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An imminent food shortage in the country caused by the ravaging COVID-19 may spell doom for more than five million Akwa Ibom people. A Nigerian university lecturer who expressed this concern Tuesday on Inspiration 105.9 FM, Uyo, said the situation may worsen in the next six months as the World Health Organisation is still searching for a cure to the deadly COVID-19. Chris Ekong, a professor of Economics and currently the Director of International Programmes, University of Uyo, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State was talking on the topic: Informal Economic Sector In A Pandemic Era lamented that most foodstuffs such…

Nigeria is expecting COVID Organic, a herbal drug from Madagascar, reported having been used by the Indian Ocean island country to cure patients, who tested positive for COVID-19. Nigeria’s Minister Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire confirmed this Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja, listed the states like Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto, and Kano. This is as Boss Mustapha, the PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the airlifting of COVID Organic to Nigeria. However, Ehanire and Mustapha said the herbal drug which would be subjected to…

Nigeria on Monday recorded 242 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,641.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated this on its website also announced 10 new fatalities were recorded from coronavirus-related complications in the country.Data from the centre’s website showed that 124 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the country.NCDC posted, “On the 11th of May 2020, 242 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.“Till date, 4641 cases have been confirmed, 902 cases have been discharged and 150 deaths…

By: Martin Akpan At The Crossroads (1)see birds, limping on bug-infested treetops Limping in the void of the season (1)see men in their numbers watching Wondering and wandering in the clueless aim The wind stretching its ears amid a din In the distant Cathedral of the Cross As ‘Father’ ministers the extreme unction On a parting communicant before a soulful Cortege It is time for prayers of the saints who are saints indeed For Angels have jettisoned their holy chores For a porridge of mellifluous oddity And demons have taken over the altars of prayer With acrobatics of seamy drama…

By Akanimo Sampson Before the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, economic watchers said Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s economics was struggling to shake off the long-term effect of a 2016 recession. At the moment, the country’s fast-growing population tends to be outstripping the Buharinomics growth, which they claim, stands at two per cent. Now, the economic wahala appears to be getting worse with the latest data tumbling out of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The statistics bureau says 83 million or some 40 per cent of the country’s population is classified as poor in 2019. In its executive summary of the…

Nigeria has recorded 248 new cases of coronavirus pandemic, summing all to 4,399 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the new cases in a tweet on Sunday night. In its Twitter handle, NCDC wrote “248 new cases of #COVID19; 81-Lagos 35-Jigawa 26-Borno 26-Kano 20-Bauchi 13-FCT 12-Edo 10-Sokoto 7-Zamfara 4-Kwara 4-Kebbi 2-Gombe 2-Taraba 2-Ogun 2-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Bayelsa.” “4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, Discharged: 778 Deaths: 143,″ it tweeted.

By Akanimo Sampson The lesson Sierra Leone learned from the Ebola outbreak is helping her to tackle the menace of COVID-19 pandemic. Sierra Leone was one of the hardest hit countries by the 2014 – 2016 Ebola crisis with more than 14,000 cases and nearly 4,000 deaths. Ebola overwhelmed the country’s fragile public health system, which was still rebuilding after a brutal civil war, and struggling to meet demands for additional healthcare practitioners. Now, Sierra Leone is facing COVID-19. As of May 7, there were 225 confirmed cases and 14 deaths related to the rampaging virus in the country. Actually,…

Nigeria has recorded 239 new cases of COVID-19, bringing a total to 4,151. Announcing this via its Twitter handle on Saturday night, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said, “97-Lagos 44-Bauchi 29-Kano 19-Katsina 17-Borno 7-FCT 6-Kwara 5-Oyo 3-Kaduna 3-Sokoto 2-Adamawa 2-Kebbi 2-Plateau 2-Ogun 1-Ekiti.” NCDC tweeted “Till date, 4151 cases have been confirmed, 745 cases have been discharged and 128 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.” While advising Nigerians on the preventive measures for the coronavirus disease, NCDC stressed the importance of physical distancing, frequent handwashing, and the wearing of face mask in the public.…

Contrary to the figures bandied by some Facebook writers on the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, Akwa Ibom State has drastically flattened the death rate curve within the first four months of 2020. Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel who stated this during a live radio and television in a question-and-answer interview on Saturday dismissed the allegations in some social media that COVID-19 pandemic has silently killed some people in the state. Emmanuel said official reports from the 42 hospitals and health institutions in the state indicate that 238 deaths were recorded in 2018, 176 in 2019, and 109 in…

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Akwa Ibom state has enforced a ban on interstate travel of people by deporting 13 suspected Almajiri youths who sneaked into the state. The youths who came from one of the Northern states in the country were said to have accompanied a truck that brought a herd of cows to Eket local government area of the state during the ban on inter-state movement order imposed by the Federal Government. Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel who stated this on Saturday during a live radio and television in a question-and-answer interview said the government ordered and escorted the…