By Balogun Damilola Three weeks after the announcement of ongoing discussions to use a part of the Landmark Village as the site for the isolation and treatment centre for Coronavirus patients in Eti-Osa Local Government Area, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has recently unveiled the completed 80-bed Centre. The facility, which is a standard isolation and treatment centre constructed and fitted to specification was delivered through a tripartite public-private partnership (PPP) consisting of Landmark Africa, the state government and the Young Presidents’ Association (YPO), representing various private individuals and corporate donors. Speaking during the unveiling ceremony, Sanwo-Olu lauded the…
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By Balogun Damilola Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says the easing of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) was not a mistake. After five weeks under a lockdown declared by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 30, restriction of movement in Lagos, Ogun and FCT was partially relaxed on Monday. YemieFash reported that many residents of these areas openly flouted the guidelines issued for the lockdown relaxation, as there was disregard for physical distancing, especially in banks and buses. However, the NCDC DG insists that the federal government’s…
By Balogun Damilola Troops of Nigerian Army have yet again killed another 78 Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters while seven gun trucks that belonged to Boko Haram were destroyed. As confirmed by both aerial and human intelligence of Nigerian Armed Forces, this latest victory was recorded between May 1 and May 2, 2020 around the Timbuktu Triangle general area by the offensive support group of Operation Kantana Jimlan. In a similar trend of success, not less than 16 high profile informants of Boko Haram haven been caught in the dragnet of the troops of Nigeria Army within the…
By Balogun Damilola 1. The ongoing subsidiary operation in the North East Theatre of Operation codenamed ‘Operation KANTANA JIMLAN’ being conducted as part of the conclusive phase of Operation LAFIYA DOLE is already recording monumental successes. The operation which is being conducted preparatory to the final routing of BHT/ISWAP criminals from the Nigerian Territory by the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and coordinated by the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has intensified on various fronts especially within the Timbuktu triangle, leaving the criminal elements and their leadership in complete disarray and thus setting the conditions…
By Balogun Damilola The Defence Headquaters says the Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have eliminated 134 Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and arrested 16 informants in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche disclosed that the success was recorded in the ongoing subsidiary operation in the North East Theatre of Operation code-named ‘Operation Kantana Jimlan. He said the operation, being conducted as part of the conclusive phase of OPLD, was already recording monumental successes. According to him, the operation is being conducted…
By Balogun Damilola Police Commander, Atiku Mohammed Nagodi has died. The late Atiku was a popular police officer and Squadron Commander 9 Police Mobile Force, Kano state. He died earlier today. According to a Police Superintendent identified as Abdullahi Bala Rano, who shared the sad news on Facebook, the cause of the squadron commander’s death is yet to be disclosed. Atiku is the latest victim of ‘strange deaths’ recorded in Kano.
By Balogun Damilola The Osun state government has announced the recovery and discharge of eight COVID-19 patients, including a two-year-old child. Rafiu Isamotu, commissioner for health, broke the news on Monday night. He said although the state has not recorded any new case in the last 24 hours, it is awaiting test result of one sample sent to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) accredited testing centre at African Centre of Excellence in Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Ede. According to him, with the recovery and discharge of eight persons, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state…
By Balogun Damilola Fourteen patients who were receiving treatment for coronavirus in Lagos have been discharged after recovering from the disease. The ministry of health in the state broke the news in a tweet on Monday. The tweet said six females and eight males were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, Onikan, LUTH and Eti-Osa. “Lagos has announced the discharge of another 14 #COVIDー19 patients, This was disclosed in a tweet by the Ministry of Health in Lagos State. The patients discharged are from Yaba, Onikan, LUTH & Eti-Osa (Landmark) Isolation facilities.
By Balogun Damilola Three persons who are members of the Ondo State COVID-19 team have been reportedly infected with the deadly coronavirus disease. The victims who included a driver and two casual health workers were among the recent cases discovered in the state. The state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, disclosed this on Monday while speaking with journalists at the government house, Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital. According to the governor, the trio contacted the disease in the course of saving people’s lives at the Infectious Disease Hospital in the state. Akeredolu explained that the driver’s duty was to take…
By Balogun Damilola Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government yesterday expressed worry over-relaxation of the lockdown in the State, disclosing that 16 members of the Medical Guild have been infected with COVID-19. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo who explained that the doctors were in a stable condition also disclosed that to prevent more doctors from testing positive to the disease, they have adopted the slogan of no personal protective equipment, no work.