February 29, 2020

Coronavirus: Kaduna Sets Up Emergency Center

February 29, 2020 1:10 pm

The Kaduna State Government has set up an Emergency Operational Centre (EOC), to respond to any outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID -19) in the state.

The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Baloni, in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, said the development was sequel to the confirmation of the first case of COVID -19 in Lagos on Thursday.

The Federal Ministry of Health had on Thursday announced that the first case of coronavirus was discovered in Lagos.

The committee which would be chaired by the commissioner was set up to respond quickly, in the event of an outbreak …

Russia

Killings: US, UK, France, Others Attack Russia, Syria

February 29, 2020 1:10 pm
Russia and Syria are under fire from western countries in the UN Security Council over the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria on Thursday.

The soldiers died in an attack by Russia-backed Syrian government forces in the northwestern province of Idlib.

At an emergency meeting of the council in New York on Friday, the United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Belgium and Estonia condemned the attack.

Dominican Republic, Indonesia, South Africa, Vietnam, Tunisia and Niger demanded immediate ceasefire.

U.S. ambassador, Kelly Craft, described the attack as senseless and barbaric, adding that Turkey had America’s support to “respond in self-defence’’.

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Dokubo

Ex-Militant Leaders React Over Sack Of Charles Dokubo

February 29, 2020 1:10 pm

Some ex-Militant leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have described as “expected” and “commendable” the sack of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo.

They said the sack by President Mohammed Buhari, showed the present administration has the interest of the region at heart.

Buhari, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, had also ordered that a Caretaker Committee be set up to review the programme and take over its running henceforth.

Read Also: Buhari Suspends Dokubo As Chairman Of Amnesty Programme

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Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo Carpets Buhari, Says Nigeria May Fall To Pieces

February 29, 2020 1:09 pm
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership of Nigeria.

Obasanjo condemned the current state of affairs in his speech on Saturday at the Frederick Fasehun 1st Memorial Lecture.

Fasehun was a Yoruba leader and founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC).

Obasanjo stated that Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians on the basis of freedom, equality, equity, justice, fairness, peace, security, cooperation, mutual dignity, respect, shared values and shared prosperity.

“If these factors are removed, Niagara falls to pieces. But for now, we can still make hay while the sun shines”, he warned.

Obasanjo, in his lecture,

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Ondo

Ondo: Prices Of Facemask, Hand Sanitizers Skyrocket

February 29, 2020 9:17 am
Sequel to the reported case of CONVID-19 in Nigeria also known as Coronavirus, residents of Ondo State have expressed concern over the preparedness of government to combat the deadly disease.

According to some of the residents who spoke with Newsmen, they emphasized that if truly government was on top of the situation as claimed, the virus should not have found its way into the country.

This is just as facemasks and hand sanitizers suddenly became scarce commodities in the state within the few hours the virus was reported in Nigeria.

 

The case was reported to have been brought in

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Coronavirus In Nigeria: Atiku Counsels Buhari

February 29, 2020 9:16 am

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be active and decisive with coronavirus.

The first case of the killer disease was recorded in Lagos on Thursday, while 12 other countries have been hit in the last 48 hour.

In a statement on Friday, Atiku said the nation must deploy the same strategy as in the case of Ebola.

“We must call upon our experience with the Wild Ebola Virus, of which we were the first nation in the world to defeat that scourge in 2014. How did Nigeria do it? We achieved it by showing unprecedented

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Fraud: Bauchi Denies Allegations, Blasts Premium Times

February 29, 2020 9:16 am

Bauchi State Government have debunked the false allegation against the state Governor His Excellency Bala Mohammed CON (Kauran Bauchi) on the ₦3.6billion contract for the supply of vehicles. It will be recalled that with reference to the Premium Times story, of 22nd February 2020, by the above title, the story, in its entirety is, to put it mildly, a very serious distraction from the ethical governance environment, that the Bauchi State Government, under the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, CON, (Kauran Bauchi), has established in the State; a paradigm shift from the past and a vehicle that …

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Dog Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Hong Kong

February 29, 2020 9:15 am

As humans throughout the world grapple with the widespread outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a pet dog has been found to have a “low level” of the virus, a spokesperson for the Hong Kong’s agriculture, fisheries and conservation department said in a statement Friday.

Dogs, cats and other mammals owned as pets by confirmed coronavirus patients must now undergo a 14-day quarantine, the spokesperson added.

The department said the dog, whose owner was infected with coronavirus, tested “weak positive” for COVID-19 virus after its nasal and rectal samples were collected for testing earlier this week.

Read Also: Coronavirus: Uzodinma Orders

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Italy Has Spread Coronavirus To 11 Countries So Far

February 29, 2020 9:14 am

Coronavirus may have been in Italy for weeks before it was detected. Test results worry experts as new cases emerge in Nigeria, Mexico and New Zealand.

This analysis shows how the coronavirus has spread from Italy:

UK Buxton and Burbage, Derbyshire Primary school and GP surgery closed. Two people test positive.

Netherlands Two cases reported on 28 February linked to northern Italy.

France A 64-year-old man who recently returned to Annecy from Lombardy tests positive.

Denmark First case as a man returns from northern Italy on 24 February.

 

Read Also: Italian Hit By Coronavirus Attempts To Escape Lagos

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‘When I Remember Biafra Killings, I’m Still Pained’

February 29, 2020 9:13 am

Retired Major General David Jemibewon, a former military governor of Oyo State and ex-Minister of Police Affairs, discusses his childhood, profession, ideals, interests, war experience and others with SIMON UTEBOR

Having risen to become a Major General in the Nigerian Army, how would you describe your childhood?

I was born on July 20, 1940 in a place called Iyah-Gbedde in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. My parents had five children. I am the first child, followed by a set of twins – a boy and a girl. The boy died and the girl survived. The boy’s immediate …

President Buhari Keeps Mum Over Coronavirus Outbreak

February 29, 2020 9:13 am

More than 24 hours after Nigeria’s Ministry of Health announced the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to speak on the issue.

The virus, which was first identified in Wuhan, China, has spread globally, affecting more than 80,000 people in nearly 50 countries.

A yet-to-be identified Italian, who arrived in Nigeria on Febuary 24 aboard a Turkish Airline flight, brought the virus into the country.

Read Also: Buhari Appoints New Head Of Civil Service

Buhari, known to hurriedly sympathise with foreign nations during tragic occasions, is yet to address Nigerians on the …

Ogundipe

DSS To Arrest Ogundipe Who Leaked Monguno’s Letter

February 29, 2020 9:13 am

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has received orders to arrest Samuel Ogundipe, a journalist with Premium Times for writing an exclusive report which exposed a rift between the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, sources familiar with the development told SIGNAL on Saturday.

Ogundipe’s report detailed how Monguno accused Kyari of undue and dangerous interference on matters bordering on national security and subsequently fired a warning memo to all service chiefs to desist from taking further directives from Kyari.

In the letter first made public by Premium Times, …

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