Afe Babalola Tells FG To Reopen Private Universities

-Adewale Adetoyese “Reopen private varsities, public school not ready.” Afe Babalola Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has urged the Federal Government to reopen private universities, noting that many public institutions are not ready to resume. Our correspondent S’Teller gathered that Babalola, who said COVID-19 has “exposed the unpreparedness of public universities in the areas of poor infrastructures, underfunding, inefficiency and corruption which ASUU had documented and published”, said although he was not a fan of ASUU in view of its penchant for strike actions, the lecturers’…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Govt Claim N30,540,563,571.09 Of N36.3 Billon Public Funds & Donations Has Been Spent

The Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion.” The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, stated this in response to the Freedom of Information request dated August 10, 2020, and sent to him by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE). In reply to Mr Idris dated September 4, 2020, and signed by SERAP deputy director…

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Just In: Nigeria Receives Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The Government of Nigeria on Friday has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. The Russia Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, delivered the samples to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire in Abuja. The minister said the vaccine would be referred to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control as well as the Nigeria Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, amongst other agencies, for review and possible validation. Russia had in August announced that it had produced the first batch of its COVID-19 vaccine after President Vladimir Putin…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 216 Infections On Wednesday

Accoording to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday, Nigeria recorded 216 COVID-19 cases. The figure implies that Nigeria is yet to record more than 300 cases in a day for two weeks. The tally of about 1,822 cases last week was also the lowest in the past three months in the country. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 54,463. The latest figures were announced by the NCDC on Wednesday night via their verified social media handles. The new cases were reported in the following…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1002 Fatalities As 5 Deaths Were Reported On Sunday

A thousand people have died from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria, the Health authority have recorded. Five deaths were also recorded on Sunday, taking the total fatalities in Nigeria to 1002. Despite the toll of over a thousand deaths from COVID-19 complications, only 10 of the 36 states in Nigeria have teams of trained staff for handling COVID-19 burials, a report found. Nigeria total coronavirus cases surpassed 52,000 on Sunday after 322 new infections were reported. This was disclosed by the NCDC, the agency heading Nigeria’s national response to the COVID-19…

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Lagos Health Commissioner Test Positive For COVID-19

Lagos Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for coronavirus. Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso announced this on Monday via Twitter. He said: “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for the virus. Professor Abayomi became aware of his status following the required testing protocol of contact tracing procedures. “However, he is doing well with no symptoms “Adhering to the protocol of the home-based strategy in Lagos…

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COVID-19: 340 New Cases, 4 Deaths Recorded In Nigeria On Friday

340 new coronavirus infections were recorfed in Nigeria on Friday. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 51, 304. Four COVID-19 related deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 996, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. According to the NCDC, a total of 37,885 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and federal capital, Abuja. However, there are over 12, 000 active cases across the country.…

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COVID-19: Nigeria To Withhold Passports Of Returnees

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has issued a REVISED QUARANTINE PROTOCOL for persons arriving Nigeria from Abroad (including returnees/stranded Nigerians). The revised protocol contained in a circular to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria on the COVID-19 protocols to be observed by passengers arriving Nigeria includes depositing their passports with the Nigeria Immigration Service for two weeks, pending the verification of their COVID-19 status. According to the revised quarantine protocol which comes into immediate effect, the arrivals are expected to self-isolate for 14 days and…

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COVID-19: Death Toll Nearly A Thousand Since Pandemic

The number of covid 19 related deaths thus far in Nigeria almost a thousand on Thursday after seven people were reported dead as a result of the virus in the last 24 hours. Thursdays’ death tally took the total number of fatalities in Nigeria 992. The government of Nigeria has issued a warning to citizens to take preventive measures against the coronavirus as the country’s death toll nears 1,000. “Figures show that Nigeria is sadly approaching the symbolic 1,000 number of fatalities, a grim reality that should be a wakeup…

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COVID-19: Irish Senator Jerry Buttimer Resigns Following Backlash For Attending A Dinner Which Violates Guidelines

A Fine Gael Senator, Jerry Buttimer has resigned his role as Leas Cathaoirleach of the Seanad as a result of the backlash following the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway. Jerry Buttimer becomes the second politician to resign a senior role in the wake of the event, after Dara Calleary resigned as Agriculture Minister this morning.  Buttimer is of the 80 attendees at the event in a hotel in Clifden on Wednesday night. Attendees were strongly criticised given the public health guidelines against large abd informal gatherings to help prevent the…

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