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       457 new cases of   # COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-137 FCT-76 Plateau-40 Rivers-35 Enugu-34 Oyo-25 Abia-23 Delta-12 Edo-11 Ebonyi-11 Cross River-10 Kwara-10 Kaduna-9 Anambra-7 Ogun-5 Imo-3 Bauchi-3 Osun-2 Nasarawa-2 Kano-1 Ekiti-1 44,890 confirmed 32,165 discharged 927 deaths. One more photo below.

      Ado-Ekiti – Wednesday, August 05, 2020. OPENING &GENERAL UPDATE Ekiti kete, it is my delight to address you, yet again on the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Let me first and foremost thank you for your prayers, solidarity, calls, messages and goodwill during the period of my isolation and treatment for COVID-19. I thank God that I am now certified free of the virus after 10 days of isolation and treatment during which I took two separate tests which eventually came back negative. I deeply appreciate your concerns and prayers during this trying time. The fact I could contract the virus in spite of the conscious effort to protect myself and people around me underscores my consistent warnings that we should never take things for granted. It also proves that indeed the virus is real and here, and that, it is a respecter of no persons. That is why I have always maintained that we cannot be vigilant enough until we have collectively come to the end of this pa...

      Following the impeachment of the suspended Chairman of Qua’an Pan Local Government Hon. Isaac Kwallu by the Legislative Arm of the LGA, Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has sworn in the Deputy Chairman Hon. Abdulmalik Yusuf Haruna as substantive Executive Chairman. At a brief ceremony at the New Government House Little Rayfield-Jos, Governor Lalong said the event was coming in rather unusual circumstances because of the impeachment of the former Chairman by members of the Legislative Arm who had accused him on various acts of misconduct. He also recalled that the former Chairman was earlier suspended by the Plateau State House of Assembly. Given this development and in line with extant laws, he said it became necessary to swear in the former Deputy Chairman, Hon. Abdulmalik Yusuf Haruna so as to ensure that there is no vacuum in the administration of the Local Government. He charged the new Chairman to live up to the responsibility of running the Local Gov...

        Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed the removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) from Banks that gave unauthorised loans to some Local Government Chairmen in the State. Governor Wike gave the directive while swearing in the substantive Chairman of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area at Government House, Port Harcourt . He directed the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to take legal action against the defaulting Banks. Governor Wike said both the Banks and the Councils that defaulted would suffer the consequences of the illegality. He noted that the Banks cannot seek refund of the loans because they contravened extant Laws of the State. "We have taken a decision that for all those loans taken without approval, the affected accounts must leave the defaulting banks. "I have told the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to take necessary steps. The Banks cannot go and seek for refund from t...

     STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE Now that groups with hitherto proven bona fides, some religious leaders and a few in the legislature have joined the supply chain of fake news, it important that we step in to clear the false reports that the administration is absorbing repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the military. It is important for the public to know that nobody has ever been absorbed into the military from the de-radicalized Boko Haram and there is no such plan for their absorption. None of the 601 former Boko Haram members who voluntarily laid down their arms, and have recently graduated from the Federal Government's de-radicalization and rehabilitation programme, is going into the military. This is the fourth such graduation of repentant Boko Haram fighters and not one of such graduates has been absorbed into the military. The public needs to be reassured that the de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists of the Buhari admi...

     Ahead of the closure of campaign for elective position in the Nigeria Medical Association (MNA) Lagos Chapter, later today, the candidature of Tajudeen Mobolaji Salau who is vying for the post of Vice Chairman I, got another boost with the huge support galvanized by the entire old students of Falomo High School in Lagos for him from all walks of life. The man Tajudeen Salau according to them deserves the post, having served meritoriously at various capacity in the Medical Guild and the Continuous Medical Education section of the NMA Lagos. In a statement issued and signed by a staunch member of the FHS forum, Mr. Niyi Adeduro, Salau's capability and competence coupled with humane qualities was cited as basis for their rallying round him for the post. "Tajudeen Mobolaji Salau is a good friend and colleague of ours while in the high school and the entire old students of Falomo High school make bold to say he is good to go for the task ahead having proven his worth ...

    A young boy, Onyekachukwu Okoye from Umubele Village , Awka, Anambra State constructed a prototype of Amawbia Flyover using Cardboard sheets, Straws , Plywood , Phone batteries , etc. He is known by his friends as someone with extrasensory perception and high creative ingenuity when it comes to Arts and structural construction.Wow am impressed.More photos below.

     *ABANDONED CHILD* On the 4/8/2020 the Commander Nnokwa Vigilante group in Umueshi Village Nnokwa ,Idemili South LGA of Anambra State reported at Nnobi Police Station.That a baby girl of about 2 months old was abandoned by unknown person inside Nnokwa bush and left crying. Following the report,police operatives visited the scene, rescued the baby alive but very sick and rushed her to Chukwu Nonso Hospital for medical attention. Meanwhile,the baby is gradually responding to treatment and will be handed over to the Social Welfare for proper care while effort is ongoing to trace the parent in order to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident Anyone with useful information about the child should report at Nnobi Divisional Police Station or contact PPRO Anambra State Police Command through GSM no 08060970639, please. *SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO* Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.

     By Jimin Geoffrey Governor Samuel Ortom today swore in Dr. Emmanuel Saleh Ikwulono as Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services to replace Dr. Sunday Ongbabo who resigned his appointment a week ago. The Governor while performing the swearing-in ceremony, acknowledged the importance of the health ministry to healthcare delivery especially at the time of COVID-19, stressing that it cannot be left without a commissioner for too long. He described Dr. Ikwulono as a good replacement for the outgone commissioner based on his credentials, noting that his appointment was based on merit and competence. Governor Ortom charged health practitioners in the state to also give attention to other health challenges such as diabetes, hypethitis, malaria, typhoid among others which he noted are responsible for many deaths in the society. The Governor who called on all stakeholders to join hands with the commissioner for enhanced service delivery in the health...

     Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday August 5, 2020, committed one Bashir Ali to six months in prison for fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on one-count charge of misappropriation to the tune of N484, 600.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty-four Thousand, Six Hundred Naira). The charge read, “That you, Bashir Ali so metime in 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, being entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: N484,600.00 to Tanya Afro-Vet Consult Limited being the proceeds of sales of livestock feeds and drugs, did dishonestly misappropriate the entire sum and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Laws of Borno State Cap 102 Vol.3 0f 1994 and punishable under Section 312 of the same Law.” He pleaded guilty, upon which prosecution counsel, Benjamin Lawal Manji,...

     In further fulfilment of its constitutional role of providing aid to civil authority, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is set to commence airlifting thousands of medical materials and other consumables, procured by the West African Health Organization (WAHO) for distribution to 14 member nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria inclusive, to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The airlift of the medical supplies is in fulfillment of the promise made by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the ECOWAS COVID-19 Response Coordination “Champion”, that Nigeria would provide logistics support to ensure the items are distributed to all countries in the Sub-Region. The 13 other ECOWAS countries are; Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cape Verde, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali and the Republic of Benin. The medical materials...

     The Lagos Government has reviewed the Land Use Charge (LUC) Law by reversing the rates to pre-2018, thereby undertaking reforms to reduce financial pressure on citizens and accommodating the agitations of Lagosians in respect of the exorbitant rates. The Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, who revealed this on Wednesday during a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa Ikeja, also disclosed that the penalties for 2017, 2018 and 2019 have been waived which translates to over N5 billion potential revenue relinquished by the State Government. While also revealing that multiple payment channels for the collection of the LUC have also been created by the Ministry to further ease the mode of payment including the use of online channels, Olowo maintained that the downward review and reforms of the Land Use Charge (LUC) shows that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is concerned about ameliorating the financial pressure on Lagosians, especially duri...