It Costs About N400, 000 To Treat One COVID-19 Patient – El-Rufai

It costs about N400,000 to treat each patient of Covid-19, according to Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State as published on Channelstv.com.

The governor who made the declaration at the executive meeting of the traditional rulers also called on northern traditional rulers not to relent in spearheading the campaigns to avoid the spread of corona-virus pandemic in the region, stressing that the cost of treating Covid-19 patients is very expensive.

Adding that treating the infected is digging a big hole in government’s coffers, he however

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“Why would a government that claims to be responsive to the sufferings of its people chose a time like this to add more pains to their agony and trauma?

“It is on record that the this government rode to power through the popular mass protest against similar action taken by Jonathan administration in 2012. With this action, it does appear that the APC government is taken Nigerians for granted.

“Be that as it may, and as you all know, the organised labour and the civil society collaborators are seriously mobilising to engage the government in a peaceful, nonviolent protests across the nation. SSANU is a member of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and we are fully ready to carry out the directives of our centre (NLC) as soon as we receive the sigal,

“The Senate of UNILAG (as expected) has also come out solidly in defence of Mr. Vice-Chancellor and descended heavily on the Pro-Chancellor and the Registrar, who are seen to be carrying out the mandate of the Visitor as exemplified in his (Mr. President) Anti-Corruption crusade.

 “In doing this, the Senate and its collaborators have unwittingly, and hiding under the technicality of due process, attempted to demonise Babalakin and his Council, while canonising itself as the technically ” all in all” and most supreme organ of the university over and above the Council.

“Mush as we wish to remain neutral in the UNILAG matter as much as possible, SSANU and indeed Nigerians and the international communities of Anti-Corruption like Transparency International are keenly waiting to see how the matter would be decided in UNILAG.

Happy Birthday Soulman - The Rock

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, American-Canadian actor, producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler also known as The Rock, eulogizes his father, Rocky Johnson on his first birthday since he passed on 15 January 2020.

"I miss him.

Think about him often.

Some good.

Some great.

Some not so much.

And even some brand new lessons I only came to realize after he passed away", he wrote on his post on Instagram. 

DOUBLE DATING

 

TO IMPRESS HIS FRIEND JOHN CHATS WITH MICHAEL ABOUT HIS HOLIDAY ROMANCE WITH BUNMI. BUT THEN IT ONLY TURNS OUT THAT BUNMI IS MICHAEL’S FIANCEE

 This story is set in the day at a leisure park in Lagos, Nigeria.

 

MICHAEL: Wao! John, it’s been ages since we last met.

JOHN: Yes. But I was in your neighbourhood last week, I asked after Saint and I was told you had moved.

MICHAEL: Even if I hadn’t moved you would have found it difficult tracing me with the name “Saint”. I am known as Mike around here You know, my real name. So how do find Lagos?

JOHN: Oh, wonderful. The ladies are really sweet. I travelled to Jos with one angel last week and we really had a great time together. S*x with her was hmmn… fantastic!

MICHAEL: Hmn… Can see you are still the same sexy old camel.

JOHN: Blame me not. Nature is the guilty one here, you know. Well, you seem to be waiting for someone here at the park … who is the lucky person?

MICHAEL: Ofcourse, I am waiting for … eh, what’s the problem? What are you starring at?

JOHN: Wao! (spotting Bunmi approaching) I can’t believe this …

MICHAEL: (confused)  Can’t believe what?

JOHN: (both starring at Bunmi approaching) Th – Tha – That is the lady I travelled to Jos with last week. She must be looking for me. B – bu – but how did she know I could be here? Perhaps, she is only passing-by and just sighted me … Hey, she is almost here … Hi, Bunmi. Good to see you again so soon. (Silence as all seem dumbfounded at Bunmi’s arrival worsened by her shocking and hlpless stares at Michael). Hey, you two are just staring at each other… have you two met before?

MICHAEL: (sadly) Sure. Bunmi here has been my fiancée for years … So sorry, I never really told you about her.

JOHN: (shockingly) What?!

As COVID-19 spreads, don’t lose track of malaria

The pandemic is a reminder of why we need to eradicate this mosquito-borne disease.

By Bill Gates

 

Mosquitoes don’t practice social distancing. They don’t wear masks, either.

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, it’s important to remember that the world’s deadliest animal hasn’t taken a break during this pandemic.

Mosquitoes are out biting every night, infecting millions of people with malaria—a disease that kills a child every other minute of every day.

Read The New York Times review of "Folklore", the new album by Taylor Swift

The New York Times a few days ago tweeted 'Read The New York Times review of "Folklore", the new album by Taylor Swift'

While you may fancy reading up all about Taylor Swift's new album here captioned; TaylorSwift, a Pop Star Done With Pop  check out reactions on the the story

Why I dumped PDP for APC – Dogara [Full letter]

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained why he left the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Post reports.

In a letter of resignation addressed to the Bogoro ‘C’ Ward Chairman of the PDP, according to the report Dogara cited failure of governance in his home state, Bauchi, under the administration of Governor Bala Mohammed whom he helped install as a governor in 2019.

Dogara said that he cannot successfully ask questions about maladministration without being accused of disloyalty if he were to remain in the PDP.

BRITAIN escaped a £55billion bailout burden by quitting the EU, it was revealed.

Leave campaigners say we would have faced the second highest liability for a recovery fund for coronavirus-hit nations.

And that is twice the size of our divorce bill.

Former Brexit minister David Jones said: “We really have had the most incredible lucky escape. Had we stayed in the EU or agreed to a longer transition period we would have been on the hook for a potentially catastrophic sum.

“It’s extremely good we left when we did.”

The potential cost of extending the transition period would have been nearly twice that of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £30billion job protection scheme.

It was calculated by the Centre for Brexit policy think tank.

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She labeled her maple syrup "cough syrup" to keep her kids away

Alexa Sunshine Rose, a mom on Instagram labeled her maple syrup "cough syrup" to keep her kids away. Can you beat that?

She leaves him a surprise on his car

A mom, left her kid a surprise on his car for refusing to help rake the leaves. What do you think?

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“Tens of thousands of people have already been given convalescent plasma in the US but these treatments were not randomized. They just give individuals convalescent plasma in the hope it will work. Vast quantities have been given and they still have no idea whether it helps or harms or has no impact.

“There are lots and lots of small drugs trials involving a few dozen or a few hundred patients going on in the US but nothing of any substance. They are failing to do large, randomised trials and that ends up providing bad medicine. It makes the practice of medicine poorer and the outcomes for patients poorer.

“If you look at the US, huge quantities of this treatment have been used on an arbitrary willy-nilly basis. The UK excels beyond measure compared with what’s going on there”

… Professor Martin Landray, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

FLYING OFFICER TOLULOPE AROTILE GOES HOME

Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile was buried Thursday at the Military Cemetery in Abuja  with full military honours and the traditional 21-gun salutes.

Late Arotile was reportedly knocked down by a car driven by her old schoolmate, Nehemiah Adejoh, at the NAF base Kaduna, Nigeria.