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By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaDelta State has recorded the first death from the Coronavirus. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Thursday night, announced that a patient suspected to have contracted Coronavirus in the state has died.Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Olisa Ifeajika, said in a statement in Asaba that the governor disclosed that the case, the second, after the first confirmed on Tuesday, was awaiting the outcome of a test conducted on him when the patient passed away.He stated that the deceased had underlying health issues and had visited Lagos in the past two weeks. He added that the patient who, developed with…

Concerned Chiefs and Citizens of Niger Delta made up of South- South chiefs, elders and opinion leaders have been watching developments on the Coronavirus outbreak and efforts by the Federal Government to contain the pandemic and cushion the effect of the lockdown measures on the mass of the people.We want to commend the efforts of the National Center for Disease Control, NCDC, in handling this scourge that has put all countries on anxiety and the governors’ for stepping in gallantly to introduce control measures that have so far, minimized the spread of the deadly contagious disease that has so far…

CEHRD is a non-profit, non-governmental and public interest organization incorporated as a trustee charity in Nigeria with No. CAC/IT/19258 PRESS RELEASEWORLD HEALTH DAY 2020The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, CEHRD, join the rest of the world in commemorating this year’s World Health Day. The World Health Day is a significant international day of commemoration as it is seen as an opportunity by the World Health Organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. Since its inception at the first Health Assembly in 1948, the commemoration has aimed to create awareness of…

COMMUNIQUEAn array of energy experts, government representatives, host community members, and other stakeholders, including celebrities from oil-producing communities gathered in Lagos to deliberate on pathways for more sustainable community engagement processes in Nigeria’s extractive industries during the 8th Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) Conference, with the theme, ‘COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: A PANACEA FOR PEACE IN EXTRACTIVE OPERATIONS’.The extractive industries, which include the oil and gas and mining industries, have been plagued by challenges stemming from conflicts with host communities. It is believed that poor and unsustainable community engagement processes lie at the foundation of these conflicts that have led to…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the nation on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Abuja, Nigeria March 29, 2020. Nigeria Presidency/Handout/ReutersNigeria’s elites would seem to be already disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. As of April 2, there are reported 184 cases of the virus in the country. This includes 162 active, 20 recovered, and 2 dead. These are still early days for the disease in Nigeria. But, of the relatively small number of cases in Nigeria, one is Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, four are state governors, and one is the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.…

Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast National Soccer Team, left, with Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon National Soccer team reacts during a meeting before a training session in St-Gratien, outside Paris, France. Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)As medical experts try to find a cure to the Coronavirus pandemic, DR Congo will take part in trials of vaccines against the disease even as Africa is erupting in condemnation of the continent being considered as test ground.This decision comes after former footballers, Samuel Eto’o, Demba Ba and Didier Drogba blasted medical experts who suggested that Africa should be the testing ground for vaccines…

In line with the decision of Rivers State government to provide palliatives to cushion the hardship occasioned by the lock down currently observed in the state,  as a result of the outbreak of covid-19,  the governor of Rivers State,  His Excellency,  NyesomEzenwoWike,  has  set up a committee to work out modalities for the smooth implementation of the program.This committee reflects all interest groups.Members of the committee are as follows :1.Ambassador Desmond Akawor (Chairman)2.Mrs InimeAgumaDrBariere Thomas4.Chief David Briggs5.Mrs Florence AmiesimakaMrs Stella IchenwoMrs Anthonia KpakolHon. Edison EhieMr Samuel NwanosikeHon Hope IkirikoMr Latteh LooloACP Innocent Umerie (Representative of Nigeria Police Force)Hassan Yahaya (DSS)Lt…

Statement by  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN WomenWith 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19. It’s a protective measure, but it brings another deadly danger. We see a shadow pandemic growing, of violence against women.As more countries report infection and lockdown, more domestic violence helplines and shelters across the world are reporting rising calls for help. In Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom (1), and the United States (2), government authorities, women’s rights activists and civil society partners have flagged increasing reports of domestic violence during…

The biggest conspiracy against the growth and dominance of Africa and Africans is not the work of Bill Gates, Monsanto, 5G, the Coronavirus or imperialists or colonialists. It is not Donald Trump. It is not China, it is not Boris Johnson or Queen Elizabeth. It is not a right wing conspiracy, or a left wing conspiracy, neither is it a grand plan of Israel or even the Middle East.Africa’s biggest problem is its leadership.No world leader, or richest man in the world will suffer through vaccines or killing many of his own people or use electromagnetic waves to kill us.…

The New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) will like to make a public call to researchers who are designing and implementing COVID-19 related research, and ethics committee members in Nigeria who are reviewing COVID-19 related research, to adhere to research ethics guidelines for the conduct of research in Nigeria.NHVMAS is aware that the SARS-CoV-2 infection causes COVID-19 is new and causing a highly transmittable infection with significant public health risk.NHVMAS is also aware that research will need to be conducted during this pandemic to help understand the epidemiology, prevention, treatment and best care for those with COVID-19.NHVMAS recognizes…