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  • Three more people die of coronavirus in Lagos

    Three more people die of coronavirus in Lagos

    Lagos State has recorded 10 Coronavirus death so far, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed on Thursday.

    Abayomi said the state recorded three Coronavirus death on Wednesday.

    He said the deceased were all male aged 51, 52 and 62.

    “Unfortunately, Lagos recorded 3 additional deaths from #COVID19 related complications. The deceased are males aged 51, 52 and 62.

    “One of the dead; a medical doctor had contact with an infected person who recently returned to the country.

    “Other victims have no travel history or record of contact with any infected person.

    “Total COVID-19 related deaths are now 10. I hereby urge Lagosians to remain vigilant and report any concern about COVID-19 infection in our communities by calling Telephone receiver 08000CORONA,” he said.

  • Coronavirus claims 700 lives in Italy in one day

    Coronavirus claims 700 lives in Italy in one day

    Italy’s record death toll from the novel coronavirus grew by more than 700 on Wednesday, as a top official said that social restrictions were getting harder to bear for the population.

    The nationwide lockdown had been due to expire on April 3, but Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced it would now be extended to April 13 – Easter Monday.

    “We are not in a condition to ease the restrictive measures we have put in place,” he told a late evening press conference.

    “If we were to stop respecting the (social distancing) rules, if we were to relax them, all the efforts made so far would have been in vain,” the prime minister added.

    Earlier, the Civil Protection Agency announced 727 fatalities linked to the Covid-19 disease, bringing the total number of dead to 13,155, by far the world’s highest figure.

    Conte called the rising death toll “a particularly painful wound, a wound which we will never be able to heal.”

    Total infections, including recoveries and deaths, reached 110,574, a 4.5-per-cent daily increase, up from a 4-per-cent change registered on Tuesday.

    According to dpa.NAN, Italian health authorities have said that the contagion curve has reached “a plateau,” and that more efforts are needed to bring it down.

    Speaking in the Senate, Health Minister Roberto Speranza warned against “facile optimism that may undermine the efforts made: the first positive signals do not mean that the alarm is over.”

    Schools are shut, most shops and factories are closed, public gatherings are banned and people are under orders to stay home unless for work, emergencies and unavoidable errands like buying food.

    The “social malaise” brought about by the restrictions “is one of the relevant aspects” of the crisis, Agostino Miozzo, a senior Civil Protection Agency official, told a group of foreign journalists.

    At the start of the emergency the focus was on saving lives, but now “with the whole country [locked down] at home … we realize that this is a very stressful situation,” he said.

    He mentioned cases of scuffles in supermarket queues, as well as the increased risk of domestic violence, as clear signs of growing social tensions.

  • US coronavirus deaths double to over 2,000 people

    US coronavirus deaths double to over 2,000 people

    The United States is advising residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut not to travel domestically after the number of reported coronavirus deaths doubled to over 2,000 nationwide within two days.

    It took about a month from the first report of a coronavirus death on February 29 to the number reaching 1,000 on Thursday. By Saturday, the number of reported deaths had doubled to 2,000.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the travel advisory Saturday, urging residents of the three states to “refrain from nonessential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.”

    The states would have “full discretion” on implementing the advisory, which exempts employees in critical fields.

    With more than 121,000 cases and 2,046 deaths nationwide, the three states make up more than half of the cases and nearly half of the deaths.

  • Coronavirus: Italy records over 900 deaths in one day

    Coronavirus: Italy records over 900 deaths in one day

    Over 900 people have died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours in Italy, the biggest daily leap since the coronavirus pandemic began late December in China.

    The total death toll in Italy stood at 9,154 after 969 deaths were reported on Friday, CNN reports. This is the darkest day yet in a country that has been in a complete lockdown for almost two weeks.

    The disturbing death toll came after coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed the threshold of half a million, data from worldometers.info showed.

    The global death toll has also climbed past 25,000 after Spain, the 4th worst-hit nation recorded almost 800 deaths in the past 24 hours.

    Experts believe the death toll might even be twice the current figure as many people die without being tested.

    Countries have continued to report inadequate testing kits for potential patients of Covid-19, a strain of coronavirus which has continued to defy science.

    With nearly a 100,000 infections, the U.S which has become the country mostly ravaged by the disease, surpassing China were the virus is believed to have emanated from. This has marked a new milestone in the fight against the global pandemic

    Italy also became the second country to overtake China in the number of infections, reaching 86,498 cases.

  • Coronavirus deaths jump to six in US

    Coronavirus deaths jump to six in US

    Four new patients have died from COVID-19, in the Seattle area of Washington State in the United States, bringing the total deaths to six.

    Public health officials near Seattle reported the nation’s first two deaths in a nearby suburb and several new cases over the weekend.

    Local officials also said that about 50 residents and employees of a nursing care facility were being tested for the new coronavirus after several people there tested positive.

    “Unfortunately, we are starting to find more COVID-19 cases here in Washington that appear to be acquired locally here in Washington,” Washington state health officer Dr. Kathy Lofy told reporters at a press conference.

    “We now know that the virus is actively spreading in some communities.”

    Washington state currently has 18 cases, 14 of which are in King County where the nursing facility is located and four in Snohomish County, she said.

  • How our parents’ deaths further united us – Nnamdi Kanu’s family

    The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu said that the death of their parents have them to be more united against the belief by some persons that the family would scatter after the burial.

    Though their elder brother, Nnamdi who is the first son of the family was absent at their parent’s burial ceremony, the family of late Israel and Ugoeze Sally Kanu said that they were grateful that the burial of their parents was a huge success.

    Addressing journalists at their Isiama Afaraukwu country home, the spokesman of the family, Kanunta Kingsley Kanu thanked Abia State police command and journalists for their contributions towards the peaceful and successful burial of their parents.

    Kanunta who also commended members of the IPOB in the state and beyond who stood with the family before, during and after the burial said that their parents were an embodiment of peace when they were alive.

    He said it was for this reason that his father as the traditional ruler of Afaraukwu, was given the title of ‘Omeudo’, stressing that he lived with that peaceful virtue till death.

    Kanunta said the family owed a lot of gratitude to journalists within and outside Abia for bringing what transpired at the burial to the entire world.

    “I want to tell you journalists that our family members are happy with you, with what you did during the burial and we say a big thank you”.

    Kanu said the family was also thanking the Abia state police command for the manner they conducted themselves which contributed to the peace that reigned during the burial.

    The family said it was happy that despite the altercation between the police and IPOB before the burial, the commissioner of police, Ene Okon exhibited true sense of professionalism in the way he maintained security in the state on the day of the burial.

    He said now their parents were no more, the family would strive to remain united and resolute in the fight for the actualization of Biafra, a movement which they said that their parents believed in.

  • 4 deaths, 14 auto crashes recorded in Ogun – TRACE Corps

    The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun has said that four deaths were recorded from 14 auto crashes within the state between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12.

    This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday by Mr Babatunde Ajayi, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, TRACE, who said that 36 other people sustained various degrees of injuries in the accidents.

    Babatunde said that the accidents involved three private cars, two private buses, four commercial cars, two motorcycles, one commercial bus, one medium truck and two heavy trucks.

    The director stated that 63 people were involved in the crashes, out of which 36 persons (19 males, 17 females) sustained various degrees of injuries, while four persons (three males, one female) died.

    He said that 23 people, who were involved in the 14 accidents, however, were rescued unhurt.

    “45.73 per cent of the accidents were caused by excessive speed, 22.84 per cent by dangerous driving, 9.80 per cent by bad tyres, 2.45 per cent by driving against traffic and 19.18 per cent by other causes.

    “44 motor vehicles and 25 motorcycles were apprehended for 88 offences during the period under review.

    “Our resolve to reduce deaths and injuries on all roads in Ogun state is being pursued vigorously and relentlessly such that no traffic offender shall go unpunished,” he said.

    The director said that statistics provided was from reports of officials of TRACE corps in areas covered only

    Ajayi said that TRACE Corps Commander, Mr Seni Ogunyemi, appreciated the unflinching support of the ‘Traffic Whistle Blowers’ in the state, who promptly inform the agency whenever there were incidents of auto crashes on the highways.

    He appealed to the motoring public to obey all traffic rules and remember that ‘’the Road is patient but does not forgive.’’

  • Kaduna, FCT highest hit in 5,181 road accident deaths in 2018 – FRSC

    A total of 5,181 Nigerians lost their lives in road traffic crashes (RTC) in 2018, according to the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC).

    The FRSC said in its 2018 Annual Report obtained by our reporter that Kaduna State recorded more deaths than other states during the period.

    Although Kaduna State had more deaths in road crashes with a total of 597 fatalities, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja witnessed the highest number of crashes during the period.

    The report, according the FRSC, was aimed providing RTC statistics comprising the casualties (persons killed and persons injured) and characteristics of occurrences for the period of January – December 2018, in Nigeria.

    The report reads in part: “A total of 9,741 road traffic crashes were recorded, which resulted in an increase of 3.8% from 2017. These crashes included 2,739 fatal cases, 5,489 serious cases, 1,153 minor cases and 15,501 vehicle types. Also, 5,181 fatalities were recorded denoting an increase of 1.2% from 2017.”

    The report further noted that “The FCT recorded the highest number of Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in 2018 with 1,051 cases representing a reduction of 5% compared with the figure of 2017.

    “These crashes involved 6,069 persons with 2,347 sustaining various degrees of injuries and 281 died. (This was) closely followed by Kaduna with 830 cases of RTC involving 6,804 crash victims out of which 3,300 sustained injuries while 597 died.

    “Likewise, Borno, Bayelsa and Cross River States had low record of RTCs of 46, 53 and 56 cases, respectively.

    “On the other hand, records in the period January to December 2018 revealed that Kaduna State was more vulnerable to fatality.

    “A total of 597 fatalities were recorded in Kaduna accounting for 11.5% of the total persons who died in RTC; Jigawa followed with 301 fatalities and Niger State recorded 289 deaths while FCT and Ogun State had 281 fatalities each.

    “Meanwhile, Ekiti, Taraba and Bayelsa States recorded fewer fatalities within the period having recorded 31, 26, and 14 fatalities, respectively.”

    On the trend and percentage change of crashes and fatalities from 2013 to 2018, the report noted that “cumulatively, a decrease of 29.6 and 22.2 per cent was recorded in the number of crashes and fatality respectively from the periods outlined.

    “However, on a year by year basis, 2014, 2015 and 2016 all recorded reduction in this regard while 2017 recorded a decrease and increase in crashes and fatalities respectively. The year under review, 2018, recorded increase of 3.8 and 1.2 per cent in crashes and fatalities respectively from (what was recorded in) 2017.”

    The report added that 13,583 crashes were recorded in 2013 with 6,544 fatalities while in 2014, 10,380 accidents occurred with 5,996 fatalities representing a decrease of 23.6 and 8.4 per cent in the number of crashes and fatalities respectively compared to the trend in 2013.

    Also, the year 2015 recorded 9,734 and 5,440 crashes and fatalities respectively representing 6.2 and 9.3 per cent decrease in the number of crashes and fatalities respectively compared to 2014.

    In 2016, 9,694 and 5,053 crashes and fatalities respectively representing a decrease of 0.4 per cent in crashes and 7.1 per cent in the number of fatalities compared to 2015, was recorded.

    Also, 2017 witnessed a slight decline in the number of incidents with 9,384 crashes 5,121 fatalities representing 3.2 per cent decrease in road crashes and 1.3 per cent increase in the number of fatalities compared to 2016.

    However there was a sharp increase in the number of crashes in 2018 which is 9,741 and 5181 fatalities representing 3.8 per cent increase in crashes and 1.2 per cent increase in fatalities.

    The report however blamed speed violations by motorists for the increase in crashes and fatalities in 2018, which it said “accounted for 51.7% of the total crashes reported.”

    The report further revealed that Abia had 77 RTC with 39 deaths; Adamawa had 130 cases with 44 deaths; Akwa Ibom had 81 Crashes with 49 fatalities; Anambra 165 crashes with 70 deaths; Bauchi with 365 RTC and 245 deaths; Bayelsa 53 cases and 14 deaths, Benue 268 with 101 deaths; Borno with 46 cases and 55 deaths; Cross River recorded 56 accidents with 39 deaths; Delta: 124 cases resulting in 123 deaths; Ebonyi had 133 accidents with 81 deaths and Edo recoded 208 cases with 142 deaths.

    Others include Ekiti with 71 cases and 31 deaths; Enugu 175 cases with 100 deaths; FCT with 1051 RTC and 281 deaths; Gombe 217 cases and 65 deaths; Imo 128 cases with 72 deaths; Jigawa with 361 cases and 301 deaths; Kaduna: 830 cases with 597 deaths; Kano with 356 cases and 204 deaths; Katsina with 283 cases and 161 deaths; Kebbi with 139 cases and 50 deaths; Kogi with 332 cases and 187 deaths and Kwara which recorded 268 RTC with 200 deaths.

    Others are Lagos: 356 cases with 100 deaths; Nasarawa with 485 cases and 202 deaths; Niger with 475 cases and 289 deaths; Ogun with 539 cases and 281 deaths; Ondo with 449 cases and 233 deaths; Osun with 233 cases and 146 deaths; Oyo 401 cases with 239 fatalities; Plateau with 246 cases 85 fatalities; Rivers with 134 RTC and 59 fatalities; Sokoto with 114 cases and 60 fatalities; Taraba: 126 RTC with 26 deaths; Yobe: 147 crashes with 117 fatalities and Zamfara with 128 crashes resulting in 93 deaths.

  • Nigeria records 1,618 deaths from road accidents in three months

    Nigeria records 1,618 deaths from road accidents in three months

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that at least 1,618 people have lost their lives through road accidents between December 2018 and February 2019.

    The information, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is contained in the Report of Road Traffic Crash for December, 2018, January and December, 2019, released by the FRSC.

    According to the report, over 21,577 people were involved in road crashes involving cars, minibuses, motorcycles, trucks, tankers and trailers.

    Further analysis shows that the top five causes of road accidents were speed violation, wrongful overtaking, dangerous driving, tyre burst and brake failure.

    The FRSC report identified Kaduna-Abuja road as the most prevalent route in cases of accident fatality within the period under review.

    Similarly, the Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Lokoja and Kaduna-Zaria were also identified as routes with high record of road crashes.

    The report called for the intensification of patrol and rescue operations along routes with high crash records to further reduce casualties.

    “There is need to conduct workshop on vehicles safety education as well as safe usage due to high involvement of cars, minibuses and motorcycles in crashes.

    “As a matter of fact, the Corps needs to step up enforcement on over speeding or initiate a high powered technology to detect and stem the tide of over speeding as part of operational activities,’’ the report added.

    (NAN)

  • Special Report: How tragedy engulfed Nollywood in first quarter of 2019

    Special Report: How tragedy engulfed Nollywood in first quarter of 2019

    When tragedy strikes Nollywood, we are glued to our screens and troop to social media. It’s hard to believe one of your favorite stars could be a victim of tragedy in real life, rather than in a movie or television show.

    These shocking Nollywood tragedies rocked the world of entertainment in the first quarter of 2019 and beyond.

    Unknown to many, the first four months of 2019 hasn’t been devoid of deaths in Nollywood. Sadly, the industry has witnessed deaths of movie practitioners whose ages range between 30 years and 58 years.

    The tears keeps flowing as the fans and friends of the deceased continue to mourn their exit

    on Friday, January 4, Yoruba actor, Gbenga “Burger” Akintunde passed away, as reported by TheNewsGuru.

     

    Few days later, it was revealed that a younger actor, Adewale Olanrewaju aka ‘Ishow Larry’ also died.

     

    Months after Gbenga “Burger” Akintunde’s demise, Funmilayo ‘Ijewuru’ Ogunsola passed away on February 4, 2019. She died at the age of 53.

    After colleagues began mourning Ijewuru, the industry recorded yet another sad death. It was the death of Rotimi Alfred Popoola. The Ogun State arm of the Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners of Nigeria, TAMPAN, announced the passing of Popoola.

     

    Many thought there won’t be reason to shed tears in March, but the arrow of death came again as actor Tony Anyasodor passed away on March 8, 2019

    Days after his demise, the industry was greeted with the news of the passing of Paul Emema, the brain behind popular soap opera in the early 9os, ‘Behind the Cloud’.

    In the same vein, actress and filmmaker , Abe Ishola Monsurat Olabisi passed towards the end of March, 10 days after welcoming a baby.

    As the movie industry steps into a new quarter, the news of the demise of comedian and actor, LinChung Duke Oliver rented the air on April 2, 2019. TheNewsGuru reported that he died in a car crash on his way to Lagos after his mother’s burial ceremony.

     

    We pray God gives the families of the deceased fortitude to bear the loss.