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     196 new cases of #COVID19 reported;‬ ‪87-Lagos‬ ‪24-Kano‬ ‪18-Gombe‬ ‪17-Kaduna‬ ‪16-FCT‬ ‪10-Katsina‬ ‪8-Sokoto‬ ‪7-Edo‬ ‪6-Borno‬ ‪1-Yobe‬ ‪1-Ebonyi‬ 1-Adamawa ‪As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of  # COVID19  reported in Nigeria.‬ ‪Discharged: 307‬ ‪Deaths: 51 As at April 29th 2020, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory Visit covid19.ncdc.gov.ng for a breakdown of confirmed cases in each state and other details. One more photo below.

      April 29, 2020 Press Statement COVID-19: PDP Queries PTF Over N5bn Presidential Grant to NCDC...Says Fund Should Be Channeled to Research, Drugs, Equipment The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to immediately account for the N5 billion released by President Muhammadu Buhari, as special intervention fund to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). The PDP’s demand is predicated on allegations that the PTF has shrouded the funds in unnecessary administrative bottlenecks and unwarranted political control, which are impeding the smooth running of activities of the NCDC. PDP is very worried over the recent frightening complains by the NCDC that it was in desperate need of essential COVID-19 extraction kits required to tackle the pandemic and safeguard Nigerians at this critical time. This is in addition to the failure by President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to urgently mobilize home grown researches into C

     The Bollywood star was among the first Indian actors to make a consistent mark in Western cinema and had appeared in several Hollywood pictures, including "Life of Pi" and "Slumdog Millionaire''. Indian film star Irrfan Khan has died at the age of 53 after a prolonged battle with cancer, his publicist said on Wednesday. "Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who fought till the very end and always inspired everyone who came close to him," his publicist said in a statement. Khan's international movie career included Hollywood hits such as  Slumdog Millionaire ,  Life of Pi  and  The Amazing Spider-Man . Alongside Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth and Om Puri, Khan was among the first line of Indian actors to leave a mark in Hollywood and Anglo-American cinema. "I never knew I would be so sad — I felt a punch in my heart," Adil Hussain, who was in  Life of Pi  with Khan, told DW. "He was able to express himself with the utmost vul

     ZAMFARA STATE GOVT HOUSE Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has condoled his Adamawa State counterpart, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri over the loss of his mother. Governor Matawalle said he received the news of Hajiya Fatima Ahmadu Badami's death with great shock, but said the Will of Allah always suffice. He described the deceased as an astitute mother who gave his college all the good qualities of a responsible human being and a great leader. "Indeed, we love our mother very much, but Allah loves her most and has taken her away especially in this very sacred and bountiful month of Ramadan", Governor Matawalle observed. He called on his colleague to bear the pains of this irreparable loss with great courage and feel more comfortable that she has returned to her Lord as a fulfilled mother. "Only Allah can reward her for her efforts in bringing you up to this level in your life", Governor Matawalle advised. "On behalf of myself, my family 

     The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed the plans of his administration to provide palliatives to twenty thousand youths across the twenty Local Government Areas of the State. Prince Dapo Abiodun, who made this known at the Arcade Ground, Governor's Office, Oke-Mosan, when he received the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who came to present two motorised modular fumigators - an initiativ e of the House of Oduduwa Machine Tools - to the State Government, said that the initiative to give palliatives to youths across the twenty LGAs is meant for the poor and vulnerable youths across the State. "Our promise is that we will continue to provide for as many people as possible. We have decided that our next target is going to our youths because they are also vulnerable. They are not elderly, but many of them are poor and vulnerable, so we have decided that we are going to identify about a thousand youths per Local Government Area across the twenty LGAs,

     …Businesses, Markets, Malls Get 6-Hour Operation Time …All Public Transport Vehicles Must Not Carry Above 60 Per Cent Of Full Capacity Ahead of the Monday expiration of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos State Government has introduced strict framework for movement and re-opening of businesses. The set of new guidelines, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said in his ninth briefing at the State House in Marina, are to safeguard the gains which the State had made in the past four weeks in the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From next Monday, Sanwo-Olu said the State Government will be implementing the dusk-to-dawn curfew announced by President Muhammadu Buhari last Monday as part of the phased measures to reduce risk of contagion of the COVID-19 disease among the residents and to consolidate on the response strategy deployed to combat the pandemic. The Governor’s new framew

  Though their location was not made known to the public,but this Nigerian couple got married at home during this covid-19.This was termed as the best wedding ever because they spent less and still had fun and in the eyes of God,they are married.Congratulations to them.More photos below.

     A day after it was revealed the 25-year-old model is around 20 weeks pregnant with the 27-year-old former One Direction star's child, TMZ has claimed the pair will be parents to a daughter. Family sources told   TMZ   that the pair "have been informed that the sex of their forthcoming child together will be female". They posed together in a snap at the weekend as she celebrated her 25th birthday, with Zayn standing between the two sisters with his hand on Gigi’s waist in one snap. The pair are thought to have rekindled their relationship in December after a break and were spotted together in New York in January, suggesting things were back on track. Fashion-watchers have noticed her wearing increasingly loose clothing in public recently, where once she was keen to show off her figure.Zayn and Gigi first began dating in 2015 after meeting on the set of the video for his song Pillow Talk. However, The Sun revealed that they had called it quits in March 2018 -

      OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT *How Nigeria is responding to pandemic Though Nigeria’s massive population constitute a challenge in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, the advantage of being able to manage the issues in smaller measure through the states and so develop best practices has enabled authorities to reassess responses across sub-nationals and adjust where necessary. Equally, providing support to small businesses in the informal sector should be a priority for all economies aiming at lessening any adverse effect of the pandemic on the economy. These views were expressed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Wednesday at a virtual conference entitled “How Africa's Informal Sector Reacts to COVID-19”, organized by  Africa.com. Besides the Vice President, others who spoke at the webinar were President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana; Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics, Yale University; and Amandla Ooko-Ombaka,

         Bishop Peter Okpalake who was rejected by Mbaise People will today be installed as the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Catholic diocese in Anambra State. Let's take a flashback: Bishop Peter Okpalake if you recall was the Catholic bishop- elect for Mbaise diocese in Imo state till about two years ago when he was removed. His life was made unbearable by the people of Mbaise. He was insulted on several occasions and made not to officiate mass during his reign by the locals in Mbaise. The Mbaise locals took all forms of violent approach to make life unbearable for Okpalake. The Mbaise locals wanted their own person as Bishop instead of an outsider from Anambra. The information got to Vatican. Okpalake had to resign for peace to reign in Ahiara. Today, Okpalake was officially installed as Bishop of a bigger New Diocese Ekwulobia..One more photo below.

    Troops of Sector 1 Operation LAFIYA DOLE (OPLD) has in the last seven days engaged the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) hibernating within its own Area of Operation in the theatre. Within the period, on 22 April, 2020, troops of 121 Task Force (TF) Battalion under 26 TF Bde while in ambush position, made contact with BHTs at crossing point Pulka-Firgi road. One BHT was killed, One loaded AK 47 rifle recovered. Additionally, a motorcycle painted in Military colour along with one locally fabricated Hand grenade were also recovered. Similarly, on 24 April, 2020, troops of 192 Bn of 26 Bde deployed at Gwoza, while on night ambush operations came in contact with BHTs attempting to cross through the Mandara mountains to Sambisa Forest and in the ensuing fire fight neutralised 2 BHTs while several others escaped in disarray with gunshot wounds while a bicycle and 2 copies of the Holy Qur’an with assorted clothing items were recovered. In the same vein, on 27 April, 2020, troops of E

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cautioned members of the public against fraudulent activities of spurious dispenser and manager of funds to vulnerable Nigerians, ostensibly to cope with the discomfort associated with the lockdown measures of the Federal Government in some parts of the country. . . The Acting Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, who disclosed the strange development on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, added that some faceless elements are circulating " FREE N5000 LOCKDOWN FUNDS TO SUSTAIN DURING LOCKDOWN". . . He said, " The circulation of the fake funds is being carried out online through a phishing link via WhatsApp. The link is embedded with a link titled  https://bit.ly/free-N5000 . Whenever the link is clicked, it would redirect recipients of the message to a phishing website address  https://fg-free-funds.blogspot.com.  Visitors to this fraudulent website will find an online questionnaire from which they must respond

     The Federal Government has inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Extended Special Public Works Across the 774 Local Government Areas of the Federation, set up to devise a strategy for the implementation of that programme. Inaugurating the Committee in Abuja today, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said President Muhammadu Buhari had in October 2019 approved a pilot special public works programme, for implementation by the National Directorate for Employment (NDE) in five Local Government Areas each of eight pilot states. He added that the programme, a Federal Government job creation drive, was designed to "mitigate lack of job opportunity in the rural area through short term engagement of one thousand (1000) unemployed persons per Local Government Areas (LGA) for a period of three (3) months," with a payment of N20,000 monthly allowance to the beneficiaries. The Minister described the programme as "a dry/off season tran

    The Federal Ministry of Health has taken delivery of 100,000 face masks from JumiaNigeria as part of efforts to support the Ministry and Nigerians in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director, Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi received the donations of the 100,000 masks from JumiaNigeria on behalf of the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire at the  Ministry’s Headquarters. Dr. Adebiyi further conveyed the gratitude of the Honourable Minister to JumiaNigeria with a pledge to apply the donation effectively.

      The Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria has joined the ranks of faith-based organisations in the support of the Federal Government in the fight against Coronavirus by donating some food items to the Presidential Task Force. The items was received on behalf of the Chairman/ Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, by the National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, in Abuja. The PTF Chairman thanked the Ansar-ud-Deen Society for coming to the aid of the Task Force by making such donation in the aid of the poor and vulnerable in the society. He observed with gratitude the compliance level of the Society with regard to the ban on mass gathering in the form of worship in the mosques as well as adherence to the social/ physical distancing policy on COVID-19. He said that faith-based organisations have continued to lend their support to the activities of the PTF noting that such support was what was required to curtail the pandemic urging other organisations to follow

     This heartwarming Ventilator Prototype was produced by Mr Zoe Jerry Mallo in Jos to assist in treating COVID-19 patients in ICU and related respiratory illness. I have forwarded pictures of this Machine to some officials in Abuja to make immediate contact with Mr Mallo. We can’t be celebrating Senegal and Madagascar alone, while we have our own inventor in Jos, Nigeria. Congratulations! - Chidi Cali. One more photo below.