The United States of America have approved the use of Anti-Malaria Drug, Chloroquine as treatment against CoronaVirus, President Trump said on Thursday.

The president told reporters ;

“We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,”

“They’ve gone through the approval process — it’s been approved. They took it down from many, many months to immediate. So we’re going to be able to make that drug available by prescription.”

However, the FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn later indicated that, while the drug has not yet been formally approved, access to it was being expanded so that authorities could gather more data.

This is known as “compassionate use.”

“If there is an experimental drug that is potentially available, a doctor could ask for that drug to be used in a patient. We have criteria for that and very speedy approval for that,” said Hahn.

AFP

Men of Cross River State Police Command have arrested three suspected bank robbers who allegedly specialise in trailing and robbing bank customers after they make withdrawals.

The suspects were arrested on Wednesday, March 18 when they attempted to rob a Bank customer on Calabar Road.

According to report, the victim raised alarm which drew the attention of the public and the suspects were eventually arrested by the police.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Nkereuwem Akpan while briefing journalists disclosed that operatives of the Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the command arrested the suspects.

He added that they have confessed to the crime.

While narrating how they operate, Akpan revealed that the men stay close to banks, scoping people going in to carry out transactions or to use the ATM. After the unsuspecting customer is done withdrawing money from the ATM, the men will trail the customer and rob them.

One of the suspects identified as Ifeanyi Ebama said he was arrested after breaking the glass of his victim’s car in an attempt to steal the money the victim wrapped in a nylon bag.

However, the victim screamed and he was arrested alongside his accomplices who were waiting for him in their getaway car.

He added: “We normally park our vehicle close to the First Bank on Calabar Road and monitor customers, who come out with huge sums of money, either in nylon bags or big envelopes. We have been in the business for three months now. I want to beg the police to forgive us.”

The command recovered from the suspects a Toyota Sienna vehicle and a rod used in opening car doors and breaking glasses.

Akpan said the suspects will be charged to court once investigation is concluded.

The Italian who imported coronavirus to Nigeria has tested negative for the virus.

The man, who flew into Nigeria from Milan, Italy, on February 24, had been receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health, said the 44-year-old Italian tested negative for the virus.

He said another test would be conducted and if he also tests negative, the patient would be discharged.

“The index case is now negative. The only reason he is still with us is because he needs two negative tests but he is ready and anxious to go,” he said.

When he arrived in Nigeria, the Italian reportedly lodged at a hotel close to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, before moving to Lafarge Africa Plc, Ewekoro in Ogun state, the next day.

He fell sick on the third day of his stay in the country and tested positive for the disease two days after.

Subsequently, 39 people who had contact with him were quarantined but one of them tested positive for the disease while others were discharged.

But the Nigerian who contracted the disease later recovered. There are currently nine active coronavirus cases in the country while the federal government has taken many measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

The National Sports Festival, scheduled for Edo state was cancelled, all orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps across the country were shut while travel ban was imposed on 13 high-risk countries, including China, the UK and the US.

Some state governments also banned public officials from foreign trips while advising Nigerians to cancel all travels abroad, especially to high-risk countries.

Even though Nigeria has confirmed twelve positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) within its borders, some Nigerians are not concerned about being infected by the pandemic sweeping the world.

In a poll conducted by NOI Polls and published on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 26% of respondents believe they are immune to the virus for one reason or the other.

Of the 26%, almost half (40%) believe they’re immune because of their religious belief (“I am a child of God”), while 30% believe that they have strong genes to repel the virus.

17% of this group hold the widely-debunked belief that Nigeria’s weather is too hot for the virus to survive, while another 8% believe that the strong herbs they consume is enough to prevent infection.

The remaining 5% hold another widely-debunked belief that the virus does not affect Africans, so they’re safe.

The poll was conducted in the week commencing March 9, 2020, when Nigeria still had two confirmed cases.

According to NOI Polls, the poll involved telephone interviews of a proportionate nationwide sample of 1,000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years and above, representing the six geo-political regions and 36 states and the FCT.

“Interviews were conducted in 5 languages – Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Pidgin English and English.

“With this sample size and selection, we are 95% confident that the results obtained are statistically precise within a margin of error of plus or minus 4.65%,” the organisation noted.

The poll revealed that a vast proportion of Nigerians (84%) are aware of COVID-19 and this cuts across gender, geographical location and age-group with at least 73% representation.

While 63% of respondents disclosed that they are concerned that they may contract the virus, the poll revealed that 50% of Nigerians do not have information on preventive measure against the virus.

NOI Polls also noted that a vast majority of Nigerians (97%) disclosed that they would be willing to report and be tested (97%) if they show any sign of COVID-19, as well as willing to be quarantined (97%) if they are at risk of spreading the virus disease.

Nigeria currently has 7 confirmed cases in total, all of them with a history of travel from Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Another person that previously tested positive last week later tested negative and was discharged days later. No deaths have been recorded in the country.

Since coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, China in December, over 200,000 people have been infected, and at least 8,000 killed around the world. More than 82,000 people have also recovered from the virus.

Source: Pulse.ng

A kidnapper who was arrested for the abduction and rape of a middle-aged woman has claimed she gave him sex voluntarily and didn’t fight him off.

27-year-old Saidu Iliya was paraded at the Niger State Police Command for kidnapping and raping one Rakiya Sani.

According to reports, on March 5, 2020, one Mohammed Sani of the Vunu Fulani Camp Settlement in Lavun reported that some armed men attacked his home and kidnapped his wife.

The kidnappers later demanded N10m ransom but eventually settled for N600,000 after negotiations.

However, Iliya was apprehended on March 8, while attempting to collect the ransom.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, said that after being interrogated, the suspect confessed to the crime.

Iliya said: “Since the two of us were in a hidden place, our body mechanism began to change and we had sex; probably she didn’t want to do anything that would provoke me to kill her and she obliged me at that point.

“l did not force her to have sex with me; she voluntarily gave me sex, while I was waiting to collect the ransom.”

“I did not use any protection while making love to her.”

The victim was rescued unhurt.

A corps member serving in Akwa Ibom state reportedly died in her sleep at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Ikot Itie Udung, on Sunday March 15.

Mrs Queen Uba Eziuche, a Batch B member with call up number: NYSC/ISU/2020/0562, reportedly went to sleep after the regular morning exercise and she didn’t wake up.

The state NYSC coordinator, Mr Julius Amusan, who confirmed her death on Wednesday, March 18, said she died from an ailment suspected to be a terminal disease.

Meanwhile the state Governor, Udom Emmanuel lamented the death of the youth corps member. In a condolence message to the deceased’s family and the Director General of the NYSC, the governor expressed shock over Ms Eziuche’s death.

Governor Emmanuel said: “The sudden exit of Mrs Queen Eziuche has deprived Akwa Ibom State of the contribution she would have made in expanding the layers of our common humanity and also service to her fatherland.”

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Police stormed the Open Arms Ministries in the middle of a church service to arrest the Head Pastor for flouting the ban on public gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana.

Apostle Kofi Nkrumah Sarkodie was arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for holding a church service at North Suntreso in Kumasi.

When police arrived, members attempted to ignore them and continued singing praises. However, when the officers tried to arrest their pastor, the members put up a resistance and clashed with the uniformed police officers.

In a video shared online, church members can be seen booing the police officers as their pastor was bundled into a waiting van.

The Head Pastor of the Open Arms Ministries has been arrested for flouting the ban on public gatherings in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Apostle Kofi Nkrumah Sarkodie was arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for holding a church service at North Suntreso in Kumasi.

According to a reports, the Police clashed with some church members after they resisted the pastor’s arrest.

A video of the incident shows members numbering up to hundred gathered for the said church service and chanting prayers as the police arrested their pastor.

Last Sunday, President Akufo-Addo announced measures to ensure that the novel Coronavirus does not spread further in the country.

The government subsequently announced some travel restrictions, with the President further announcing a ban on all social gatherings, including churches, mosques and sporting activities.

The President also ordered an indefinite closure of educational institutions from today, Monday, March 16, 2020.

Meanwhile, the number of Coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana has risen to seven within the last one week.

Watch the video of the pastor’s arrest below:

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the cessation of all forms of football activities in the country for the next four weeks, as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic.

According to the governing body, the shutdown affects all on-field activities the various National Teams, the Nigeria Professional Football League, the other Leagues, youth football programmes, and even street football.

President of the NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick said the cessation will be for four weeks after which the situation will be reviewed in line with events and trends worldwide.

He also advised all members of the football family to observe the various safety precautions and conduct as advised by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, such as hand-washing, the use of sanitizers and social distancing.

Pinnick also stated that the only football activity that will be permitted is the work of the NFF investigation committee into the death of Chineme Martins, which was inaugurated yesterday in Benin City and will submit its report within the next 10 days.