rubber stamp to the executive and other sundry issues. Excerpts: How would you access the
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