June 2020

Discharged COVID-19 Patients Suffer Memory Loss, Lung Damage

Discharged COVID-19 Patients Suffer Memory Loss, Lung Damage

A report by Israeli TV Channel 12 said many of the discharged COVID-19 patients are discovering new health problems such as long-term debilitating physical, cognitive and psychiatric damage.

According to an investigation by the Channel, recovered patients, including those with mild symptoms, are suffering from phantom pains, memory loss, personality changes, psychological issues and extreme fatigue, along with lungs that won’t heal.

The health fallout is being experienced months after being discharged from hospital.

Israel has recorded just over 20,000 COVID-19 cases, with some 300 fatalities, reports the Times of Israel, which carried the Channel 12 report.

49-Year-Old Enugu Lawmaker, Chijioke Ugwueze, Passes Away

49-Year-Old Enugu Lawmaker, Chijioke Ugwueze, Passes Away

The member representing Isi-uzo Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Chijioke Ugwueze is dead.

The death of the lawmaker came three days after the death of the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Chief Patrick Omeje.

Confirming the development in Enugu on Saturday, the immediate younger brother of the deceased, Mr. Ejike Ugwueze said his brother died of heart failure.

Ugwueze said that the late brother, who was 49 years old, was hypertensive before now and complained symptoms of malaria on Friday morning.

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According …

Can Governor Uzodinma Possibly Account For The ₦272 Billion?

Edo APC Rejects Uzodinma-Led Committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has rejected the Hope Uzodinma-led committee constituted by the National Working Committee of the party to conduct a direct primary for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

The factional chairman of the APC, Anslem  Ojezua, disclosed this in a statement in Benin yesterday.

“Our attention has been drawn to reports that a primary election committee has been inaugurated by the Hilliard Eta-led faction of the National Working Committee of our party to conduct a party primary in Edo,” he noted.

He said Eta’s purported inauguration was reported to have been

Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa

Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa

Several years ago, my team, IICC Shooting Stars FC, went to play a continental club match in Malawi.

On the day we arrived, a few of us decided to watch a movie in a cinema down the road from our hotel downtown Blantyre, the capital city.

We arrived at the cinema a few minutes after the movie had started.

We bought our tickets and were allocated seats. We were ushered into the dark cinema hall by a steward with a torch who led us to the row allocated to us. We went in, sat down and settled to watch our …

‘I’m Too Big,’ Tyson Fury Tells Mike Tyson

‘I’m Too Big,’ Tyson Fury Tells Mike Tyson

Tyson Fury has claimed he would have no trouble beating a prime Mike Tyson as he labelled himself the best heavyweight boxer of the last thousand years.

The Gypsy King is aiming to be crowned the undisputed champion when he faces Anthony Joshua twice next year in a mouthwatering Battle of Britain.

Fury believes it is a question of when and not if he will get his hands on all four belts and claims no legendary fighter could have stood in his way.

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The 31-year-old was asked specifically …

‘I Am The Acting National Chairman Of APC’ — Giadom Writes INEC

‘I Am The Acting National Chairman Of APC’ — Giadom Writes INEC

Victor Giadom, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a letter to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), introducing himself as the acting national chairman of the ruling party.

The party has been embroiled in a leadership crisis following the appeal court ruling that upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the party.

While the party announced Abiola Ajimobi, former Oyo governor, as acting chairman, Giadom declared himself as national chairman and also reversed the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, from the gubernatorial primary election and ordered a …

Oluremi Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Obasa Are Not Lagosians - Bode

Oluremi Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Obasa Are Not Lagosians – Olabode

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum, has alleged that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and many top political office holders in the state are not natives of Lagos State.

The members of the forum claimed that the senators representing the state at the National Assembly – Oluremi Tinubu and Solomon Adeola; Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folasade Jaji; and the Head of Service, Hakeem …

Tony Momoh - We Tried Reconciling Obaseki And Oshiomole But We Failed

Momoh: We Tried Reconciling Obaseki And Oshiomole But We Failed

Former Information and Culture Minister and Yerima of Auchi Kingdom, Prince Tony Momoh, explained in a detailed interview the various moves made by party elders to resolve the rift between Oshiomole and Obaseki. Here are some highlights of the interview he granted to the Guardian:

When he was asked about the accusations by the Director General of the Progressive Governor’s Forum on the failure of the party elders to reconcile the warring chieftains (Oshiomole and Obaseki), here is what he said:

As an elder of the party, I can tell you that it is not true that party leaders did …

Nigeria Should Return To Regions, Buhari, APC Incompetent – Balarabe Musa

Nigeria Should Return To Regions, Buhari, APC Incompetent – Musa

A former Governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that the only way out of the numerous challenges confronting Nigeria was to divide the country into six regions.

“Let us restructure the country and go back to the regional arrangement, and so, should abolish the states and go back to regions; instead of the 36 states, we should have six or seven regions,” he said.

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Musa said the call for restructuring was valid, but insisted that those agitating for it should be able to make

Lai-Mohammed's Son Folajimi Harassed By Police Officials

Lai-Mohammed’s Son Folajimi Harassed By Police Officials

The phrase ‘nobody is above the law’ rubbed off wrongly to Folajimi Lai-Mohammed, a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, recently at the presentation of staff of office to Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal, Abisogun II, the 15th Oniru of Iruland, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. But in this case, it seems the police went too far.

Some say that the member of the Lagos State House of Assembly wasn’t recognised by police officers who were carrying out the directives of Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu in enforcing the social distancing rule.

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NDDC: ‘Heads Will Roll’ – Onochie Speaks Forensic Audit

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has declared that heads will roll at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Onochie issued the warning while commenting on the ongoing forensic audit of NDDC.

NDDC’s Interim Management Committee is under investigation for alleged mismanagement of N40bilion.

Recently, the Senate had vowed to unearth the truth and expose those behind the alleged mismanagement of the huge sum.

Following the alleged sharp financial practices, Buhari had in October last year ordered a forensic audit of NDDC’s operations from 2001 to 2019.

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It Will Take Serious Prayers’ – Bamgbose Reacts To Ajimobi’s Health

It Will Take Serious Prayers’ – Bamgbose Reacts To Ajimobi’s Health

Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has declared that it would take serious prayers for the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi to survive beyond July 7, 2020.

There has been a great apprehension about the state of health of Ajimobi, who is also the acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, with rumours of his death coming very thick in the last few days.

But the former Governor’s aide and members of his family, have, however, refuted the rumours.

Speaking on the development in a chat with DAILY POST on