The Nigerian government said it was making effort to return stranded citizens abroad as over 2,000 Nigerians are stranded in the UK alone, as it begins the evacuation of nationals willing to return home at their personal expenses. It only provided the aircrafts and sought flight clearance permission from host governments due to the current closure of airports globally.
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Gombe state information commissioner Alhassan Ibrahim Kwami insisted that the patients had “misunderstood their status” and did not require any drugs as they were asymptomatic.
The World Health Organization has said that the herbal tea’s effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of the potion.
A strict lockdown imposed in March has not been uniformly respected, with local media reporting on nighttime gatherings of neighbours and collective prayers on roofs, beyond the view of street patrols. Drones have now been introduced to spot violators or make announcements.
Unlike the bill introduced last week at the House of Representatives, Senators were not allowed to see the content of the bill before or during its First Reading, triggering questions and opposition to its Second reading.
“We must therefore, basing ourselves on the limited preparations, start slowly and carefully to open up without undoing our gains so far in fighting COVID-19,” said President Yoweri Museveni.
The relaxation has triggered deep concern in some quarters, given how easily the coronavirus spread and the poor state of Nigeria’s health system.