By Beauty John, LAFIA Two people suspected of coronavirus are currently in isolation at the General hospital in Akwanga, Nasarawa state. One of them, a lady who hails from Ibadan is alleged to have escaped from isolation in Abuja and headed straight to Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. A source who spoke to our correspondent revealed that, “the Lady was traced through her cell phone and intercepted at the house of one Deacon Moses , behind ERCC Kurmin Tagwaye, Along Wamba road, Akwanga.” The second person, a farmer from Rinze, recently returned from selling his farm produce in Kano. His…
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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Determined to capture the children in the remote areas of the country in the Federal Government’s E-learning programme which has been upscaled during the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, parents have been asked to avail their children with transistor radio sets to key into the project.This call was made today (Monday) by Minister of State for Education, Honourable Emeka Nwajiuba who was a guest on ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Channels Television. He said that parents should equally strive to buy batteries for the children to be able to tune to the stations that run Educational…
By Akeem Oyetunji, IBADAN Akwa Ibom state governor Udom Emmanuel, is under fire for authorising the sack of the state epidemiologist in charge of Covid-19, Dr Aniekeme Uwah. Dr. Uwah’s only sin appears to be for allegedly refusing to manipulate covid-19 figures from the state and for pushing for more test to contain the deadly virus. Nigerians have taken to their Twitter handles, fuming and wondering why Dr. Uwah, who was doing the right could be sacked just because the state government felt he was not cooperating to manipulate covid-19 figures from the state. Prompt News recalls that as at Sunday…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately wade in and arrest the situation of alleged masss death in Kano.The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Sunday, also demanded an immediate investigation into the circumstances leading to reported umber of deaths in the state within the last one week.Ologbondiyan said that the PDP’s call was predicated on conflicting reports emanating from Kano State on the cause of the sudden deaths, particularly at a time when the nation was battling with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.He…
Osun state governor Gboyega Oyetola, on Sunday, confirmed the death of two patients out of the 12 newly-recorded COVID-19 cases in the state, even as he said that three health workers had also been infected with the virus.Oyetola disclosed this at the Government House in Osogbo, while addressing newsmen on the state government’s efforts to contain and manage COVID-19 in the state.The governor said that the two patients, who had underlining ailments, died in the state’s isolation/treatment centres in Ife and Ede respectively.He said that the 12 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state on Saturday, out of whom…
By Victoria Hanson, LAGOS Three more states have joined the list of States that have recorded confirmed cases of covid-19 in Nigeria. The states are: Ebonyi, Kebbi and Taraba.This is as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced 91 new cases across 15 states and FCT, bringing the total to 1,273.”91 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 43-Lagos8-Sokoto6-Taraba5-Kaduna5-Gombe3-Ondo3-FCT3-Edo3-Oyo3-Rivers3-Bauchi2-Osun1-Akwa Ibom1-Bayelsa1-Ebonyi1-Kebbi”As at 11:50pm 26th April- 1273 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.Discharged: 239, Deaths: 40,” @NCDCgov tweeted.Prompt News reports that Kano state has not recorded any new cases in four days despite the rising number of strange deaths in the state in…
Mr Patrick Giwa, the Clerk, House of Representatives, said on Sunday in Abuja, that the House would resume plenary on Tuesday, April 28, at 10.a.m. Giwa in a statement said that the guidelines to avoid spread of COVID-19 would be given to members upon resumption. “This is to inform all members of the House of Representatives that the House will now resume plenary session on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 10a.m. Members are advised to take note of the new date of resumption. “The COVID-19 guidelines approved by the Federal Government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and…
The Kebbi Government has announced the first index case of Covid-19 in the state of the 13 samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja for test. Gov Atiku Bagudu, made the disclosure on Sunday while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi. He said the victim had been sent to isolation centre, while a team of medical experts were working to trace contacts of the victims. “The victim is a 40 year old man with a travel history to Lagos State. “I, therefore, urge people of the state to continue observing the precautionary measures against COVID-19, including washing…
The Kano Government has acknowledged and decried the rising death rates in the state capital but declared that none was caused by the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Malam Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner of Information, gave the clarifications in a statement in Kano. “The state government acknowledges recent deaths in Kano, but it is on top of the situation. We have begun investigation to unravel the remote causes of the deaths. “The investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, but preliminary report of the state’s Ministry of Health indicates that the deaths are not connected to the COVID-19…
By Beauty John, LAFIA The Special Adviser to the Governor of Nasarawa State on Youth Affairs and Sports Development, Hon. Kwanta Yakubu has distributed 800 bags of rice, garri and other food items as palliatives to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. Hon. Kwanta Yakubu paid a surprise visit to Ningo/Boher community on Sunday, 26 April,2020 and distributed food items to every house hold in the community. According to the Adviser, “These palliatives are necessary and timely in-line with the fact that our Muslim brothers just commenced the Ramadan season amidst the lockdown imposed due to…