Boris Johnson and Carrie name their baby boy Wilfred

 

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson and partner Carrie Symonds have announced the name of their newborn baby boy today.

The baby’s name is Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, after both their grandparents and the two doctors that saved the PM’s life from coronavirus. Carrie wrote on Instagram:

Police officer dies, seven others being looked for after their lorry was swept away by floods

   A police officer has been confirmed dead, and seven others are still missing after the truck they were travelling in on Thursday night, was swept away by raging flood waters in Baringo North area.

  The eight, alongside their other four colleagues, who survived the 7:30pm incident, were heading back to ASTU Chemoe camp after attending a security meeting at the Baringo County headquarters in Kabarnet Town, when the unfortunate happening occurred.

Emir of Rano reportedly rushed to hospital in critical condition

 

  One of the emirs of the newly created emirates in Kano, the Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila ll, was allegedly taken to a hospital yesterday, May 1, over an illness.

We Are Set To Increase Our Health Budget To About 18% – Sanwo-Olu

    The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state is making plans to increase its budget for health from the current 12% to about 18 to 20 per cent.

   He said this on Saturday during a discussion about the state of the nation on a special edition of The Platform, as the world battles the COVID-19. “Part of the things that we have started doing this year is to see how we increase our budgetary allocation on the health sector,” the governor said.

Nigeria Hasn’t Paid Sufficient Attention To Building Diagnostic Infrastructure

   One of the biggest challenges confronting Nigeria’s war against the COVID-19 pandemic is the limited diagnostic infrastructure in the country, according to the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu.

   The NCDC boss attributed the challenge to decades of neglect. Dr. Ihekweazu stated this during his appearance on The Platform on Saturday. He was responding to a question, posed by Convener of The Platform, Pastor Poju Oyemade.about what he considered the most difficult challenge in managing the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria.