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      Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 2 in Lagos 2 in Kwara 1 in Katsina As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of  # COVID19  reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria As at 09:10 pm 12th April, there are 323 confirmed cases 85 discharged 10 deaths Lagos- 176 FCT- 56 Osun- 20 Edo- 12 Oyo- 11 Ogun- 7 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 5 Katsina-5 Kwara- 4 Delta- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Ondo- 2 Benue- 1 Niger- 1 Anambra- 1 Kano-1

      Dear citizens, As we commemorate the sacrifice of Love this Easter, I bring to you more awesome news from our isolation facilities. Today, five more patients; four females, and one male have been discharged to reunite with their families and the society. The patients were discharged having recovered fully and tested negative twice consecutively to COVID19. With the newly discharged patients, we now have a total of 55 people that have been successfully managed for COVID19 at our isolation facilities and discharged to the community. This news, especially on this auspicious day, gives me joy and happiness and I am sure it does to you too. While we look forward to more great news from our effort to contain the pandemic, let's all continue to show love and sacrifice for the course of humanity. Stay at home, practice Social Distancing Principle, observe highest possible personal and hand hygiene and report suspicion to appropriate persons. Let's continue to make the

     Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong on Sunday 12th April 2020 received Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila who was in Jos to condole with the family of his wife over the loss of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mildred Bisalla who died in Jos at the age of 83. Governor Lalong who received the Speaker at the Government House Rayfield Jos, described the death of Mrs. Mildred Bisalla as a great loss to the Plateau State and Nigeria as she was an epitome of humility, service and godliness. The Governor and Speaker later visited the residence of the deceased in Jos where they were received by her brother, Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi, Anglican Bishop of Jos Diocese. Governor Lalong consoled the family and urged them to accept the loss as part of life, taking joy in the fact that the deceased lived a life of love and served her generation in many ways, leaving behind worthy legacies. He said, “Mama has gone to be with the Lord and we have to accept her call to glory. She l

      The Anambra State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the Command in compliance with the directives of the Anambra State Government in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 has commenced total enforcement of lockdown order in the State with immediate effect. In view of this,the public are kindly requested to stay at home. No movement, no local transportation. The index case has been in the State since march 28th and has socialized extensively. This extreme restriction became necessary in order to identify and isolate primary and secondary contacts as well as ensure no further spread as the contact tracing is ongoing. The public is to note that the Police and all security Agencies in the State are geared to enforce this order to the letter in observance of overriding public health interest. Meanwhile,the Public are urged to utilise the following phone numbers in case of any emergency and to report observed breaches of the lockdown order or other securi

       1. The Anambra State Government has noted with dismay the sudden appearance of propaganda materials against the person purported to be the state’s coronavirus index case. The materials, including social media broadcasts, began to emerge within 24 hours after the state recorded its index case on Friday, April 10. 2. The materials are slanderous and violate all known medical ethics. They were obviously made by persons who want to raise a false alarm and create panic everywhere. The state government has not revealed the name of the index case, nor have the hospital authorities where he is receiving treatment now or has been treated in recent times. Therefore, the identity revealed on the social media broadcasts is merely speculative. 3. No COVID-19 patient anywhere has received the kind of attention given to Anambra’s index case. Yet, there are about 300 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Nigeria alone. The social media does not publish their identities until when they have been trea

     Kaduna State Government will not negotiate with bandits, anarchists and people who take life at will but it will work with security agencies to root them out, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed. The commissioner also said that the government will not compromise on security issues as it will neither relent in its efforts in tackling the criminals nor entertain any distraction. ‘’Government will not succumb to emotions and diversionary tactics. We have a constitutional and statutory responsibility to protect lives and property, and we will continue to pursue that course. Everyone must recourse to the law,’’ he added. Aruwan who stated this in an address at the maiden meeting with Major General Chukwuma Okonkwo, the new Commander of Operation Safe Haven which has its headquarter in Jos, at the sector 7 Base in Kafachan on Saturday, maintained that no one has the right to take life over any disagreement, or carry out reprisals. The com

       Breaking News: No fewer than 150 persons have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with the unrest within the Agbado Ijaiye, Sango, Ijoko and Ifo Axis of the State. Details soon. With Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun is in safe hands.More photos below.

    Pastor Brain Hill leads a drive-in Easter service on Sunday in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church Corpus Christi.Fist Baptist Church Corpus Christi had not held an in-person service since Nueces County issued a stay-at-home order to do to the COVID-19 outbreak..One more photos below.

      As efforts to bring an end to the Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19 in Nigeria continues, commendations have come the way of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC as the Kwara State governor, AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq has revealed that funds recovered by the Commission for the state have been helpful in setting up Isolation Centres as part of its strategic activities to combat the d isease. It will be recalled that among other recoveries, the Ilorin Zonal Office of EFCC, handed over N263,327,800 (Two Hundred and Sixty-three Million, Three Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira) only to the state in March 2020, being recovered money stolen from the Kwara Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS and 16 Local Government Areas of the state. AbdulRazaq, while giving an update on COVID-19 in Kwara State, said the recovered funds strengthened Kwara’s ability to put in place necessary facilities, among other counter-COVID-19 efforts, as well as revamping the state's

…Sen Grassley’s Allegation over $300m Abacha Loot against Magu Baseless . . The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has raised the alarm over the recent allegation against the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu by the United States, US Senate's Chairman, Committee on Finance, Charles E. Grassley on looted funds. . . The Commission reiterated that it is at the forefront of the transparent management of recovered funds and would not be dragged into any controversy over an allegation that has no fact or any iota of proof. . . The 86-year-old US Republican Senator had in a letter dated April 1, 2020, and addressed to the Chief Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the US Department of Justice, Deborah Connor, wrongly and maliciously accused Magu of "detaining individuals who have spoken against the Buhari government".The allegation clearly has no bearing with the operations of the EFCC nor address the painstaking efforts of Magu in tackling the men

   April 12, 2020.  The men of Vigilante Group of Nigeria has rescued a 12 years old girl from the hand of a kidnapper at the point of where tge kidnapper was stylishly taking the girl away.The girl named Ogunleye Opeyemi was rescued yesterday at St. John School, Kuto from a woman kidnapper who took to her heels when she saw the officers of VGN who suspected their interactions at Kuto, Abeokuta the capital of Ogun State.Opeyemi at Kuto, Abeokuta Opeyemi during interogation said she came from Ogere to sell pufpuf balls at kuto market so that she can be on her way to meet her parents at Sango Ota, Ogun where they reside.It was later discovered that while Opeyemi was at Ogere, she was maltreated as a house girl which prompt her trying to locate her parents at Sango Ota.The girl has been handed over to the police officers at Ibara police divisional headquaters.One more photo below.

     The Rivers State Government has said that it ordered the arrest of two pilots of Caverton Helicopters and it’s passengers, following the failure of the firm to provide them for tests by the state health authorities. It accused Caverton Helicopters of ferrying over 220 passengers into the state without allowing health professionals of the Rivers State government ascertain their coronavirus status. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, spoke on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Nsirim stated that Caverton Helicopters contravened the Executive Order of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, which required that everyone coming into the state for essential duties subject themselves to mandatory health checks to ascertain their coronavirus status. Nsirim said: “Contrary to the view being peddled by the Minister of Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika, the two pilots of Carveton Helicopters and their 10 passengers wer

Press Statement Easter: PDP Urges Nigerians To Draw Strength From God The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter to rekindle their hope and draw strength from God to overcome the challenges of live, particularly as the nation and the world in general battle the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. The party stressed that Easter, which marks the triumphant resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the death, presents a divine indication that the nation and indeed humanity will definitely triumph over the pandemic. The PDP therefore urged Nigerians not to be overcome with fear or pushed to the point of resigning to despondency following the excruciating social and economic challenges occasioned by the pandemic, but to build themselves up spiritually anchoring their hope in God. The party encouraged Nigerians to draw strength from the suffering of Jesus Christ and his resurrection on Easter which presents an eternal assurance o

      Solomon Davies an indigene of anambra state who was popularly known as Korea money by his friends was caught by the Nigerian police after series of allegations was leveled against him. The young man who is known by people for his act of spraying money in club houses was arrested after he was accused by his family members for killing his only siste r. After series of interrogations the man Confessed he used his twin for money Rituals but pretended to people to be a yahoo boy. According to him people feel he is a yahoo boy but he only pretends to be, "I was requested to use my only sister for Rituals when my yahoo business didn’t work again." The young man regretted his actions and begged his family members for forgiveness, he expressed dip regrets of his actions and begged for forgiveness from the late sister claiming "the devil was the cause''.

     United States on Saturday accused Chinese authorities of “xenophobia” toward Africans, after coronavirus cases among Nigerians unleashed a wave of evictions in the city of Guangzhou. Africans in southern China’s largest metropolis told AFP they had been kicked out of lodgings and then turned away from hotels over suspicions aroused by the Nigerian cases. “The abuse and mistreatment of Africans living and working in China is a sad reminder of how hollow the PRC-Africa partnership really is,” a State Department spokesperson said, using the acronym for the Peoples Republic of China. “At a time when we should be supporting one another to recover from a pandemic PRC officials recklessly hid from the world, Chinese officials are busy evicting African students into the streets without food or shelter.” The US in recent weeks has denounced Beijing’s lack of transparency at the start of the coronavirus epidemic, which was first detected in late 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan,

      Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Christians in the State on the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, urging them to emulate His virtues of humility, perseverance and compassion. The Governor also urged Christian faithful in the State to continue to live in peace and harmony with believers in other faiths in the State. He noted that "good neighbourliness, selflessness and patience were among the several lessons taught and exemplified by Jesus Christ". In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, Governor Sanwo-Olu reminded Lagosians that the events leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ were epochal in the annals of Christianity and humanity. The Governor therefore enjoined every citizen to reflect on how best to positively impact the lives of friends, colleagues, neighbours and family members. He added that ‘‘as Christians, this period offers us an opportunity to rethink our rela

      The Honourable Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, has warned warring factions at Ajah to desist from attacking government officials and allow peace to reign in the community. Bamgbose-Martins, who gave the warning through a statement issued by his office on Saturday, expressed concern over the attitude of the warring factions, especially during this period of  challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos. He said, "It was disheartening to read the report submitted by the Ag. Director Fire Services, Mrs. Magaret Adeseye on the incessant attacks on her staff while performing their official duties of saving the lives and property of Lagosians". "The continuous land dispute between the Ajah-ljebu and the Ajah-llaje as well as the attacks on the firefighters affected the efforts of the Agency in putting out the fire that happened in Ajah early this morning", he revealed. The Commissioner ex

     Highlights Of The Special Broadcast on Covid-19 By The Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano On Saturday, April 11, 2020. (1) Anambra regrettably recorded the first case of coronavirus on Friday, 10th April, 2020. The index case came in from Lagos and has been placed in one of the state’s Protective Care Centers. At the same time, the state has commenced aggressive Contact Tracing to ensure that everyone he came in contact with is brought into the net for professional handling that will save lives. Ndi Anambra should not panic over this. It did not take the state by surprise as the government is adequately prepared to handle the situation. Enough healthcare practitioners have been trained on how to handle Covid-19 cases and the Protective Care Centers are among the best in the country at the moment. (2) Thanks to Ndi Anambra for complying with the directive on the Covid-19 pandemic in Anambra State. Thanks to the traders in the 63 major marke