Panic has gripped the city of Calabar and its environ, as hospitals and pharmacies recorded an unprecedented upsurge in malaria and typhoid fever cases, with an increasing demand for malaria and other related drugs. This development has heightened speculations that Coronavirus may have found its way into the state. A pharmacist, who pleaded anonymity, said: “Since we started this business of drug selling 20 years ago, we have not made so many sales in malaria, vitamin c and other related drugs, as we have done this period. Some persons are suspecting COVID-19, but I don’t know.” Rising from its Ordinary…
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Develop your Goshen By Bishop lsaac Oluyamo THE BACKGROUND Goshen, according to The New Bible Dictionary is the territory assigned to Israel and his descendants during their Egyptian sojourn. Its exact location remains uncertain but it certainly in Egypt and in the East of Nile Delta. It remained the habitat of the Hebrews until the Exodus. It is generally agreed that Goshen was the region East of the Bubastic branch of the Nile; and in Psalm 78:12, 43, it seems to be clearly identified with the “field (or pastoral plain) of Zoan,” which was probably also the “land of Rameses” mentioned…
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has explained that the newly introduced guideline for the discharge of COVID-19 patients was based on emerging scientific evidence that shedding of live virus is not viable after about 10 days. This is just as the decision by the NCDC, Lagos State Government and Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to begin home isolation/treatment and early discharge of asymptomatic patients, based on suggestions that asymptomatic patients do not transmit the virus or are not so infectious, continue to generate debates. The new guideline, which was released…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, said he would not appeal the outcome of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) screening exercise that disqualified him and two others from participating in the party primary election to pick its candidate for the June 22 governorship election. A former national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, faulted Obaseki’s disqualification, describing the findings of the Professor Ayuba Jonathan-led screening panel as a clear case of “a hatchet job” aimed at nailing Obaseki by all means. But for Director of Communication and Media of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, John Mayaki, the governor’s disqualification did not…
The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that the ongoing trials with indigenous herbs for COVID-19, have not yet yielded any results. He said this on Friday, during a special Independence Day programme on Newspot, while responding to questions about Nigeria’s current efforts in the fight against the pandemic. He made mention of the samples of the traditional remedies which Nigeria recently received from Madagascar. According to him, they have been given to research centers and “the Nigeria Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, the Institute of Medical Research in Yaba, and also the organs of the Ministry of…
The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Amichi, His Lordship, The Rt. Rev’d. Ephraim Okechukwu Ikeakor has taken to social media to raise alarm over the deteriorating spiritual state of the Church. Bishop Ikeakor raised the alarm against the backdrop of the government controlling activities and practices of the church under the guise of containing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. He lamented that happening around the church since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the spiritual state of the church pointing out that unless drastic steps are taken, the church which has been in coma will eventually…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was upset over incidents of rape and gender-based violence against women and young girls across the country. Buhari who made this known in his Democracy Day broadcast reiterated his administration’s determination to fight gender-based violence. He said this will be achieved through the instrumentality of the law and awareness creation, adding that Nigerian women remain a special treasure to this nation. He, therefore, assured that all reported cases of rape, assaults and other sexual offences would be thoroughly investigated and the culprits will be prosecuted accordingly. “It is for this reason that my…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the disqualification of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from the June 22 primary election. Recall that Obaseki had earlier raised an alarm, alleging that the APC chairman planned to announce his disqualification in a press conference. However, shortly after the allegations were made, chairman of the APC screening committee, Jonathan Ayuba, announced Obaseki’s disqualification while presenting his report to Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, at the national secretariat in Abuja Ayuba said Obaseki was disqualified on account of a defective certificate. The panel also disqualified two other aspirants, Matthew Aigbuhuenze Iduoriyekemwen and Chris Ogiemwonyi
They will kill me; they will kill the President-Elect, Chief MKO Abiola if I went ahead with the election and announced the winner of the elections which we all know to be Bashorun, Chief MKO Abiola. ”I know so; I am not daft. He won; he tried. I feel bad about the whole matter. Professor, I do not see how they will spare you because they know you are my principal confidant. You think they do not know you? They know; they know you are with me now. They saw you coming in and they know you are with me…
The Anglican Dioceses of Makamba and Rumonge have joined other initiatives seeking to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the communities they serve. Through the Humanitarian Partnership Project supported by Christian Aid Burundi, the project is supporting mainly vulnerable people including orphans, returnees, the elderly, widows, and people living with disabilities. Recently around 320 vulnerable people have been assisted with COVID-19 kits to use in their households and meeting places. People are still able to attend public meetings such as church services and ordinary community meetings. The project has supported around 130 churches and other facilities such as health centres…