May 14, 2020

98-Year-Old Woman Survives COVID-19 In Nigeria

98-Year-Old Woman Survives COVID-19 In Nigeria

May 14, 2020 6:07 am
A 98-year-old woman in Lagos State has become the oldest COVID-19 patient to recover from the disease.

 

Lagos State Government had discharged 26 patients on Wednesday.

However, Governor Sanwo-Olu in an update, revealed that the state discharged its oldest patient in the country.

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He said, “Today, we discharged a 98 year old woman, our oldest #COVID19 patient in Lagos. She joined 25 others; 13 males and 12 females, discharged from our isolation centres after testing negative for #COVID19, bringing the total of our successfully managed and discharged patients to 528.

“As

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Prophet Odumeje Finally Reveals Source Of Wealth, Powers

Prophet Odumeje Finally Reveals Source Of Wealth, Powers

May 14, 2020 6:07 am
Controversial prophet, Chukwuemeka Odumeje has revealed that his source of wealth and power is from God.

The cleric said anyone serving the living God must be rich because God is a rich God.

He challenged anyone with proof that someone else gave him spiritual powers, to reveal it to the public

Read Also: Pastor Ashimolowo Attacks Popular Prophet, Odumeje

According to him, he preaches to members of his congregation that God shows himself through his miracles.

“If there is no miracle, there is no God.

“If God has the power it started from me so he made me rich first.

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Gambari - CUPP Raises Alarm Over Buhari’s New CoS

Gambari: CUPP Raises Alarm Over Buhari’s New CoS

May 14, 2020 6:05 am

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has expressed worry over the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Gambari, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs replaces the late Abba Kyari, who died of coronavirus complications.

CUPP spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement, said the body was aware that Gambari was a “die-hard agent of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha”.

Read Also: British Govt Reacts To Ibrahim Gambari’s Appointment

It alleged that Gambari supported “the evil execution of late Ken Saro Wiwa and annulment of June 12 election.”

CUPP said it will

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Ibrahim Gambari Breaks Silence After Appointment

Ibrahim Gambari Breaks Silence After Appointment

May 14, 2020 6:04 am
The new Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has made it clear his primary allegiance would be to President Muhammadu Buhari and not the public.

Gambari stated this while speaking to State House correspondents on Wednesday, shortly after his appointment was made official.

He thanked Buhari for deeming him worthy to serve in the new capacity and promised to serve to the best of his ability.

Read Also: British Govt Reacts To Ibrahim Gambari’s Appointment

“I thank the President of the Federal Republic for giving me the opportunity to serve him and of course, the country,” he

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Shehu Sani Reacts To Fresh Kaduna-Kajuru Massacare

Shehu Sani Reacts To Fresh Kaduna-Kajuru Massacare

May 14, 2020 6:04 am
Shehu Sani, former Kaduna lawmaker has reacted to the recent killings by bandits in Kajuru Local government area of Kaduna State.

Bandits killed eight people in a fresh attack in Gonan Rogo, Kufana District, Kajuru Local Government area of Kaduna State.

The attack happened after 17 people were on Tuesday killed in the same village.

Read Also: Kaduna Massacre: Resign IGP Over Killing Of Christians

Reacting, Sani on his Twitter page, described the massacre as a condemnable crime.

He mentioned that bandits posed immediate and lethal danger to the people of the North West despite the coronavirus pandemic.

His tweet

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FEC Headed By Buhari Approves 1.2bn Euros Loan

FEC Headed By Buhari Approves $1.2bn Loan

May 14, 2020 6:03 am
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on a Wednesday approved a loan of 1.2 billion dollars to finance the mechanisation of agriculture in the country.

Mr. Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this known on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting anchored from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The virtual meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Nanono said the planned mechanisation of agriculture would span across 632 local governments, NAN reports.

“Today, we presented a joint

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Fani-Kayode Vs Daily Trust: Presidency Mocks Ex-Minister

FG Clarifies Projects To Be Funded With Abacha Loot

May 14, 2020 6:02 am
The Presidency on Wednesday made clarification on the projects to be funded by the repatriated Sani Abacha loot.

In a statement on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, he said the recently repatriated loot will go towards only three of the Federal Government’s five priority projects.

He said the Mambilla power and East-West road projects were not included as he stated in an earlier statement.

Read Also: Abacha Loot: Buhari Opens Up On How $311m Will Be Spent

“In an earlier statement, I had mistakenly noted that the Mambilla was one of

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Wike Approves Building Of Schools On Sites Of Hotels

Wike Approves Building Of Schools On Sites Of Hotels

May 14, 2020 6:01 am

Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the building of a school at the site of the demolished hotels.

A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications made this known on Wednesday.

Recall that Wike on Sunday demolished Prodest Hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne, in Eleme Local Government Area of the state.

Read Also: PDP Sacks Youth Leader Whose Hotel Was Demolished By Wike

The hotels were demolished after it violated an Executive Order on COVID 19, despite warnings from the State government.

Speaking on the development, Nsirim stated that Prodest Hotel manager had invited the

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Borno Suspends Lockdown, Approves Religious Gatherings

Borno Suspends Lockdown, Approves Religious Gatherings

May 14, 2020 6:00 am

The Borno State Government has suspended the lockdown imposed on non-essential movement, following significant progress recorded in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state.

Alhaji Umar Kadafur, the Deputy Governor of the state, who doubles as the Chairman of the state’s High-Powered Response Team for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

He said: “In furtherance of the efforts to contain and eradicate this deadly scourge, the High Powered Committee wishes to announce the indefinite suspension of the Lockdown for the time being.”

Read Also: COVID-19: Borno Shuts IDPs Against

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Soludo Accuses Politicians Of Fueling Feud With Iweala

Soludo Accuses Politicians Of Fueling Feud With Iweala

May 14, 2020 6:00 am
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has condemned attempts to create a feud between him and the former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Soludo said the attempt was the handiwork of opposition politicians, who are afraid of his towering personality, and who hope that by their actions, they can stop him from becoming the next governor of the state.

The professor of Econometrics in a press release by his publicist, Mr. Joe Anatune said those who have been peddling the rumours that Soludo was at feud with Okonjo-Iweala were only citing a 2015 publication, in

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How Ibrahim Gambari Betrayed Me - Amb. Fafowora

How Ibrahim Gambari Betrayed Me – Amb. Fafowora

May 14, 2020 5:59 am

Former diplomat, Dapo Fafowora, has made damning comments circulating on social media about President Muhammadu Buhari yet-to-be-officially-named Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.

79 years old Fafowora was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations from 1981 to 1984.

The comments made as soon as speculations of Gambari’s appointment hit the public space and was confirmed by his nephew, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulu Gambari, reads

I know Ibrahim Gambari quite well.

I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation.…

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