An independent review panel has said that the Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, according to reports by the BBC. The panel, set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the combined response of the WHO and global governments was a “toxic cocktail”. The WHO should have declared a global emergency earlier than it did, its…
The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide curfew, commencing from 12:am to 4am as part of efforts to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Mohammed, disclosed this at a press briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Mohammed said the curfew would take effect from midnight…
The decision to ease the lockdown is obviously more political than realistic and scientific. The economic reasons adduced for proposed easing of the lockdown are purely political excuses that do not explain much. It should be pointed out that Nigeria’s economy is a monoculture economy depending on the sale of oil. Even if we increase…
WASHINGTON—President Trump said the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates what he called the group’s mismanagement of the coronavirus response. In a press statement, President Trump faulted the World Health Organisation for its role in mismanaging the spread of the coronavirus. President Trump described WHO’s decision to oppose travel…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has on Tuesday confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. According to the commission all of the 11 new cases were in Lagos. “As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” NCDC said. The news which broke in the late hours of…
