By Balogun Damilola Some Lagos residents on Thursday expressed mixed feelings on the planned ease of lockdown of the state. The state has been on lockdown for a month now in an effort to reduce the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). President Muhammadu Buhari announced gradual relaxation of the lockdown in a nationwide broadcast on Monday night. He said that gradual opening of Lagos, Ogun and Abuja would begin on May 4. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), some Lagos residents hailed the decision while the others expressed worry that the relaxation could result in…
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By Balogun Damilola The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is currently “struggling” for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state which has the highest number of persons infected by coronavirus in Nigeria. There are 947 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos alone and 187 of these patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Speaking the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of NCDC, said efforts are being made to change strategy in order not to allow the inadequate bed spaces affect the fight against…
By Balogun Damilola The football season in France has been declared over following a league vote on Thursday, with Paris Saint-Germain being named as champions. PSG topped the Ligue 1 table by 12 points from Marseille when the season was suspended in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak, which has gone on to kill more than 24,000 people in France. The league’s announcement comes after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday that “professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart” because of the risks linked to the pandemic. More details later… [AFP]
By Balogun Damilola Pensioners under the umbrella of Contributory Pensioners Association, Ogun State branch, have cried out to the Federal Government and the Pension Commission to pay their 16 months accumulated pension arrears and gratuities. The senior citizens wondered on what could be responsible for the delay in payment of their entitlements, having undergone biometric exercise. The pensioners while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, on Thursday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct those concerned to offset the pension arrears in no distance time. They accused the FG of being irresponsible to their plights for not considering them as the…
By Balogun Damilola The Federal Government of Nigeria(FGN) ordered reopening of offices and businesses in Abuja on Monday 4th May http://2020.By implication,Monday will terminate the lockdown regime slammed on Abuja because of Covid-19 pandemic. No effort is required to discern that quintessential scientific variables were not perused. And globally certified proceedures followed before arriving at the decision.Thus, the decision was masterminded by political and economic reasons that don’t have a base in empirical evidences of surge or spread of the disease, nationally. Let us juxtapose this decision with some commonsensical proceedures: (a) Has the FGN and owners of private properties…
By Balogun Damilola Popular dancer and video vixen, LD, also known as Picture Kodak has died. She died on Wednesday, April 29. Although the cause of death has not been announced by her family or management, there are speculations from friends, colleagues and social media comments that she was electrocuted while charging her phone at a video director’s home in Omole Estate, Lagos. She was confirmed dead after being rushed to a nearby hospital also in Omole Estate. Her death has sparked various comments on social media with many entertainers, especially those who knew her personally or worked with…
Balogun Damilola The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has commended the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom for his proactive approach in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the State. NCDC said the approach of Ortom and his team had been instrumental to the success so far recorded in the fight against the spread of the virus in the State. Representative of the agency, Professor Stephen Abba stated this on Wednesday when he presented a report on COVID-19 to Ortom and the State Action Committee at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, the State capital. Abba said the…
By Balogun Damilola The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed that the 16 new COVID-19 cases in the state are Almajiris who came from Kano. Their test results returned positive from a sample of 40 persons whose test results were released on Thursday, raising the number of active Covid-19 cases in Kaduna State from nine to 25. A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni also said that one of the 17 cases announced by NCDC on Wednesday was a repeat test from an existing patient, According to her, “The high number of positive…
By Balogun Damilola The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Nabiam, and three ministers, on Wednesday, tested positive for Coronavirus. Health Minister, Antonio Deuna, confirmed this, revealing that they were being quarantined presently at a hotel in the country’s capital, Bissau. It was learnt that some members of the cabinet: Interior Minister Botche Cande and two secretaries of state, Mario Fambe and Monica Buaro were also infected. So far, Guinea-Bissau has recorded 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with one death, and 18 recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo had also extended the…
By Balogun Damilola No end in sight as to when the world will finally break even from the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic globally as about 3,232,061 cases have been recorded globally. There have been over 228,504 deaths recorded also as that 10:00 am 30th April 2020. About a third of the COVID-19 cases recorded globally have also recovered putting the figure at 1,007,865. As at 11:55pm 29th of April 2020, Nigeria alone recorded 196 new cases, which is about one of the highest numbers recorded in a single day. Lagos, being the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria 931 confirmed cases.