Osagie Ehanire
Madagascar herb not cure for COVID-19 – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday declared that the much talked about “Madagascar COVID-19 herb syrup did not show any evidence that it had real curative properties against COVID-19. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure in Abuja at the 52nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19. According to him, the …
COVID-19 Task Force briefs Buhari as 2nd phase of easing lockdown ends today
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received an update from the Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, at the State House, Abuja The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PTF briefed the president on the second phase of the gradual easing of lockdown announced four weeks ago, to check the …
Doctors’ Strike: Nigerian govt ‘releases N4.5 billion to federal hospitals’
Gbeleyi Abayomi The federal government has released N4.5 billion to 31 federal teaching and medical centres across the country days after resident doctors began an “indefinite strike.” This was disclosed by the minister for Labour and employment, Chris Ngige, on Friday According to the minister, the payment covers hazard and inducement allowances for April and …
Stop rejecting patients, Nigerian govt tells medical facilities
The federal government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the country. Mr Ehanire, however, noted that it is unethical not to attend to persons in distress, adding …
Nigeria records second fatality from Coronavirus
Gbeleyi Abayomi Just barely a day after the president announced a total lockdown in three states Lagos, Abuja and Ogun, Nigeria has recorded its second death from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, in a first joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force in Abuja on …
No new case of coronavirus in Nigeria — Health Minister
The Federal Government says there is no new fresh case from 61 contacts of the index case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, at a media update on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday, said the contacts had been monitored since the announcement of the first confirmed case. The virus …
