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Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:17

Gov’s excesses in Covid-19 lockdown measures

Governors across the 36 states of the federation have adopted various measures in efforts to prevent and contain the spread of the coronavirus in their states. However some of these governors have exhibited excesses in terms of their actions and measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. Rivers: Wike demolishes hotels, arrests pilots Trending and an issue still discussed on various media platforms is the demolition of two hotels by Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike. He supervised the demolition of the hotels due to violation of his lockdown order aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in the…

Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:16

Buhari receives Madagascar Covid-19 herbal mix

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Covid-19 pandemic, and reiterated that he would listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau who brought along with him the samples of the traditional medicine as shared to African nations by Madagascar, Mr Buhari said his position on all such herbal or traditional medicinal postulates had remained the same. “We have our institutions, systems and processes in the country. Any such formulations should be…

Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:13

Six killed as violence breaks out in Adamawa community

Six people were killed in ethnic violence in Adamawa state, police said Saturday, but locals put the toll higher. “Six dead bodies have been recovered from the violence which erupted on Friday,” state police spokesman, Mr Suleiman Nguroje told AFP. “It was an ethnic violence which started following a disagreement between the Hausa community and the Chabo tribe, after a tricycle accident,” Nguroje said. Scores of houses were also torched in the conflict, forcing hundreds of displaced residents to seek shelter in a school, he said. He said a joint military and police team was deployed “to maintain law and…

Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:07

US believers see message of change from God in virus

The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds. While the virus rattles the globe, causing economic hardship for millions and killing more than 80,000 Americans, the findings of the poll by the University of Chicago Divinity School and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicate that people may also be searching for deeper meaning in the devastating outbreak. Even some who don’t affiliate with organized religion, such as Lance Dejesus of Dallastown, Pa., saw a possible bigger message…

Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:05

China is set to force a '30-day calming period' on all divorcing couples

Chinese lawmakers have drafted a law to order all divorcing couples to complete a '30-day calming period' after the country saw tens of thousands of people applying for separation following the lockdown. Married couples who wish to break up must wait for a month before their request can be officially approved, the bill proposes. Officials believe the 'cooling-off period' can help partners avoid 'impulsive separation'. The bill was first proposed in 2018 after the divorce rate in the country had been increasing for the past few years. The growth continued to spike after the coronavirus lockdown, Chinese media report. During…

Sunday, 17 May 2020 05:04

Psychiatrists fear 'tsunami' of mental illness after lockdown

Psychiatrists are warning of a "tsunami" of mental illness from problems stored up during lockdown. They are particularly concerned that children and older adults are not getting the support they need because of school closures, self-isolation and fear of hospitals. In a survey, psychiatrists reported rises in emergency cases and a drop in routine appointments. They emphasised that mental-health services were still open for business. 'Patients have evaporated' "We are already seeing the devastating impact of Covid-19 on mental health, with more people in crisis," said Wendy Burn, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. "But we are just as…

Saturday, 16 May 2020 05:20

FG fixes cost of mandatory isolation to be paid by Nigerians returning from abroad

Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed Nigerian evacuees from Bangkok to pay a total of N297,600 for their hotel, isolation and quarantine upon arrival in Nigeria as a precondition for their airlift. A statement by the Embassy of Nigeria in Bangkok, Thailand, signed by Head of Chancery, Mr Nicholas Uhomoibhi said the prices were negotiated in Nigeria. “I am directed to bring to your attention due to measures that are beyond the control of Covid-19 local organizing team in Nigeria, all evacuees going to Nigeria henceforth are to now pay for their quarantine, isolation, accommodation centre or hotels before departure…

Saturday, 16 May 2020 05:19

CJN directs release of prisoners nationwide, gives guidelines

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr Tanko Muhammad has directed the release of inmates in correctional centres who have no confirmed criminal case. In a letter issued on Friday and addressed to all chief judges, states judiciaries and FCT, the CJN said there is an urgent need to decongest Nigerian prisons owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. He directed judges to embark on visits to prisons within their jurisdiction and identify those deserving of release. Muhammad also told judges to take urgent steps towards ensuring speedy dispensation of trials. According to him, available records show that the ”inmate population at various…

Saturday, 16 May 2020 05:17

FG gives ultimatum to aviation agencies to relocate to Abuja

Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, has given aviation agencies a 45-day ultimatum to relocate to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The minister noted that the directive is due to the need to reduce the cost of governance and manage scarce resources. The ministry confirmed the development in a tweet Friday. “Minister of @fmaviationng Sen.@hadisirika has given @FAAN_Official @NAMANIGERIA @NigerianCAA other, 45 days within which to relocate their corporate Hqrts in Lagos to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in line with the Presidential directives given in 2012,” the ministry said in a tweet Friday. The affected aviation agencies include Nigerian Civil…

Saturday, 16 May 2020 05:12

'Vaccine or no vaccine,' US is reopening - Trump

President Donald Trump has promised the US will reopen "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year end. He likened the vaccine project, dubbed "Operation Warp Speed", to the World War Two effort to produce the world's first nuclear weapons. But Mr Trump made clear that even without a vaccine, Americans must begin to return to their lives as normal. Many experts doubt that a coronavirus jab can be developed within a year. What is Operation Warp Speed? Speaking at a White House Rose Garden news conference on Friday, Mr Trump said…

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Friday, 15 May 2020 05:15

Sokoto, Taraba, Jigawa, Ebonyi have highest poverty rates; while Lagos, Delta, Osun, Ogun have the least. This is how other states stand

Four in every ten Nigerian (40.1 per cent) earn less than ₦377 per day, but in Sokoto, Taraba and Jigawa, about nine in ten earn that amount, according to the 2019 poverty and inequality report by Nigeria’s statistics bureau. Following closely behind these states are Ebonyi and Adamawa, where eight in ten earn ₦377 daily; as well as Zamfara, Yobe and Niger, where seven in ten earn that amount. On the flipside are states with low poverty rates: Lagos (5 in 100), Delta (6 in 100), Osun (9 in 100), Ogun (9 in 100), and Oyo (10 in 100). The…

Friday, 15 May 2020 05:13

Court slams N10m fine against SSS in suit involving Buhari’s daughter

A Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, slammed a N10 million fine against the State Security Service (SSS) over a sim card controversy lawsuit involving President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter. Hanan Buhari, the SSS and telecoms firm, MTN, were sued for human rights abuse by Mr Anthony Okolie, a man detained for 10 weeks over the use of a sim card previously used by the president’s daughter. Okolie, through his lawyer, Mr Tope Akinyode, had demanded N500 million “as general and aggravated damages for the gross and unlawful violation of the applicant’s right to acquire moveable properties, freedom…

Friday, 15 May 2020 05:11

Lockdown: Nigeria records declining hospital attendance, health services

Covid-19 pandemic is taking its toll on all health services in the country as the Federal Government says outpatient visits to hospitals nationwide have reduced by half. Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who stated this on Thursday at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, said that latest statistics obtained by Federal Government showed that pregnant women and other outpatients’ visits to hospitals had dropped by half. He also said immunisation services had reduced by half. Ehanire, however, said the gradual easing of the lockdown in the country would address the problems. Although Nigeria recorded its…

Friday, 15 May 2020 05:10

Adamawa, Gombe ease lockdown as markets, worship centres re-open

Governments of Adamawa and Gombe have lifted the lockdown in their states. Both states had ordered the lockdown as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, press secretary to governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa said churches, mosques and markets can now open for activities. “Churches, Mosques and the international cattle markets under lockdown can now reopen, but must ensure social distancing with no more than 50 people at a time,” the statement read. “Other measures include provision of hand sanitisers or washing of hands and temperature checks at the point of…

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