King James pops out with a new track due to circumstances of the COVID-19 lockdown and gives you all a quarantine challenge titled "Things I Miss".

In light of the recent announcement that popular Nigerian reality TV show, Big Brother Naija is gearing up for its fifth season this year, 2020, former housemate, Leo Dasilva has served a piece of important advice to those who wish to audition for the show.

The organizers of the coveted reality show have announced that auditions have kicked off, with interested participants required to partake in an online audition that began on Wednesday, 20th of May 2020, and will run till the 30th of May 2020.

 

Leo Dasilva took to his Twitter account in light of this and shared a piece of important information to help contestants sail through the auditions.

The model wrote on his page,

Bauchi State Government has lifted the ban on religious activities and suspended the lockdown imposed on residents in the state.

This according to the state governor, Bala Mohammed takes effect from Thursday, May 21.

The governor made this announcement at the stakeholders’ meeting held at the Command Guest House in Bauchi, the state capital.

He explained that the development followed the success achieved so far in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state and enjoined the stakeholders to assist the government in ensuring that the protective tool put in place are adhered to strictly in order to be free from the infection.

“This decision will be taken by you because the total decision of the lockdown was taken by you. We are just suggesting as a government and on behalf of the government, I am suggesting that as from Thursday, we should lift the lockdown, even the one in Katagum, because it has been 10 days and of course the whole state.

“People will go about their normal businesses, pray on Friday and Eid if we agree on context and character so that people will go to Eid, but we will need the support of our royal fathers so that there will be no such celebrations,” he said.

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Thursday, said that it is not aware of the whereabouts of the Chinese doctors and health professionals who were brought to Nigeria some weeks ago to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the daily briefing of the PTF in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, wondered why there was so much interest in knowing the whereabouts of the Chinese health professionals and he told journalists not to ask him the question again.

Controversies have trailed the choice of the Federal Government to allow the Chinese doctors to come in, as many groups and associations, including the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), kicked against it.

But the Minister of Health, on Thursday, said that the ministry was not their host and does not know their whereabouts, adding that the ministry cannot explain “because they are not really our guests.”

Dr. Ehanire said: “The other one is about the Chinese doctors. I think not all of them are doctors, some of them are technicians, but they are a staff of CCECC. The Ministry of Health is not their host, so we cannot always explain what happens to them or where they are.

“There seems to be a lot of interest in these doctors, but they are the staff of a company and I think they are on the company visa. So, I will be very happy if you don’t ask me about where they are because they are not really our guests in that sense.”

However, the minister said, “We have been able to learn some things from them by interacting with them from their experience in their country. They did tell us, and we shared ideas about what they did in their country, how they are managing COVID-19.”

On the issue of isolation of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home, Ehanire said self-isolation at home “is an option we have been talking about. The NCDC has released very nice guidelines on that, but not everybody is eligible for that.”

The minister added that “the delivery of routine service in all our hospitals has been slated for special emphasis as attendance for medical services in all areas of health challenges have dropped drastically.”

According to Ehanire: “Latest statistics from the National Health Management Information System (NHMIS) indicates that out-patient visits dropped from 4 million to about 2 million, antenatal visits from 1.3 million to 655 thousand, skilled birth attendance from 158,374 to less than 99,000, while immunization services dropped to about half. All these have as yet undetermined consequences, which the easing of the lockdown should hopefully address.

“However, the downside of easing the restrictions needs to be balanced off with a collective determination by all of us, not only to comply with protective and prophylactic advisories, but to encourage relatives, friends, neighbors, and customers to do same.

“The use of facial covers like masks in places where social distancing may be difficult or impractical should be supported and emphasized through the donation of masks to the population, as an act of goodwill. Face masks should become commonplace and I look forward to all cooks and Food vendors, for example, wearing masks, or risk losing customers.”

He said the government has been in discussion with multinationals and development partners such as WHO and Global Fund on their plan, needs, and processes; adding that funds are also being repurposed for use in further increasing our diagnostic capacity and providing personal protective equipment for our health care workers.