Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has advised circumspection towards relaxing the lockdown across different states in the country, saying that such moves if not carefully done would defeat the preventive approach to COVID-19 which the peoples of the world have adopted. In a statement released by his media office on Sunday signed by Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Obi stated that “easing the lockdown in some parts of the country at this stage is not advisable” as a greater percentage of the people had not been tested for the virus infection. He…
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The King of Saudi Arabia has said it was going to relax the ongoing curfew occasioned by the rising number of coronavirus patients in the country. Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz had imposed the curfew in March to curtail the spread of the virus in the kingdom. Barely a month after the introduction of the nationwide curfew, the King has ordered a partial lift on the curfew – beginning from Sunday 26, 2020 to May 13, 2020. The new directive will allow people to go out from 9 am (0600 GMT) until 5 pm daily. The holy city of Mecca,…
Senior Pastor, Omega Fire Ministry, World wide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow he and his colleagues into Isolation centres to heal coronavirus patients in the country. In a viral online video seen by MERIDIAN SPY, the Edo born preacher said there were men of God gifted with the power of healing, nothing that they should be allowed into COVID-19 isolation centres to heal Nigerians who are infected with the virus. He stated that the only way to curtail the geometric increase in the number of infected patients in the country was to allow pastors…
Eighty-seven new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total to 1182 in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC broke the news in the early hours of Sunday morning via its verified Twitter handle. Of the 87 new cases reported, 33 were confirmed in Lagos,18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, nine in Katsina, four in Kano and Ekiti, three in Edo and Bauchi and one in Imo. 14 new patients were also discharged, bringing the total to 222 while three new deaths were confirmed, with total fatalities now 35. NCDC tweeted: “87 new cases…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 114 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The agency made the disclosure on Friday night via its verified Twitter handle. The new cases were confirmed as follows:80 in Lagos,21 in Gombe,5 in FCT,2 in Zamfara,2 in Edo,1 in Ogun,1 in Oyo,1 in Kaduna, and 1 in Sokoto. Given the above breakdown, as at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. So far, Lagos has 657 cases, Fct 138, Kano 73, Ogun 35, Gombe 30, Katsina 21, Osun 20, Edo 19, Oyo 18, Borno 12, Kwara…
Two weeks ago, Edo State joined the number of States in Nigeria with confirmed coronavirus cases. As at today, the State has fifteen confirmed COVID-19 cases as officially confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The state government had announced that it has situated COVID-19 screening centres in different local government areas of the state. The governor, Godwin Obaseki had on Wednesday tweeted via his official handle: But findings by MERIDIAN SPY proved that the said screening was only a charade stage managed by the state government to garner public applause and accolades. Earlier today, the SSG, Osarodion…
A notorious cult leader in Ugep, Cross Rivers State, popularly known as Jboy, has been killed during a clash with his gang members. A resident of the community told Sahara Reporters that Jboy and his gang belonged to a certain cult group known as the Vikings and have been terrorising persons living in Ugep for years. The source said a power tussle between the deceased and another member known as Arikpo 007 had left many in the gang dead in recent months. He said, “It’s an internal crisis within the Vikings also known as Baggers. Few months ago, there was power tussle…
Eighty-six new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), taking Nigeria’s total infections to 627. The NCDC confirmed this late on Sunday via a statement on Twitter. According to the agency, of the 86 new cases, seventy were in Lagos, seven in FCT, three in Katsina, three in Akwa Ibom, one in Jigawa, one in Bauchi and one in Borno. One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state.Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020.
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyar, became the biggest high profile casualty of coronavirus in Nigeria as he passed away on Friday. Kyari was said to have tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24 after visits to Germany and Egypt. Education and Professional Career: Kyari, a Borno State indigene, earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1980 from the University of Warwick, England and also received a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Cambridge. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983. Kyari would also obtain a Master’s degree in law from…
To say I was shocked by Abba Kyari’s who routinely had “breathing problems” that necessitated periodic trips to London hospitals—in addition to being a diabetic who was older than 65—it would have been nothing short of miraculous if he survived COVID-19. In spite of who he was, especially the last five years of his life on earth, as a Muslim, I won’t speak ill of him in death. But I won’t write undeserving and deodorizing posthumous extolments of him, either. That would be as bad as, or even worse than, celebrating his death. With Kyari’s death, Nigeria is now truly…
Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has lost his battle to coronavirus. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, broke the news of his death on Friday night but did not go into details. The president’s chief of staff had gone on self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus late March. He had subsequently moved to Lagos for treatment. Alongside Sale Mamman, minister of power, the late chief of staff had attended a meeting in Germany with officials of Siemens to discuss issues relating to the Nigerian power sector. “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of…
The University of Benin (UNIBEN), has suspended resumption of school activities indefinitely following the ravaging increase of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country. In a statement signed by the university Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire and obtained by MERIDIAN SPY, the school management announced that it has extended resumption for both staff and students indefinitely. According to the statement, the decision by the management to suspend resumption date till further notice, was informed by both the ravaging presence of the coronavirus pandemic and the insistence from the federal ministry of Education for tertiary institutions in the country to remain under…