Day: March 30, 2020

ONDO EXPLOSION: IGP sets up special investigation team ……..sues for calm

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has set-up a Special Investigation Team to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the unfortunate tragic explosion that occurred at Ogbese near Akure, the Ondo State Capital on Friday, 27th March, 2020. The Team which is headed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CP Maikudi A. Shehu, is made up of police officers from the Police Bomb Disposal Squad (Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit) which is a specialized arm of the Police…

COVID-19 : Gov Makinde tests positive , says I remain in self-isolation …as state discharges index case after treatment

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Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Monday confirmed he has tested positive to the rampaging coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-19. The Governor who tweeted via his personal handle @seyiamakinde on Monday, said that he remain asymptomatic and would remain in isolation. He also said that he had appointed Prof Temitope Alonge, a former Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as the Head of COVID-19 Task Force while he recovers. It would be recalled that Governor Makinde was one of the Governors who attended the National…

Ooni prescribes alternative African medicine to cure Coronavirus

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The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II on Monday revealed that cure to the pandemic Coronavirus lies in the ability to explore the potentials of the alternative/natural medicine. Ooni Ogunwusi who doubled as the Co-Chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria(NCTRN) made the disclosure while addressing newsmen at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile Ife, emphasising that the Nigeria as a country and the world at large must look inward for alternative solution. “A divine proclamation came out to the world last…

STORY OF A SURVIVOR “I defeated Coronavirus…! By Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi

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Life finds ways of throwing LEMON at me. I’ve struggled w/ coming forward, but I want to inspire hope. I returned to Nigeria from the UK post-Commonwealth event (I totally enjoyed) & fell ill. As a responsible person, I self-isolated. Days after, I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. Before returning, I had planned several interviews, I was scheduled to start a fantastic consultancy job & was also expecting to sign a contract worth millions. I lost them all!!! I had to self-isolate and also inform people I came in close contact…

Lockdown: Your ID Card is Your Pass, Minister Tells Journalists

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All working journalists and other media staff in Lagos and Ogun statesas well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had been advised to use their valid Identity Cards to access their places of work and assignment venues during the 14-day lockdown directed by the President in the two states and the FCT. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the clarification became necessary in view of the inadequate time to properly accredit working journalists in the affected states and…

Nigeria Must Not Waste the Opportunity Called COVID-19 Crisis, By ‘Tope Fasua

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This COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant shutdowns and global panic offer us an opportunity to throw away the box in which we have imprisoned our minds for too long as a people; as it pertains to our economics that is. Why have all the indices come up short for us. No light. No water. Stinking environments. No public housing. No health systems. Nothing! Who do we think will invest in them for us and our people? First the bad news. Expect no less than a global economic depression in the…

COVID-19: Benue index case cries to Buhari, British govt to rescue her from Ortom

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A 54-year old Susan Okpe, who was said to be the Benue index case of Corona Virus, has called on President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria and the British Government, to evacuate her from Benue state. Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom had on Saturday, 28th March, announced that Mrs. Okpe was the Benue’s first recorded case of Corona Virus, also known as COVID-19. Mrs. Okpe, a British Nigerian, arrived the country on Saturday, 21st March via Kenya Airway, for the burial of her mother slated to hold early next…

A thorn in the flesh By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

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Contrary to their machinations, he keeps bouncing back in rejuvenated rapidity. They pronounced him dead, he resurrected in frightening vitality exuding more zest and life. Not done with their constricted venom, they acted a script and wore him a garment of shame but they forgot to involve God in their design. Not satisfied with their venom mills, they went to town with the narrative of a cloned man. They called him Jubril of Sudan and the world laughed at their stupidity. For everything he does, they fume in venom, purging…

Covid-19: Institute Urges FG To Completely Shutdown Movements, Others

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The Mediation Training Institute (MTI) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order a complete shutdown of non-essential activities and movements and ask Nigerians to self-isolate for an initial period of twenty-one 21 days, starting from 12noon on Monday 30 March, 2020. This is even as the institute stressed that only security officers should be on the road to enforce the Presidential order, while medical practitioners cater for the sick. The institute in a letter to President Buhari with a copy made available to Journalists yesterday in Abuja, signed by…

Gov Sani-Bello urges Nigerians to unite against corona virus ……extends curfew from 10am to 12 midnight

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has called on Nigerians to shun their differences and unite to combat the deadly corona virus ( COVID-19) disease. Governor Sani Bello, who made the call at a media briefing held in Government House, Minna, expressed happiness for testing negative to the dreaded COVID-19 while also sad about the positive result of others. According to him, despite been tested negative, self-isolation will continue for him and his cabinet members, adding that in the next few weeks, a true picture of the state’s Corona virus…