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By UTHMAN Samad file Photo illustrating African alternative medicine. Source: googleFacebookTwitterEmailSMSWhatsAppMoreWITH over 1.2 million cases, 70,000 deaths and unprecedented global economic disruption reported in less than five months around the world, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) also known as Covid-19 is threatening human existence.It has ravaged 20 states in Nigeria with over 300 confirmed cases of which Lagos, Abuja and Osun States are the worst hit.While the importation of cases slowed down following the suspension of the Nigerian airline operations, land and sea entry ports, the disease continues to spread within the country.However, while some drugs have been touted as having potentials to…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninEdo State commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia says two other persons have been tested positive for Coronavirus, bringing to 11the number of persons that have contracted the disease in the state.Dr. Okundia added that four isolation centers have been built by the state government to enable it curtail the virus in the state. He made the statements when the Edo State COVID-19 Response Team briefed journalists at the Government House in Benin-City.The commissioner said two centers are in the Stella Obasanjo Teaching Hospital with other testing centers assuring that all hands must be on deck to…

By Iduozee Paul, Benin CorrespondentAs the battle against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic gets messier, a brothel owner at Ugbague in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has evicted prostitutes occupying his building for fear of the spread of the disease.Osagie said the eviction became necessary because of the way the virus spreads from person-to-person and the fact that there is a high possibility that if one of the prostitutes contracts it, she might spread it to other colleagues and customers.“I asked the prostitutes occupying my buildings to go home and meet their children and families at their various states.They…

By Bridget EdokwePastor Gerald GlennGerald Glenn, pastor and founder of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in the US, has died from COVID-19 complications three weeks after saying God is “larger” than the disease.He had proudly shown off how packed his Virginia church was and had vowed to keep preaching “unless I’m in jail or the hospital”.Glenn announced he was being controversial by being in violation of safety protocols with “way more than 10 people” at the church.“I am essential,” he said of remaining open, adding, “I’m a preacher — I talk to God!”The pastor, who died on Saturday, had experienced difficulty…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaChief Great Ovedje OgboruAs Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru marked 62 years of his existence on earth, some Deltans have felicitated with him wishing him long life and good health.Chief Ogboru, who was born in 1958 in Port Harcourt, was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state during the 2019 general elections.In a congratulatory messages made available to newsmen in Asaba some APC members and ardent followers of the ‘People’s General’, as he is fondly called, expressed gratitude to God for keeping and blessing him with leadership qualities.A staunch supporter of Chief Ogboru…

With 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 crisis, and heightened demand for emergency shelter (3 ,4 ,5).…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninTo help put smile on the faces of the less privileged in this Easter season and to ease their pains over the Coronavirus stay at home, the Edo State attorney general and commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe has distributed foodstuffs and other consumables to 300 migrant returnees, widows and the vulnerable in Benin City, Edo State.Prof. Omorogbe said, “I am moved by the challenges faced in various Nigerian homes occasioned by the near total lockdown directive of government to control the further spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. I have had many complains of hardship by…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaThe legislator representing Ughelli North Constituency ll at the Delta State House of Assembly, Prince Eric Oharisi has debunked claims that he tested positive for COVID-19.Oharisi, who spoke from his house in Asaba, refuted the claim being circulated by several social media platforms that he was the state’s index case who tested positive for Coronavirus announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday.The Ughelli prince expressed shock at the report describing it as false in its entirety. He , adding that he was hale and hearty and had not been hospitalized in recent times…

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…