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  • FG considers sending some ‘sick’ Covid-19 patients home as cases surpass 7000

    FG considers sending some ‘sick’ Covid-19 patients home as cases surpass 7000

    Three hundred and thirty-nine new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, pushing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,016.

    However, despite the rising number of infections in the country, the federal government is considering discharging COVID-19 patients earlier than their required treatment and isolation period, even though they are still positive.

    The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the daily Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday – it may be connected to lack of sufficient bed spaces in Isolation centers.

    Meanwhile, the centre also announced that 11 patients died of coronavirus related complications in the country, making the total COVID-19 fatalities rise to 211.

    With 67 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of discharged patients increased to 1907.

    NCDC said, “On the 21st of May 2020, 339 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

    “No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

    “Till date, 7016 cases have been confirmed, 1907 cases have been discharged and 211 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    “The 339 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos(139), Kano(28), Oyo(28), Edo(25), Katsina(22), Kaduna(18), Jigawa (14), Yobe(13), Plateau (13), FCT(11), Gombe(8), Ogun(5), Bauchi(4), Nasarawa(4), Delta(3), Ondo(2), Rivers(1), Adamawa(1).”

    Data from the centre’s website showed that Nigeria currently has 4,892 active COVID-19 cases.

    Home based care: FG’s discharging yet-to-recover patients

    Mr Ihekweazu said new evidence shows that it is safe to discharge recovering COVID-19 patients even when the results are still positive.

    “New evidence is emerging that even when the test is still positive after that patient has been in care for a certain amount of time, it is possible and safe to discharge that patient to home isolation.

    ”So we are looking at the evidence and we might change our guidelines over time.

    “I am sharing this so that we start preparing ourselves for some changes and the directions of how we are planning to go,” he said.

    The government’s decision may be linked to the reality that treatment centres across the country have become overwhelmed by the number of persons requiring institutional isolation and treatment.

    Mr Ihekweazu earlier said Nigeria lacks adequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres across states.

    He said the federal government was considering the option of home-care treatment for COVID-19 patients.

    ”Across the country, we have about 3,500-bed spaces identified as available for coronavirus but in Lagos, we are already struggling.

  • Most Nigerians abroad do not want to come home despite COVID-19 pandemic – FG

    Most Nigerians abroad do not want to come home despite COVID-19 pandemic – FG

    The federal government says only few Nigerians staying abroad have so far indicated interest to be evacuated because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, however, said the government is still awaiting final responses from the various embassies on those willing to be brought back to Nigeria.

    The government had through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) asked citizens overseas who are willing to be evacuated to inform the foreign missions.

    But the cost of such trips back to the country will be borne by each individual, according to Abike Dabiri-Erewa, NIDCOM chairman.

    At the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Monday, Onyeama said the embassies have been asked to forward the number of those who have indicated interest.

    “We sent the letters (to the embassies) last week but we have not gotten many persons that want to return now,” he said.

    “They are just few, not many; but we are still waiting to confirm their actual number.”

    The minister, however, said experts had recommended against much travels to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.

    “But if there are those that want to come back, we will do everything within our means to bring them back,” he said.

    “So we are still waiting to confirm the entire number in the end. We will then work out the logistics on how to bring them back.”

  • Gunmen ‘invade’ Okorocha’s home

    Gunmen ‘invade’ Okorocha’s home

    …Ex-Gov’s radio station marked for demolition

    Unknown gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, Friday night, invade and raided the country home of the immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha in Ogboko, Ideato South Council Area of Imo State.

    The assailants according to a family source, arrived the governor’s residence at about 2 am and overpowered the security before gaining entrance into the main building.

    According to the source who pleaded anonymity, no valuable was removed but the former governor’s bedroom and other places were thoroughly ransacked, raising suspicion that the invaders maybe hired assassins.

    Meanwhile, another set of armed men suspected to be Government officials, stormed a radio station, the Reach FM, believed to be owned by the governor and ordered them to pull down the structure housing the station.

    According to one of the security men attached to the station, the armed men who refused to disclose their identity gave the management three days to pull down the structure or be ejected by force.

    This was coming two days after the Akachi tower, one of the monuments built by the former governor was demolished on the alleged orders of the State Government.

    However, when contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, a Superintendent of Police, said that he was yet to be officially briefed about the invasion of the governor’s home

  • UPDATED: Explosion rocks home of Nwodo, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

    The country home of the embattled President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo at Ukehe in Enugu State, was on Sunday rocked by bomb blast.

    Recall TheNewsGuru had published series of reports that Nwodo’s leadership of Ohanaeze has been enmeshed with serious crisis for several months now.

    According to the Enugu State Police, the blast emanated from an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, which was thrown into his house by unknown persons from outside his compound.

    The explosion, which destroyed part of his building, left the the ceiling and windows of the house shattered.

    Media Adviser to the President General, Chief Emeka Attamah, who confirmed the attack said that the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Mohammed, accompanied by the Area Commander for Nsukka Police Command and the Divisional Police Officer for Igbo Etiti LGA, were there to inspect the scene of the blast which created a crater in the compound.

    Addressing the people who tripped to Chief Nwodo’s home, the Commissioner enjoined them to always be vigilant and to report any strange faces to security operatives.

    Danmallam who described Enugu State as very peaceful, wondered why some miscreants would be after the life of Chief Nwodo who he said is only serving his people.

    He added that what happened was a sign for the need for greater security around him.

    The Commissioner ordered that security be beefed up in and around Chief Nwodo’s compound and promised that the perpetrators would soon be identified and brought to justice.

    Earlier, the Commander of the Bomb Disposal Unit, DSP John Aniche, had briefed the Commissioner and Chief Nwodo on the items they collected from the scene, including batteries, pellets and other materials used in preparing the IED.

    He said that they would be carefully scrutinised and analysed.

    Meanwhile, Nwodo has expressed surprise that anybody would be after his life but added that the incident would not deter him from leading his people.

    In his speech, he had thanked the Commissioner of police for his prompt response to the incident.

    Also speaking, the traditional ruler of Umudele in U kehe, Igwe Lawrence Aroh, thanked God for saving the life of the President General.

    The monarch wondered why some bad elements would constitute danger to others in a country bountifully endowed by nature.

    He assured the Commissioner that the people would be extra vigilant and that any such attempt in the future would be nipped in the bud.

    The Enugu State Director of DSS, Mrs E A Likiyon, was also at the scene.

  • Peacekeeping: Send our troops back home, Buhari tells Guinea Bissau President

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the nation was in dire needs of the services of the troops that had been keeping peace in the crisis-riddled Guinea Bissau back home.

    Buhari also advised President José Mário Vaz to use a constitutional way of resolving the crisis in the country.

    He said Nigeria needed its troops that had been keeping peace in the country back home.

    According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel A. de Souza, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    Buhari was quoted as saying that he expected a formal report on the situation in Guinea Bissau at the 52nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding on Saturday in Abuja.

    “We need our troops back home, and I hope the President of that country will accept a constitutional way to resolve the situation there,” the President said.

    Buhari also said it was gladdening that the organisation demand accountability from its headquarters staff, which made it to invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from Nigeria recently to look into its books.

    “Thanks for being firm, and for insisting on transparency and accountability at the ECOWAS headquarters,” President Buhari said, adding that Nigeria would continue to fulfill its obligations to the sub-regional body.

  • Again, 121 Nigerians voluntarily return home from Libya

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday confirmed the arrival of 121 Nigerians from Libya.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Nigerians, whose return was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM also had two pregnant women amongst them.

    The South-West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Suleiman Yakubu, who received them at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, said 121 people were the first batch of people expected in September, warning Nigerians to desist from such experiences.

    “On arrival, the profiling of the returnees indicates that there are 60 female adults and one girl while male adults are 57 with two male children and a male infant; making a total of 61 females and 60 males.

    “Among them were two pregnant women and one person with a medical problem,” he said.

    One of the returnees, Owoade Omolara, narrating her ordeal told newsmen that she spent one year and two months in Libya working as a cleaner in a hospital.

    According to her, she paid N662, 000 to one trafficker identified as Burger before she was taken out of Nigeria.

    “When it was time for me to collect my salary, I was accused of stealing and taken to prison and from there the IMO came to rescue me.

    “There are many Nigerians who travelled the way I did and are still there suffering the same fate,” she said.

  • I’m not afraid to die, heaven is my home – Pastor Adeboye

    I’m not afraid to die, heaven is my home – Pastor Adeboye

    …says I don’t want to live up to 120 years old

    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (Worldwide), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said he is not afraid of death because he is sure of making heaven.

    The revered cleric noted that it was not how long a man lives that matters but how well he impacted people around him.

    Adeboye revealed this in Minna, Niger State while delivering a message at the birthday service held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre in honour of Pastor Yerima El-Samaila of the Faith Foundation Church who turned 70 years on Monday.

    He also disclosed that he did not think he would preside over the 80th birthday service of the celebrant.

    “It is not how long you live but how well you spend your life, I don’t want to be 120 years old, longevity is good but there is a limit.

    “People don’t want to die because they don’t know where they are going, I know where I am going, I have seen heaven, I have seen my house in heaven, I know what is waiting for me there, heaven is beautiful, and I can’t wait to go.

    “I want to finish what I have to do here and finish it well, any of us can go at any moment we have to get ready for home.”

    He, therefore, challenged Christians to be committed to God more than ever before, saying that: “Many Christians are getting distracted from God”.

    Christians should not forget the most important reason why they are here, adding that it was to show God’s glory.

    He advised other men of God to ‘stop playing church and become committed to the almighty God and do their utmost so that when they are leaving they can also say they have fulfilled their purpose’.

    Adeboye thanked God for the life of the celebrant, his family, his ministry and commitment to God.

    “It takes a man like you to bring me to Minna at a time like this and I rejoice that I could come.”

    Pastor Adeboye and his wife later joined Pastor El- Samaila in the cutting of the 70th birthday cake which he (Adeboye) presented to the celebrant.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that dignitaries at the event include the Niger State Governor represented by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, a former information minister, Professor Jerry Gana and other clergymen from different denominations.

  • Why Buhari decided to work from home – Presidential aide

    President Muhammadu Buhari who returned home on Saturday after 103 days medical vacation in London, wrote to the leadership of the National Assembly, notifying them of his resumption in line with the constitutional provision.

    He wrote: “In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I write to intimate that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, 21st August, 2017, after my medical follow-up in the United Kingdom.”

    But the President will in the meantime be working from home.

    According to his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, the President will be working from home because the office is being renovated.

    “Some renovations are ongoing at the office. He has a fully equipped office in his residence.

    “He’ll be back to the main office after the work,” Ahmad said on his twitter handle yesterday.

    Apart from receiving a briefing from the vice president who stood in for him when he was away, Buhari met with Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina, and Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters Alhaji Kawu Sumaila.

    Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura was seen around the president’s office.

    Adesina told reporters: “Yes, some few minutes past 11, the President signed the letter notifying the National Assembly of his resumption. A copy has been sent to the Senate President and to the Speaker, House of Representatives; so, the President has resumed.”

    On what his resumption meant, he said: “It means the President they voted into office, who has been serving them and who was indisposed for some time and who came back on Saturday, is ready to continue with the work he has been doing.”

    On the broadcast, Adesina said: “It was just one step of many steps that are going to be taken in the days and weeks and months ahead. So you can’t expect that everything will be said in one day.”

    Senate President Bukola Saraki acknowledged receipt of the President’s resumption letter

    Communicating on his twitter handle, he said:”I have received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari informing the Senate that he has returned to the country. I have also acknowledged the letter.’’

     

  • Early morning downpour floods roads, homes in Lagos

    An early morning downpour on Saturday in Lagos brought untold hardships to residents of Surulere, and parts of Lekki and Ajah, as some roads and household valuables were submerged in flood.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the torrential rainfall which started around 5:00am in parts of the metropolis left many roads and neighbourhoods flooded.

    The flood water also swept some debris in its path, causing some drains and drainage channels to become blocked.

    The flooding was noticeable after the rain in areas like Iyana-Ejigbo, NNPC Junction, Ejigbo, Lawanson, Surulere, Isolo Road Junction, Mushin, and at the foot of the Iganmu Interchange, on the Lagos/Badagry expressway.

    Miss Mercy Eneli, a resident of Masha, in the Surulere Local Government Area, told the NAN that her entire street was flooded, while some residents watched helplessly as their household items floated in water.

    Mr. Nelson Eta, who lives at Lawanson, also told NAN that the level of flooding at Ikate in the Itire area was above the knee.

    “I walked from Lawanson to Masha and everywhere was absolutely flooded; people were scooping water and no one was really interested or talking about the election.

    “My uncle’s house was also flooded, including the dogs’ shelter, which we have never witnessed before.

    “We hope the in-coming council chairman and his councillors will work to resolve the drainage problems in this area,’’ he said.

    NAN also observed that some residents of the flood-prone parts of Surulere were more concerned with the task of salvaging some of their submerged valuables, as some of the cars parked on the streets were affected, except those on elevated platforms.

    At Lekki, a resident, Mrs. Comfort Wilson, told NAN that “although there is flooding in the area, it is not as serious as that of about two weeks ago, when canoes had to be deployed in some roads to help residents move around.

    NAN further reports that the rain delayed the congregation of voters at the various polling units for the 2017 council polls in Lagos State, where accreditation and voting were scheduled to commence simultaneously at 8:00am.

     

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  • My wife brings her lover into our matrimonial home, man tells court

    My wife brings her lover into our matrimonial home, man tells court

    A businessman, Abor Egwu, on Tuesday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that his wife brings her lover into their matrimonial home whenever he was not at home.

    He was testifying in a divorce petition filed by his wife, Gift Erima. “A neighbour told me that whenever I leave home, my wife brings her man friend into our house.

    “I did not want to believe that, because it is not always wise to act based on hear-say in issues of this nature. “I just disregarded it, and termed it gossip,” he said. Egwu told the court that he did not know that it was true until he found out the whole truth by himself. He said that he would have confronted the man, but for the fact that the man was wealthier than him.

    “The man has a lot of money, cars, in fact he is very rich,” he said. Egwu also told the court that when he found out, he sent his wife to go to the village and stay.

    “I later heard that my wife took that same man to her parent and introduced him as the man she wants to marry.’’ He told the court to grant his wife’s request and dissolve the marriage, as he was already fed up.

    Egwu begged the court not to grant his wife the custody of their children, adding “ I don’t want another man to raise my children.’’

    Erima who was present in court, denied all the allegations. “He is lying, he is the one that is married, and ever since he married, he has not been taking care of me and the children,” she said.

    Erima begged the court not to grant her husband custody of the children of the marriage. The judge, Mr Jemilu Jega, advised the couple to reconcile and adjourned the case until June 22, for report of settlement or hearing.