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The Nigerian Medicinal Plant Company, formerly known as Artemisinin Development Company, was set up by a presidential committee during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration with the mandate to look into local cultivation, processing and production of anti-malaria medicines, based on the Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO has shown that Artemisinin is less ...
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May, 2020
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12 May
Madagascar COVID-19 remedy rejected for being African – President
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Monday batted away criticism for promoting a homegrown “remedy” for COVID-19, charging that the West has a condescending attitude toward traditional African medicine. “If it wasn’t Madagascar, and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” he told French media in ...
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11 May
4641 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, 242 new cases. 902 discharged, 150 death
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 242 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday 11th of May, 2020, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4641. Below is the breakdown of the number of confirmed cases recorded in each state as at Monday: The new confirmed cases were recorded in Lagos with 88 cases and 13 other states, including ...
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11 May
At Pa Kasumu’s burial in Abeokuta,on May 11,2020
The remains of Francis Kayode Odumosu aka Pa Kasumu has been finally buried in Abeokuta. The Funeral event initially scheduled for 2nd and 3rs of April was postponed due to the COVID19 Pandemic ravaging the World. However, uncertain about when the pandemic will end, the family decided to lay him to rest and postpone the ceremonial engagements plans which includes ...
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11 May
Two Arrested for Stealing a month old baby
Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Patrick Mbama ‘m’, 41 years old and Ogechi Chinonso Ekwebele ‘f’, 30 years old, for stealing a month old baby and selling him to a buyer in Lagos. The suspects were intercepted by Police Officers from Anthony Police Division, on enforcement duty at Anthony Oke pin down point. The officers stopped a Toyota ...
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11 May
Lagos based doctor tested positive of covid 19 in Osun
The Government of the State of Osun has disclosed that a new case of Coronavirus has been recorded in the State as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A statement released on Monday by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, disclosed that the new case is a Lagos-based medical doctor who came into Osun on ...
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11 May
Nollywood actress, Chizobah is dead, days after anniversary
Mrs Chizoba Boye, wife of Sam Boye aka Sam Boyo is dead ! . She died last night, few weeks after celebrating ther 15 year anniversary of her wedding. We have lost yet another thespian and veteran of nollywood who has devoted her entire life and career to theatre, television and film. Speaking about her, renowned industry respected peson, Fidelis ...
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11 May
5G scare in Lagos..NCC debunks claim, says “No licence has been issued”
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has insisted that there is no deployment of the 5G network in the country at the moment. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Henry Nkemadu, made this known in a statement while reacting to claims that the telecommunication industry planned to switch on 5G in Lagos on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. He faulted the claims, ...
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11 May
Madagascar’s COVID-19 cure drugs sent to Nigeria by air, expected in Abuja
The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal drug – COVID Organics (COV) – to Nigeria and other African countries. The drug is for prevention and cure of Coronavirus. Nigeria’s consignment has been sent to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be airlifted to Abuja. For ease of transportation, African countries were divided into zones leading to the freighting of ...
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11 May
Trump risks CoronaVirus infection, says he is not worried.
Trump said he wasn’t worried about the risk of infection despite the virus moving closer to the President’s Office. ‘I’m not worried,’ he said. ‘We’re taking very strong precautions of the White House.’ Mainwhile, Vice President Mike Pence’s spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has tested positive for the disease. ...
