The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has asked Nigerians to report any Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) worker or Ministry of Health personnel that demands payment before COVID-19 test is carried out in the country.
There have been reports circulating since last week that the Federal government charges as much as N50,000 for Covid-19 testing and the Health Minister has now rubbished those reports.
Speaking on Monday July 6, during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said COVID-19 testing remains free.
“I wish to remind everyone that government-run testing for COVID-19 is free. Please report anyone who demands payment for necessary action,” he said.
According to Ehanire, Nigeria has recorded a total of 28,711 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, 11,665 discharged patients and 645 deaths out of 152,952 tests conducted as of July 6.
Ehanire also revealed that June alone recorded half the total number of deaths recorded so far.
“It means that just under half of the total fatalities so far recorded occurred in that single month of June. While we more than doubled the tests done and the number of cases detected. The reduction in case fatality rate is down to about 2.2 per cent as opposed to about 5 per cent we have seen on global average,” he added.
According to reports, Magu was suspended to allow him face the probe into the allegations of corruption leveled against him by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
In June, Malami wrote a letter to President Buhari asking for Magu’s sack. He accused Magu of corruption, diversion of recovered funds, insubordination among other offenses.
On Monday, Magu was invited before a panel probing the allegations. The panel is led by Ayo Salami, retired president of the appeal court.
Some of the 22 allegations Magu is being investigated for include:
Alleged discrepancies in the reconciliation records of the EFCC and the Federal Ministry of Finance on recovered funds Declaration of N539billion as recovered funds instead of N504b earlier claimed Insubordination to the office of the AGF by not seeking his approval on some decisions Not providing enough evidence for the extradition of ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke Alleged late action on the investigation of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) leading to legal dispute Not respecting court order to unfreeze a N7billion judgment in favour of a former Executive Director of First Bank Alleged delay in acting on two vessels seized by Nigerian Navy leading to the loss of crude Alleged favouring of some investigators called Magu’s Boys Reporting some judges to their presiding officers without deferring to the AGF Alleged sales of seized assets to cronies, associates and friends Alleged issuance of investigative activities to some media prejudicial to some cases.
At least seven people were killed and more than 50 injured on Monday, July 6, when a tanker truck carrying gasoline crashed and exploded in northern Colombia, while people were scooping fuel.
The pair took to their respective Instagram accounts to share loved-up videos of them enjoying a stroll with the father of one seen planting a sweet kiss on the model.
Akech, who made her fashion week runway debut as an exclusive in the Saint Laurent S/S 17 show has worked with top brands including Chanel, Valentino and Givenchy, and many others.
Runtown was previously linked to US-based model, Selena Leath, who is the mother of his son, Zamar
Nigerians In Diaspora Commission NIDCOM reacts to viral video of a Nigerian man beaten up and threatened to be killed by a deadly Pakistani gang after his brother allegedly ripped off the gang.
In the video, the distraught Nigerian man gave his brother’s name as Andrew. He wept as he accused Andrew of putting him though a harrowing experience. Unconfirmed report claim the said Andrew used the Nigerian man as a collateral for a deal with the gang. The Nigerian man said the gang members have threatened to kill him if he doesn’t pay up the gang’s money by the 10th of July.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission says it has escalated the matter to the Nigerian commission in Islamabad for an investigation to be carried out.
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