Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Covid-19: WHO backs use of traditional medical options

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By Lukman Omikunle “Medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua are being considered as possible treatments for COVID-19 and should be tested for efficacy and adverse side effects."...

COVID-19: FG shifts attention to Kano as infection cases increase

newsheadline247 - May 4, 2020

“This is not because Lagos State is no longer important; we still have the largest number of cases reported from Lagos every day, and...

COVID-19 cases in Africa rise to 44,000 – WHO

newsheadline247 - May 4, 2020

Algeria with 4,474 cases and 463 deaths, while Nigeria had 2,388 confirmed cases with 85 deaths. Agency Report The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of...

Nigeria records 400 discharged COVID-19 patients

newsheadline247 - May 4, 2020

Lagos state has 247 patients who recovered from the disease, the highest in the country ... Nigeria presently has 400 cases of COVID-19 patients,...

Buhari Govt confirms receipt of $312m Abacha loot from US

newsheadline247 - May 4, 2020

Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has announced that the Federal Government has received $311,797,866 of the Abacha loot. The...

US says ‘evidence’ virus came from China lab as Europe eases lockdown

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"I think the whole world can see now, remember, China has a history of infecting the world and running substandard laboratories," By AFP US Secretary...

COVID-19: Lagos residents’ compliance with mask-wearing high

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By NAN Most residents of Lagos State on Monday complied with the wearing of masks in the public as part of measures to curtail the...

COVID-19: Kano is in trouble…we started on a ‘shaky foundation’ – Ganduje

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“There is no doubt that Kano is in trouble..." Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has said the massive spread of the novel coronavirus...

EFCC drags ex-minister Tanimu Turaki to court over ‘fraud’

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Tanimu Turaki, a former minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs was arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged multi-million...