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  • BREAKING: Almajirai deported from Kano tested positive for COVID-19 in Kaduna

    The Kaduna State Government has confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State, bringing the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the State to nine.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni Commissioner of Health for Kaduna State made this known in a statement on Monday, revealing that the new cases were among Almajirai recently deported from Kano.

    The statement reads: “The Kaduna State Ministry of Health regrets to confirm that five new cased of Covid-19 have been identified in the state. There are now nine active cases in the state.

    “The new cases are among almajirai who were recently repatriated from Kano. The contacts of the new cases are being traced so that they can be monitored and tested if they meet the case definition.

    “The new patients have been moved to the Infectious Diseases Control Centre, the state’s premier isolation centre. Our medical professionals are treating them with the same high standards and we wish all our nine active cases speedy recovery.

    “Testing capacity has improved in the state. Two labs, one each in Kaduna and Zaria, have been accredited by NCDC to conduct Covid-19 tests.

    “The Ministry of Health wishes to remind the general public of the importance of hand-washing, personal hygiene, social distancing and the avoidance of large gatherings in helping protect us all from Covid-19. It is important to stay home, stay safe and save lives”.

  • Mysterious deaths: Kano State Government reacts

    Mysterious deaths: Kano State Government reacts

    Kano State Government on Sunday acknowledged recent deaths in Kano, promising that the State Government is on top of the situation, as Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has already directed the state Ministry of Health to conduct a thorough investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the deaths.

    In a Statement made available to journalists in Kano, the state Commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said although investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary report from the state Ministry of Health indicated that the deaths are not connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    He added that reports from the state Ministry of Health has shown that most of the deaths were caused by complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria.

    He further stated that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is earnestly waiting for the final report from the state Ministry of Health so as to take necessary action.

    According to him, Governor Ganduje from the onset, demonstrated the zeal and political will to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

    “Governor Ganduje’s administration has been commended from within and outside the state over the proactive measures it took towards curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “This explains why Kano, apart from being the most populace state, did not record a case of the pandemic until lately. Though we agree that the situation on hand currently is serious, we are not resting on our oars in taking appropriate measures to ensure that the good people of Kano state, and indeed, residents in the state protect themselves from the novel COVID-19 pandemic,” he stated.

    He further noted that part of measures taken by the state government to stop the spread of the virus include the on-going lockdown, closing of boarders, aggressive campaign for social distancing, washing and sanitizing of hands, as well as strict adherence to and practice of the principles of personal hygiene.

    He added that the government through the Kano COVID-19 Fund-Raising Committee, has been making palliatives available to the most vulnerable and the needy in the society.

    Garba said, “moreso, the state government has three modern Isolation Centres where those tested positive to COVID-19 are being cared for. We are also hopeful of getting additional two Isolation Centres soonest.

    The government has also hired a hotel where suspected cases are accommodated.

    “Also, Kano state government is collaborating with​ Bayero University Kano (BUK) to establish a testing centre within the institution, which will be ready in two weeks time after being certified by the NCDC. This will, indeed, enhance our determination to ensure that every suspected case undergo test.

    “Governor Ganduje has also sent a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to urgently work on the NCDC testing centre at AKTH which has been closed down for sometime now.

    “We have enough medical manpower that can take care of the patients. What we are now asking for is financial assistance from the Federal Government and other donors to help sustain all this infrastructure and also continue the provision of palliatives to our people.”

    He noted that, “the state government is concerned over what is happening. The Ministry of Health is already handling the situation. When they are through with the medical investigation, further necessary actions will be taken.

    “I urge the good people of Kano state not to panic. Government is on top of the situation. The mystery or whatever it is will soon be unravelled.

  • Kano state records 4 new COVID-19 cases, total infection rises to 77

    Kano state records 4 new COVID-19 cases, total infection rises to 77

    The Kano State Government says it has recorded four additional cases of the COVID-19, making a total of 77 confirmed cases in the state.

    The state’s Ministry of Health made this known on its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH.

    “Update as at 12:30 a.m. April 26, 2020; four new COVID-19 cases confirmed.

    “Total confirmed cases in Kano State are now 77, one COVID-19 death was recorded,” it said.

    It enjoined residents of the state to stay-at-home to break the chain of the virus transmission.

  • COVID-19: Kano State runs out of test kits amid rising infection

    The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test centre of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Kano State has ran out of test kits.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Isah Abubakar, Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) made this known on Wednesday.

    Abubakar said the centre would remain close until test kits arrived from the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja.

    “We have already taken some samples and don’t know when we will receive new test kits. That’s why we temporarily suspend operations,” Abubakar told Kano Focus.

    He however assured that samples taken in Kano will be sent to Abuja for testing pending the resumption of the Kano test centre based in AKTH.

    During the temporary closure the laboratory is being fumigated as part of routine bio-safety measures to ensure the safety of staff and the environment, TNG learnt.

    Kano has continued to report rising number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, which the State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has attributed to the cosmopolitan nature of Kano.

    According to the Governor, the set up of Kano was one of the reasons for the rise in COVID-19 cases, adding that being the most populous State in the country, among other factors, are reasons for the high numbers.

    Governor Ganduje, who made this known at Africa House, Government House, Kano, when Director General (DG) of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu visited the State as part of his assessment tour to assess the State’s response to the pandemic, said:

    “So far, we don’t have very serious cases where index cases need the usage of ventilators and monitors. But that doesn’t mean we shall sit without doing anything. We are doing our best, as acknowledged by the DG NCDC.

    “All the index cases we have are within the metropolitan local governments. We can therefore say, community transmission is not there. So it could be true to say we need more testing centres. There is a need to increase our capacity for testing suspected cases. At the same time we also need more collection centres.

    “Being the most populous State in the country among other factors, are reasons for the high numbers we are recording. Lagos being the second populous state in the country and Abuja being the federal Capital, there is no surprise that the numbers are rising up.

    “So also when Kano becomes the third in this category. Is just like what is happening in other global cities. Due to the metropolitan nature of the settlement”.

    The Governor went further to say that the disease is new and with it’s new behaviour, there is a need to get a new strategy to deal with it.

    “By the time we also have new behaviours of our people, we thought we should also get new strategy to deal with those new behaviours. That is why we are coming up with our Kano State Infectious Diseases Regulation 2020 to take care of those new public behaviours.”

    “The new Law, that was signed on 15th April, 2020, has many provisions to assist in responding to the global pandemic… starting from relating with suspected cases, to other areas in dealing with the disease.

    “We are doing as much as we can to tame the situation. That is why, those suspected cases that are less privileged, we take them to hotel after taking their samples, to keep them there.

    “For those whose samples are positive, we take them to isolation centres. And for those that are negative we leave them go to their residences. Our administration is very serious about this,” Ganduje said.

    As a matter of strong ties among stakeholders, governor Ganduje said “We need interface, rapid response and we need good coordination. As the third state in the category after Lagos state and the federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as the most affected states, we need funds to respond well to this deadly COVID-19 pandemic”.

    The state Deputy Governor Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who is the Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19 and Dr Tijjani Hussaini, the Coordinator of the Technical Team briefed the DG about the feats so far recorded in the state, in the fight against the global pandemic.

    During the visit, the NCDC DG was at some isolation centers to see for himself the level of the State preparedness. He commended the State government response to the fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the State.

    As at the time of filing this report, Kano has 73 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one death.

  • COVID-19 in Kano: Gov. Ganduje gives reason for rise in number of cases

    COVID-19 in Kano: Gov. Ganduje gives reason for rise in number of cases

    Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said the cosmopolitan nature of Kano set up was one of the reasons for the rise in Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) index cases, adding that being the most populous State in the country, among other factors, are reasons for the high numbers.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Ganduje made this known at Africa House, Government House, Kano, when Director General (DG) of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu visited the State as part of his assessment tour to assess the State’s response to the pandemic.

    “So far, we don’t have very serious cases where index cases need the usage of ventilators and monitors. But that doesn’t mean we shall sit without doing anything. We are doing our best, as acknowledged by the DG NCDC.

    “All the index cases we have are within the metropolitan local governments. We can therefore say, community transmission is not there. So it could be true to say we need more testing centres. There is a need to increase our capacity for testing suspected cases. At the same time we also need more collection centres.

    “Being the most populous State in the country among other factors, are reasons for the high numbers we are recording. Lagos being the second populous state in the country and Abuja being the federal Capital, there is no surprise that the numbers are rising up.

    “So also when Kano becomes the third in this category. Is just like what is happening in other global cities. Due to the metropolitan nature of the settlement,” Governor Ganduje said.

    The Governor went further to say that the disease is new and with it’s new behaviour, there is a need to get a new strategy to deal with it.

    “By the time we also have new behaviours of our people, we thought we should also get new strategy to deal with those new behaviours. That is why we are coming up with our Kano State Infectious Diseases Regulation 2020 to take care of those new public behaviours.”

    “The new Law, that was signed on 15th April, 2020, has many provisions to assist in responding to the global pandemic… starting from relating with suspected cases, to other areas in dealing with the disease.

    “We are doing as much as we can to tame the situation. That is why, those suspected cases that are less privileged, we take them to hotel after taking their samples, to keep them there.

    “For those whose samples are positive, we take them to isolation centres. And for those that are negative we leave them go to their residences. Our administration is very serious about this,” Ganduje said.

    As a matter of strong ties among stakeholders, governor Ganduje said “We need interface, rapid response and we need good coordination. As the third state in the category after Lagos state and the federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as the most affected states, we need funds to respond well to this deadly COVID-19 pandemic”.

    The state Deputy Governor Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who is the Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19 and Dr Tijjani Hussaini, the Coordinator of the Technical Team briefed the DG about the feats so far recorded in the state, in the fight against the global pandemic.

    During the visit, the NCDC DG was at some isolation centers to see for himself the level of the State preparedness. He commended the State government response to the fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the State.

  • BREAKING: COVID-19 patient dies in Kano, as State battles upsurge of infections

    BREAKING: COVID-19 patient dies in Kano, as State battles upsurge of infections

    A Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient has died in Kano State, even as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night announced that 12 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the State.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the death case reported in Kano brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the country to 12.

    The NCDC also reported another case of COVID-19 in Delta State, even as confirmed case drastically increased in Kano State, as total COVID-19 cases in Nigeria officially cross the 400 mark nationwide.

    The NCDC on Wednesday night reported thirty-four new cases of COVID-19 in the country with 18 in Lagos State, 12 in Kano, 2 in Katsina, 1 in Delta and 1 in Niger.

    Following the development, as at 11:20 pm 15th April there are now 407 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths recorded.

    As at 11:20 pm 15th April, number of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 19 and the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja. As it stands, Lagos now has 232 confirmed COVID-19 cases, FCT- 58, Osun- 20, Kano- 16, Edo- 15, Oyo- 11, Ogun- 9, Katsina- 7, Bauchi- 6, Kaduna- 6, Akwa Ibom- 6, Kwara- 4, Delta- 4, Ondo- 3, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Niger- 2, Benue- 1 and Anambra- 1.

  • BREAKING: Another case of COVID-19 confirmed in Delta, Kano cases shoot up, as toll rises above 400 nationwide

    BREAKING: Another case of COVID-19 confirmed in Delta, Kano cases shoot up, as toll rises above 400 nationwide

    Another case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Delta State, even as confirmed case drastically increased in Kano State, as total COVID-19 cases in Nigeria officially cross the 400 mark nationwide.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night reported thirty-four new cases of COVID-19 in the country with 18 in Lagos State, 12 in Kano, 2 in Katsina, 1 in Delta and 1 in Niger.

    Following the development, as at 11:20 pm 15th April there are now 407 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths recorded.

    As at 11:20 pm 15th April, number of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 19 and the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja. As it stands, Lagos now has 232 confirmed COVID-19 cases, FCT- 58, Osun- 20, Kano- 16, Edo- 15, Oyo- 11, Ogun- 9, Katsina- 7, Bauchi- 6, Kaduna- 6, Akwa Ibom- 6, Kwara- 4, Delta- 4, Ondo- 3, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Niger- 2, Benue- 1 and Anambra- 1.

  • JUST IN: Ganduje confirms more COVID-19 cases in high-population Kano

    JUST IN: Ganduje confirms more COVID-19 cases in high-population Kano

    Tests conducted on persons closest to the Kano State’s index case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have revealed five additional cases, the State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has confirmed.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Ganduje made the confirmation on Wednesday after the Kano State Ministry of Health first made the announcement.

    “Tests conducted on persons closest to the state’s index case of #COVID19 have revealed 5 additional cases. We now have a total of 9 cases in the state and more testing is ongoing to box the spread of the pandemic. Please stay indoors and give us a fighting chance,” Ganduje said.

    https://twitter.com/GovUmarGanduje/status/1250372463537643520?s=19

    Recall that a 75 year old former ambassador of the Federal Republic has been documented as the index case of COVID-19 in the State of Kano. Although he has no travel history outside the country, the former civil servant did return from Abuja on the eve of the State’s border closure.

    The patient is being isolated at the Kwanar Dawarki Research Center and several tests have been conducted on persons who have come in contact with him in the past period, according to State officials.

  • Breaking: Fire destroys 77 shops in Kano market

    Breaking: Fire destroys 77 shops in Kano market

    The Kano State Fire Service said fire has destroyed 77 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) Market in Kano.

    The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed told News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday that 70 of the shops were razed down completely.

    “We received a distress call early hours of (Sunday morning) at about 07:35 a.m from one Aliyu Ibrahim that there was fire outbreak at the market.

    “On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and firefighting vehicles to the scene of the incident at about 07: 43 a.m to quench the fire so as not to affect other shops,“ he said.

    The spokesman said that 70 of the shops were completely razed down while seven shops were saved due to the quick intervention of the firemen.

    He advised traders at the market and other residents to be more careful and desist from using instruments capable of triggering fire as a way of guarding against future occurrence during this dry season.

    Mohammed also advised the people to keep fire buckets, blankets and extinguishers that would enable them curtail the fire before calling on the fire service.

    Mohammed said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

     

  • Gov. Ganduje proposes over N219bn for 2019 fiscal year

    Gov. Ganduje proposes over N219bn for 2019 fiscal year

    The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of over N219 billion for the 2019 fiscal year before the state Assembly.

    Presenting the estimate, the governor said over N136.6 billion was proposed for capital expenditure while over N85.10 billion was for the recurrent expenditure.

    According to him, the budget proposal tagged “Budget for Sustainable Development’’ was designed to attain the agenda of his administration for developing the state.

    He added that part of the proposed estimate would be generated from the re-current revenue, internally generated revenue while part would be funded with the federal allocation.

    Ganduje said over N38.3 billion was proposed to carry out infrastructural development projects across the state for the benefit of the people of the state, especially the construction of flyover along Kofar Mata to Murtala Muhammad Way.

    The governor explained that part of the proposed fund for the infrastructure would be used to ensure the completion of the abandoned five kilometre roads across the 44 local government areas of the state.

    “We intend to spend over N26.4 billion for the execution of various projects in critical areas of water supply and rural development.

    “Also, Rural and Community Development we plan to expend N2 billion for various projects.

    “On agriculture, we proposed for N9.4 billion to complement the President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda on the sector stressing there is plan to assist farmers and fishermen to boost the sector .

    According to Ganduje, over N18 billion was proposed for the execution of various capital projects under the sector, especially the construction of 100 classes for the Almajiri schools in the state which N150 million was proposed.

    He added that “N72 million was also proposed for the conduct of Qur’anic recitation completion in Kano while N17 billion for the development of the state-owned Yusuf Maitama-Sule University.

    “We also intend to spend N2.5 billion for the health sector, out of which we are going to recruits health workers and complete some important projects in the sector.

    “Also, over N1.6 billion was proposed for the Commerce, Mining and Industry Sector, while women and social development sector we intend to spend N861 million.’’

    He also disclosed that for the security and Justice Sector, over N2.8 billion was earmarked and that of the general administration, N7.8 billion was proposed while Environment to get N3.5 billion.

    The governor called on the youth to avoid being used as political thugs as the 2019 general elections is fast approaching.

    In his remark, the Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum, assured Ganduje of their readiness to ensure successful deliberations, smooth and speedy passage of the bill.

    He commended the state government for embarking on meaningful projects for the benefit of the general public.