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Buhari issues new directives on COVID-19 donations
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has issued new directives on COVID-19 donations to Nigeria by philanthropists, companies and international organisations. Director Information and Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In the statement, the president was said to …
Parliament to quiz Boris Johnson over UK COVID-19 deaths
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday make his first appearance in parliament since being hospitalised for coronavirus, the day after Britain became the European country worst hit by the global pandemic. He faces a new adversary in Keir Starmer, who was elected leader of the main opposition Labour party on April 4 and has …
EPL: Man United recall players back to UK
Manchester United have told players who have been based abroad during the coronavirus outbreak to return to the United Kingdom this week. The move comes as Premier League clubs look at options to return to training grounds later this month under the Project Restart proposal, which has led to concerns being raised from four Premier …
BREAKING: US has no evidence COVID-19 is from our lab – China
China on Wednesday hit back at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, saying he “doesn’t have any” evidence. Pompeo said on Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” to show that the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fuelling tensions with …
PHOTOS COVID-19: Students in 121 schools resume in China
On Wednesday, May 6, senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalkboards and digital displays for the first time since their city – the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic – shut down in January. See photos by AFP:
Bundesliga to return in May
Berlin plans to allow Germany’s Bundesliga to restart behind closed doors in May after weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to a draft government agreement seen by AFP Wednesday. Politicians believe restarting play in the first and second divisions to “limit the economic damage” for the 36 clubs is …
BREAKING COVID-19: Students in Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalkboards and digital displays for the first time since their city — the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic …
NCDC bill violates UNESCO Declaration — Investigation
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis The proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 is a violation of Article 6 of the 2005 UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, The PUNCH can report. At its 32nd session in October 2003, the General Conference considered that it was “opportune and desirable to set universal standards in the field of …
Why some states don’t need COVID-19 labs — NCDC
Tobi Aworinde, Abuja The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said not every state requires a molecular laboratory to test for coronavirus. The media aide to the NCDC Director General, Emeka Oguanuo, said this in an interview with The PUNCH, while addressing the non-existence of COVID-19 labs in border states including Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi, Yobe, …
‘Hamma’ from the lockdown
Lekan Sote Have you come across those Nigerians who think that COVID-19 is the ultimate scam? Unimaginable! A video on the social media shows a crowd gathered in the forecourt of a house, shouting, “Babu korona,” in Hausa. A friend who speaks Hausa says they were denying the occurrence of COVID-19, even as Deputy Governor …
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