Last week we discussed extensively about COVID- 19 and the modes of transmission, this week we will be addressing prevention of Covid- 19 Despite being a deadly viral infection, one can prevent self from being infected or possibly transfer of the infection to another person. Several prevention mechanisms have been deduced as how to prevent one self and this include but not limited to: Proper washing of hands: Regularly washing of hands with soap under running water for at least 20 seconds kills viruses that may be on the hands. This is considered to be one of the mosteffective means…
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Coronaviruses families have been causing problems for humanity for a long time. Several versions are known to trigger common colds and more recently two types have set off outbreaks of deadly illnesses: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). But their impact has been mild compared with the global havoc unleashed by the novel coronavirus that is causing the Covid-19 pandemic. This novel coronavirus was identified last year in the city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province in China and was named Covid -19. It is an infectious disease caused by a new virus that has not…
I am sure that we are all in agreement that the world has become an extremely violent place, whether the violence is perpetrated by ordinary citizens or by law enforcement agents, whether it is as a result of racism, tribalism, intolerance, depravity, pure crime, some other reasons or no explicable reason at all. Rape About two weeks ago, beautiful 22 year old Microbiology student of University of Benin, Uwaila Omozuwa was brutally raped and left unconscious lying in a pool of her own blood, where she had gone to study in a Redeemed Christian Church of God Parish in Benin…
After days of suspense, intrigues and controversies, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday finally asked the Senate to ratify the nomination of Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the substantive President of the Court of Appeal. The president’s request came barely a week after a former military Governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd.), wrote him a letter, accusing him of lopsided appointments, citing the delay in approving the nomination of Justice Dongban-Mensem as an instance. But, a statement by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja yesterday, said the president forwarded the name of Justice Dongban-Mensem to the Senate for confirmation…
Support for the second term bid of the embattled President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has continued to grow with a former United States director of the bank, Dr. Mima Nedelcovych, backing him. The private sector in Africa has also declared support for Adesina. Nedelcovych, yesterday stated that Adesina’s second term as president of AfDB would benefit the US, regarded as the arrowhead of opposition to AfDB president’s re-election. He added he was convinced by Adesina’s responses to the accusations of wrongdoing levelled against him by whistleblowers. Nedelcovych, in an interview with Pan African Visions, said…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday declined the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seek the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Justice Mohammed Liman turned down the request in a ruling over insufficient and conflicting affidavit evidence. He held that the documents put before the court by EFCC in support of the final forfeiture order were insufficient. The judge also held that EFCC’s documents did not establish any link showing that Kwara State Government funds were used to repay Saraki’s loan. He asked the anti-graft…
President Muhammadu Buhari has succumbed to pressure from governors of the 36 states of the federation to slow down the implementation of Executive Order 10 of 2020 on financial autonomy for the legislature and judiciary at the sub sub-national level. The president, after a meeting yesterday in Abuja with a delegation of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), assured them that he would not gazette the executive order and would delay its implementation. The order mandated governors to disburse to state legislatures and the judiciary allocations due to them, failing which the federal government is empowered to deduct such funds from…
The intrigues over who clinches the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September governorship election in Edo State deepened yesterday with pressure on the ruling party to disqualify the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, from the race. The pressure came against the backdrop of the unexplained inconsistencies in his certificates, which were among those the party displayed yesterday at its national secretariat in Abuja. We learnt those pushing for Obaseki’s debarment told the APC leadership that given the unexplained inconsistencies in his certificates, the party would be faced with a likely repeat of its experience in Bayelsa State…
The federal government yesterday linked the death of about 587 out of the 979 people who died under controversial circumstances in Kano State in April to COVID-19. The figure represents 60 per cent of the fatality data. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, gave the data during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja hours before the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave its daily update on the battle against COVID-19, saying Nigeria has recorded 315 new cases, bringing to 12,801 the number of confirmed cases in the country with 4,040 persons discharged, while…
Nigerian celebrity couple, Simi and Adekunle Gold have welcomed their first child. Simi confirmed the news on her Instagram verified page. The ‘Duduke’ singer shared a picture of her husband, Adekunle gold holding the new baby. Alongside the picture, she wrote: “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.” DAILY POST recalls that the couple secretly got engaged in December 2018 and got married sometime in January 2019.