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BREAKING: UCH Chief Medical Director tests positive for coronavirus
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, has said that he tested positive for coronavirus. He made this known in a statement personally signed by him on Sunday morning. The statement read, “Unfortunately, my result returned positive on Saturday afternoon and I remain in isolation as I am not symptomatic. All
Canada PM’s wife recovers from coronavirus
Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the novel coronavirus, she said Saturday. “I am feeling so much better and have received the all-clear from my physician and Ottawa Public Health,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “From the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you
BREAKING: COVID-19: Fayemi shuts down Ekiti for two weeks
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Sunday announced a 14-day total shut down of the state and as well imposed 12-hour dusk-to-dawn curfew effective from midnight on Monday. He said this in a statewide broadcast on Sunday morning. The governor said this was to curb the spread of coronavirus in the
BREAKING: I tested positive for coronavirus, says immigration boss, Babandede
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, has tested positive for coronavirus. The CG, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent this morning, explained that he is already on self-isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom on March 22. The PUNCH later called him on phone and Babandede confirmed
COVID-19: Ogun shuts borders with Lagos, Oyo, others
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Ogun State Government has announced the closure of all borders with neighbouring states and the international border with the Republic of Benin. States in the South-West including Lagos and Oyo with high COVID-19 cases would be affected by the border closure. The government, which said this on Saturday, explained that the closure
Women who call the shots in oil and gas
For a while, the oil and gas industry was generally considered as a man’s world. But times have changed and more women are beginning to call the shots in the highly lucrative field. TOFARATI IGE chronicles the exploits of some of them Folorunsho Alakija Regarded as one of the richest black women in the world,
COVID-19: Hospitals turn to snorkel masks to ease respirator overload
As hospitals face an overload of COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff are turning to snorkelling masks from sports stores to stop their lungs collapsing. The idea started in Italy, the European country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with hospitals in other nations taking note and adding their own specific medical parts to make
BREAKING: Osun announces total lockdown after second COVID-19 case
Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo The Osun State Government has announced the total lockdown of the state following the confirmation of the second case of the deadly Coronavirus. The Government reaffirmed the commitment to shut down all the land boundaries effective from midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The Governor of the State, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, made the
COVID-19: Don’t open churches on Sunday in Osun, PFN begs pastors
The Osun State chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has appealed to pastors in the state not to open their churches for services on Sunday (today). The state Chairman of PFN, Prophet Isaiah Adelowokan, made the appeal in a statement by the Director of Media, Bishop Seun Adeoye, on Saturday in Osogbo. Adelowokan said
Being a nurse goes beyond carrying trays, giving medicines – Olatayo
Rukayat Olatayo, 25, is a nurse at Ultracare Hospital and Clinics. She tells TOLUWALOPE KAREEM about her career as a young professional in the medical line Why did you decide on a career as a nurse? I really wasn’t interested in nursing at the time I was considering a life ambition but my father advised
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