Category: Covid 19

Uncategorized April 24, 2020

Nigerian-Canadian doctor, Dayo Olakulehin, designed an emergency ventilator that is attracting global attention following COVID-19

by Chris Halliday | Orangeville Banner

With Ontario calling on its “best and brightest minds” to combat coronavirus, an Orangeville businessman, a Nigerian-born doctor and his partners are close to bringing an affordable emergency ventilator to market. The LifeAir G1 is based on an initial design by Dayo Olakulehin, a former doctor in Nigeria who immigrated to Canada with the concept of designing an inexpensive ventilator that could save lives and be affordable for developing nations.

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Opinion April 23, 2020February 15, 2022

COVID-19 and Its Effect on Black Arts in San Francisco

How will the impact of COVID-19 translate to Black arts communities and organizations which showcase artists from the African Diaspora? Many of these organizations and artists were already struggling due to low patronage and lack of public arts funding support. How will institutions like the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) weather the COVID-19 storm?

By Tyra Fennell | The RegistryBayArea.com

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Video April 20, 2020

New York based United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohamed, speaks on Covid 19 response

Nigerian Amina Mohamed, New York based United Nations Deputy Secretary-General speaks on Covid 19 response.

Video April 20, 2020

Watch “One more Ugandan dies of COVID-19 in the U.S”

One more Ugandan dies of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Covid 19 April 13, 2020

COVID-19 Kills former Liberian defense minister, Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu

By Cholo Brooks | Global News Network

PHILADELPHIA – Mr. Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, who served as Defense Minister for Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front (NPFL) has fallen prey to the deadly hands of COVID 19, according to the FPA quoting family sources, Mr. Woewiyu died in the US city of Philadelphia.

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Video April 11, 2020

Some faces of Nigerians diaspora who have succumbed to Covid 19

Communities April 7, 2020

Minnesota’s African immigrants and refugees rally to overcome quarantine hardships

By MAYA RAO | Star Tribune

Khadija Ali has seen the interpreting side of her language business in Minneapolis drastically decline amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The local governments, universities and health care clinics that used to hire her staff aren’t calling as much as they reduce face-to-face interactions.

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Uncategorized April 6, 2020

Somali Woman Sews Face Masks for Minnesota Health Care Workers Battling Coronavirus Pandemic

By ABDIRAHMAN MOHAMED | SAHAN JOURNAL

Minnesotans like Nadira Mohamed have found themselves drawn into the state’s “all hands on deck” approach to mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Nadira received an email from a professor at the University of Minnesota’s College of Pharmacy asking students and faculty for help in creating masks for medical staff. Just weeks away from graduating with her doctorate in pharmacy, Nadira knew that her mother, Hawa Elmi, was the perfect person to turn to for assistance.

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News April 5, 2020

Three Nigerians die of coronavirus in US

By News Agency of Nigeria

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, has confirmed the death of three Nigerians from the coronavirus disease in the United States. Okoyen made the announcement in a statement in New York on Saturday evening.

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Health April 3, 2020

COVID-19 Kills 3 Ghanaians in New York

By Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman | Adom Radio

Three Ghanaians living in New York have succumbed to Covid 19. The Information Officer at the Consular office of the Ghanian Embassy in New York, Kofi Ameyaw, confirmed this during a radio interview in Ghana.

He said the deceased were two women and a man who was also a pastor in New York.