By Balogun Damilola Lagos has discharged 21 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centers to reunite with the society after testing negative twice consecutively. The Incident Commander and Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a statement he signed. According to him, the discharged patients, who are all Nigerians, were made up of 17 males and 4 females Three of them were discharged from Onikan, one from Eti-Osa (LandMark), one from First Cardiology Hospital (an accredited private Isolation facility), six from Lekki and 10 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres. “With this, the total…
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By Balogun Damilola Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has given reasons why he demolished prodest hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne, both in Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Wike said the hotels were demolished after it violated an Executive Order on COVID 19, despite warnings from the State government. The Governor said that the focus on hotels was because one of the coronavirus cases in the state spread the virus from a hotel. Wike who monitored the demolition of Prodest Hotel, Alode, Eleme said his action was in line with the Rivers State Government…
By Balogun Damilola THE crisis in the Ondo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deepened weekend over consensus candidate in the October governorship election. While the party’s secretary in the ilaje council area of the state Banjo Ikunogbon claimed that a former state Publicity secretary of the party and council chairman Hon Banji Okunomo has been endorsed as party’s sole candidates amongst the three from the area, the other aspirants have punctured the claim. The other two aspirants include a former deputy governorship candidate in the 2016 election in the state, Hon Ola John Mafo, and a…
By Balogun Damilola Delta State government has gone tougher with the enforcement of the interstate lockdown restriction order as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa directs the impoundment of any vehicle violating the order. Operators of such vehicles, he said also risked prosecution. Okowa who monitored compliance of the order at some boundaries between Delta and neighbouring states weekend, directed security agents and members of the state’s Task Force at the boundaries to only allow vehicles carrying agricultural products and those on essential duties into the state. The places visited include Niger Bridge boundary between Delta and Anambra and at Alifikede, the…
By Balogun Damilola Nigerian Army troops of Super Camp1in Molai and 25 Task Force Brigade in Damboa have secured completely the Maiduguri – Damboa road for easy transportation of food items from the Southern part of Borno State and from neighboring states of Gombe and Adamawa. Report from Maiduguri has also indicated that the troops have restored complete confidence of transporters and residents of Borno State to Maiduguri-Damboa road and Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. Some residents of Maiduguri attested to the fact that the hitherto scary routes have since become the easiest routes in the state for transportation of food and…
By Balogun Damilola The World Health Organisation says the report of delaying a global warning on the coronavirus pandemic is false. Der Spiegel, a German news outlet, had published a report saying Germany’s federal intelligence service, known as the Bundesnachrichtendienst or BND, discovered that China urged the WHO not to alert the world about the pandemic early enough. It also alleged that Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, communicated over the phone on January 21. The report said WHO was asked to withhold information of a person-to-person transmission of the virus. “According to the BND, China has urged the World Health…
By Balogun Damilola Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak started, has reported its first new case of Covid-19 for more than a month. The case is one of 14 new infections reported by China’s National Health Commission. The patient, a 89-year-old man, is in critical condition and had previously been asymptomatic before testing positive, local media reported. The man’s local residential community has been put under tight restrictions following the diagnosis, according to the reports. China has reported a total of 82,901 cases and 4,633 deaths from Covid-19. Tight lockdown restrictions appear to have brought the spread…
By Balogun Damilola Ignatius Kaigama, Catholic archbishop of Abuja diocese, says the COVID-19 pandemic will determine those who are true clerics and those seeking to amass wealth. The federal government has since banned social and religious gatherings to curb the spread of COVID-19 but some clerics have protested the decision. Kaigama said pastors could still go ahead to lead their followers to heaven, whether there is pandemic or not, adding that COVID-19 “is the acid test now.” The bishop said any cleric in the church whose goal is to amass wealth is not called of God but a businessman.…
By Balogun Damilola A policeman who tested positive for Coronavirus has died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The management of the hospital confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday by the Head, Public Relations and Information, Segun Orisajo. The hospital PRO said the late officer was brought to the hospital about three days ago but died the same day. According to Orisajo, all the staff who attended to the deceased are currently on self-isolation for two weeks. He added that the body of the deceased was being prepared for release to his family…
By Balogun Damilola The United States recorded 1,568 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 78,746, according to the latest real-time tally reported by Johns Hopkins University at 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday). The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities — has now confirmed a total of 1,309,164 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.