Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 31st March 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 31st March 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Doctor seeks FDA’s approval to treat Coronavirus with Asthma drugs in U.S
A medical doctor, Dr Steven Quay has sought the permission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States to treat coronavirus patients with Nebulized Heparin and Nacetylcysteine (NAC) in a clinical trial. As reported by the Daily Mail of London, the first drug, Nebulized Heparin, an inhaled blood thinner, coats the protein found on the surface of the virus while the second drug, NAC, breaks the protein down to prevent it from entering the lungs. The paper said that Clinical trials have shown that heparin alone,…
NAMA’s landing facility at great risk for non-usage
The Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category 3 may have been installed but the equipment may serve as a big waste of resources if the NCAA, FAAN and airlines fail to do what is expected of them to key into the vision, WOLE SHADARE writes Wasted effort? The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) may have installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System at Lagos and Abuja airports, but the inability of other agencies in aviation sector to do their own bit may just make the installation of the multi-million…
Research group donates books to YABATECH
…as college sensitises staff, students on gender-based violence The management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has taken delivery of some resourceful and specialised textbooks donated to the college by a group, under the aegis of the Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG). According to PANAFSTRAG, a non-governmental organisation with interest in research on issues affecting Africa and the Diaspora, which cut across cultural, religious, political, education and other related issues, the gesture was a way of giving back to the institution and society at…
£400k per week offer from China: Adokie, Amokachi, Udeze charge Ighalo to go for the money
…say striker should dump Man United to secure future T hree former Super Eagles stars – Adokie Amesiemeka, Daniel Amokachi and Ifeanyi Udeze – have urged former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, to dump Manchester United and take the £400,000 per week offer from his parent club, Shanghai Shenhua, of China. This means Ighalo should only complete his loan deal with United and return to China. Although Ighalo has already enacted promising marks in only two months with United, with four goals in only three starts and five substitute…
COVID-19: When Gbajabiamila, others intervened
With the coronavirus fast spreading across the nation, the House of Representatives, among other things, passed a resolution last week, urging the Federal Government to convert hostels of government colleges to isolation centres. PHILIP NYAM reports I t is very rare for presiding officers of the parliament to step down from their seats and present motions or bills on the floor. Hence, whenever a presiding officer takes this route, it is always an issue of immense national interest. This was how the ravaging coronavirus forced the Speaker of…
Fasanmi eulogises Tinubu, says history ’ll be kind to him
A former lawmaker in Nigeria and also the National Leader of Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Egbe Afenifere Ilosiwaju Yoruba, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, has lauded the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for his courage, commitment and firmness in the struggle for the return of democracy to Nigeria and its sustenance. In a special commendation to Asiwaju Tinubu on the occasion of his 68th birthday, Pa Fasanmi said the APC leader had done more than any other for Nigeria’s democracy, describing him a pillar of strength for…
Lockdown: Your ID card is your pass, FG tells journalists
The Federal Government said only journalists with valid identity card would be permitted access during the 14-day lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, to contain the spread coronavirus in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement yesterday, explained that due to time constraint, government would not issue fresh accreditation cards to journalists in the affected places. The minister, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Segun Adeyemi, therefore advised working journalists in the two states and…
LCCI lauds Dangote, BUA, others over COVID-19 donations
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended the key role demonstrated by private sector coalition on COVID-19, including the Federal Government, Lagos State Government, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ministries of Health and other state governments and agencies in containing the pandemic in the country. Also, the chamber lauded the initiative of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) with the Lagos State government, the intervention funds being raised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with the partnership of certain Nigerian corporations to fight the pandemic…
Lockdown: Abuja residents storm banks, filling stations, super markets
Major roads in the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) and its environs were deserted yesterday as residents of Abuja braced up for the two-week lockdown announced by the Federal Government as part of the strategies to stop the spread of the coronavirus ( Convid 19) pandemic in the country. Our correspondents, who monitored activities across the city observed that the Federal Secretariat Complex located in the Three Arms Zone was like a ghost town as all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government had been shut down completely. Except for…
Top Boko Haram commander killed in Borno
T roops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed a suspected top commander of Boko Haram, Abu Usamah, during a fierce encounter with the terrorists in Damboa, Borno State. Troops on special clearance operation (Operation Ayiso Tamonuma) conducted on March 22, had killed at least 100 of the enemies of state at Gorgi in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The military had said that, apart from those killed, scores others were wounded during the encounter, with equipment recovered. The Acting Director of Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, said in…
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