The Federal Executive Council, FEC approved the sum of N623.7 million to the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS for the purchase of computers for its zonal and area commands. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed told newsmen after the FEC meeting at the State House on Wednesday that the approval was made after a memo was presented by the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed. “The Minister of Finance presented a memo for the award of contract for 1, 200 units of coloured printers and desktop computers for human resources and accounting management systems across zones and area commands of the Nigeria Customs Service,…
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Three doctors and five nurses have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus at Mushin General Hospital in Lagos State, The Punch reports. An official of the hospital, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that a health worker had fallen sick about two weeks ago and was being treated for malaria when a nurse suspected that they were handling a coronavirus case. Punch gathered that some personnel of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC took the samples of the sick worker and the two officials (the nurse and a doctor) who attended to her. The results of the patient…
A former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has said hydroxychloroquine, which was touted by US president, Donald Trump as a remedy for coronavirus, was among the medications he used to treat the disease. Okupe who, together with his wife, recently recovered from the virus disease, after about two weeks receiving treatment at an isolation centre in Sagamu, Ogun State, made the disclosure late night Wednesday while stressing that there has not been a consensus yet amongst scientists on a particular treatment method for the lethal virus. He said in a post on Twitter: “My medications for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine…
President Muhammadu Buhari, President Of Nigeria 200 years ago the Aare Kakanfo of the ancient Oyo Empire and the self-proclaimed Oba of Ilorin, Aare Afonja, rebelled against the Alaafin of Oyo and entered into a military alliance with a Fulani advisor, sorcerer and mercenary by the name of Alimi. Predictably Alimi betrayed him and he ended up being tortured, dethroned and murdered. Not only did Alimi and his Fulani warriors kill him but they also murdered all his sons in the most cruel and barbaric fashion. Alimi and his family took the throne for themselves and consequently the Oyo Empire,…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has affirmed Duoye Diri as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa State. Timi Alaibe, an aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, had filed a suit challenging the emergence of Diri as the legitimate winner of the party’s primaries held on September 3, 2019 and described the election as ‘a flawed process’. But the court on Tuesday threw away the suit filed by former PDP Bayelsa governorship aspirant for lacking in merit and upheld the earlier judgment of a Federal High Court in Owerri. More details soon.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E-Money, over his flamboyant lifestyle and flagrant abuse of police escorts, The Punch reports. An order was issued to the Lagos State Police Command to also withdraw the six policemen attached to Okonkwo over his alleged abuse of the personnel as domestic servants. “We received a signal from the Force headquarters on Monday that the police detail of music executive, E-Money, be immediately withdrawn and an investigation into the man be launched, a police officer told The Punch. “The…
The Presidency announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has lost a nephew, Muritala Dauda. Presidential media aide, Garba Shehu made the confirmation in a statement in Abuja on Friday but gave no details on the cause of the deceased. Shehu said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled the members of his extended family and Daura community at large following the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda, Mallam Mamman Daura’s younger brother. “May Allah forgive his gentle soul and reward his goods deeds with aljanna.”
Some coronavirus patients in Gombe State have taken to the street to protest over poor welfare provision in the state. While health officials were able to restore calm to patients at the hospital, those at the isolation centre were so wild to tame. Possibly mixed with villagers, the patients blocked a major highway in the state to ensure their grievances were clearly sent out to authorities in the state. Some of the patients eventually fled the isolation centre reportedly, while others returned at the end of the protest. A resident, who craved anonymity, told The Cable on Friday that the…
A group known as Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has called on governors of the five South-Eastern states in Nigeria to repatriate all almajiri children in their territory. Okechukwu Isigusoro, the President-General of the organisation, and Nnabuike Okwu, the Secretary-General also said, in a statement, that the interception of children from Kano by the Enugu COVID-19 Task Force should be investigated as well. The statement reads: “We, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, describes the interception of Kano almajiris at Enugu border by Enugu State COVID-19 Task Force as collaborative rogue operations and nefarious activities of Northern elders to export Coronavirus almajiris index…
One of the suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday attempted to escape from the Infectious Disease Hospital where he is currently being treated for coronavirus pandemic. A police source confirmed the incident to Sahara Reporters on Wednesday in Akure. He disclosed that the suspect had been adopting different tactics in a bid to escape from the hospital. According to the police source, Adamu had already been “chained to a bed” at the facility to avoid him escaping. “We noticed that each time the suspect took permission from nurses to ease himself, he…
Two coronavirus patients have died in Lagos State, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 30. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi made the disclosure on Monday via his verified Twitter handle but did not reveal details of the deceased patients. Abayomi tweeted: “#COVID19Lagos update as at 3rd of May, 2020. 39 new #COVID19 Infection confirmed in Lagos on the 3rd of May, 2020. The total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Lagos is now 1123. “2 additional #COVID19 related deaths were recorded, bringing the total of such deaths in Lagos to 30. “Let’s remember to…
On Monday, April 27, 2020, British oil and gas giant, BP, became the latest in a growing number of energy firms to declare a massive quarterly loss. Their loss was in the region of $4.4 billion dollars. Bear in mind that this was a conglomerate that posted a $2.6 billion profit in the corresponding quarter of 2019. The challenges that are already engulfing the oil and gas sector will continue to plague that industry for at least the rest of the year, and may reach apocalyptic levels sooner than we expect. As I write this, there are hundreds of crude…