People infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19 carry twice the risk of needing to be treated in hospital than those with the Alpha strain, a study has suggested. Researchers looked at more than 43,000 cases in England between March and May with their findings published in medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus cases in the study were in people who were unvaccinated, with 1.8% coming in those who had received both inoculations. The study said around one in 50 patients were admitted to hospital within two weeks of their first positive test, or 2.3% of…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has announced the closure of all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to address worsening security situation in the state. He announced this after receiving 18 kidnapped students of the State’s College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Bakura. The governor also said the state government banned the selling of petrol in jerrycans as part of the measures to stop supplying fuel to the bandits. “Filling stations in the state should also sell only N10,000 fuel to each vehicle and should be vigilant of vehicles or motorcycles coming for repeat purchases immediately. “No…
Another batch of 32 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, have regained their freedom, bringing the total of those released to 90. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the release of the students in Kaduna on Saturday. Hayab said: “Yes, 32 of our students were freed on Friday evening. We still have 31 with the captors and we are praying that they too will be released soon”, he said. Bandits in the early hour of July 5, invaded the school…
The Nigerian Army and the Police in Zamfara have begun collaborating in the fight against banditry and restoring security in the state, the GOC, 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Uwem Bassey has said. Bassey, also the Force Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkana, according to a statement issued in Gusau, on Saturday, by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu. Shehu said that the GOC, who was accompanied by the Brigade Commander, 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Gusau, and other Principal Officers…
Kaduna state government says three persons have been killed while many sustained injuries in an attack in Zangon Kataf local government area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. “Security agencies have reported to the Kaduna state government that Machun and Manuka villages in Zangon Kataf LGA were attacked by unidentified persons, leaving three residents dead and several others injured. “According to the report, police personnel responded to a distress call from Machun village, and mobilised there. “On arrival, they were also alerted…
The Zamfara state government has secured the release of 18 students of the state College of Agricultural and Animal Sciences Bakura, abducted by unknown gunmen recently. The gunmen had in August 16, abducted students and staff of the College in Bakura local government area of the state. Presenting the released abductees to Gov. Bello Muhammad, at the Government House, Gusau, on Friday, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkana, said the victims were rescued through dialogue initiated by the state government. “We may recall that the students were abducted and kept with the bandits 12 days ago. “They were…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country now has 199,333 COVID-19 infections as at Friday Aug. 27 across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The Centre, who made the announcement on its verified website on Saturday morning, noted that the country logged in 618 additional COVID-19 infections on Friday, adding to the recent surge in infections driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The 618 fresh cases reported on Friday was a drop from the 835 cases reported the previous day and that the fresh cases were reported from 15…
Several Middle Eastern leaders and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Baghdad on Saturday at a summit hosted by Iraq, which wants its neighbours to talk to each other instead of settling scores on its territory. Relationships within the region are strained chiefly by hostility between Iran on one side and the United States and its Arab Gulf allies on the other. Organisers said they did not expect any diplomatic breakthroughs at the summit. “Getting these countries to sit around the table – that will be achievement enough,” said one Iraqi government official. Heads of state attending included President Abdel Fattah…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the country will not disintegrate in spite of the current challenges it is facing. Obasanjo made the assertion in Lagos on Friday at a book lunch in honour of His Eminence, Sunday Mbang, Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria. The launch of the book, “My Life and Times”, an autobiography of Mbang, was to celebrate the prelate on his 85th birthday, which was on Aug. 26. The event took place at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to him, those fanning the embers of disunity are the enemies of the land and will soon…
There seem to be litany of orders as the Cross River High Court has granted an interim order restraining Uche Secondus from resuming office as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall that a Rivers state High Court on Monday granted an interim order restraining Secondus from parading himself as the national chairman of the party. The National Working Committee, NWC, of the party on Thursday, appointed Yemi Akinwonmi, deputy national chairman (south) of the PDP, as the acting chairman, which position was also ratified by the PDP Governors Forum. However, later same day, a Kebbi State…