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  • Coronavirus: FG orders suspension of traveling schedules to China

    The federal government has advised all travellers from Nigeria, including Nigerians, planning to travel to China, to suspend their travel plans until further notice.

    Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who dropped the advisory Wednesday evening while addressing State House Correspondents in Abuja, was speaking in regards to Nigeria’s preparedness to prevent the new global health scourge, the Coronavirus, from spreading in Nigeria.

    The Minister, who was one of those who briefed the State House Press Corps of the outcome of the the maiden 2020 Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said those arriving in the country from China or any of the countries with a major outbreak of the disease would be under watch.

    According to the Minister, all government agencies in charge of health issues development monitoring agencies had been set on alert at all ports of entry into the country.

    He also advised that those coming into the country from China or any other country with a history of a spread of the disease, although who might not have observed any symptoms of the disease, to self-isolate for about two weeks to observe themselves.

    “In view of the trending stories around the Coronavirus, it has become very necessary to issue a travel advisory to Nigerians. The first is that all Nigerians and all from Nigeria, intending to travel to China should delay all their travel plans until further notice, except it is extremely essential for them to do that trip.

    “All persons arriving from China or any country that has a major outbreak is advised, if they have no symptoms at all, to self isolate, meaning that they stay indoors in their homes for at least two weeks and if they develop any symptoms, like cough, catarrh, sneezing, breathing difficulties within this period, to report to the nearest health facility.

    “We are also advising all airlines to report any case of a passenger falling sick on-board before the plane lands. That is a requirement in the agreement. Nigerian Port Health Services, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control are on alert at our airports and other points of entry. That is the advisory.

    Asked about Chinese who are expected to return into the country from their Lunar Year holiday in China, the Minister explained that the advisory does not use nationality as a criterion.

    “We don’t have statistics on the number of Chinese returning to this country, but what I can telling you is that for those who traveled and meet the conditions we mentioned can come back to their work.

    “I also want to remind you that there are very many Nigerians in China who will be coming home, not only Chinese and other people who have works to do in Nigeria from that area. We are not using your nationality as a criterion, we are using your state of health”, he said.

  • Pastor stages own kidnap, demands N5m ransom

    Pastor stages own kidnap, demands N5m ransom

    The Kaduna State Police Command, said on Wednesday that it had arrested a pastor who allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded N5 million ransom from his family.
    A statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo said the pastor, James Clement and his accomplice, George Otokpa, were arrested by operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit.
    According to the statement, the fake kidnap was stage-managed on Jan. 27.
    The 39-year-old pastor who lives in Nasarawa Tirkaniya area of Kaduna, allegedly conspired with Otokpa, who resides at No. 23 Aleri Water by Sarki Street, Kudandan, to commit the offence.
    It said that, Clement “demanded the payment of Five Million Naira as ransom from his own family through text messages using the second suspect as the negotiator.”
    The statement said two members of the pastor’s family reported his kidnap, and the police team was able to track him at his hide-out and arrested him together with his accomplice.
    “The suspects are currently undergoing interrogation and will be charged to court on completion of investigation.”
    It said the Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri condemned such criminal mentality and cautions members of the public against such “heartless and barbaric act.”
  • Boko Haram: Stop open ended war operations, Chairman Reps Police C’ttee tells FG [Videos]

    Boko Haram: Stop open ended war operations, Chairman Reps Police C’ttee tells FG [Videos]

    Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, Hon Usman Kumo has adivised the Federal Government to stop an open ended war operations to conquer Boko Haram.

    Kumo made this revelation in an exclusive chat with TNG on Wednesday immediately after plenary where insecurity was the major item discussed.

    He said “there’s no way an open ended war can be won the way the Boko Haram war is being conducted for now.

    “A more pragmatic approach should be adopted with an embedded time frame for it to end.

    “Once this is done those prosecuting the war can be given awards if they succeed but where they fail they can equally be scolded.

    “It’s a known hard fact that every 1kmsq in this country there’s somebody in charge, why not leave that to the state governors as chief security officers of their territories”.

    See video below:

    https://twitter.com/tng_social/status/1222580598759403520?s=19

  • Edo 2020: Obaseki talks rough, vows to ‘deal’ with Oshiomhole if…

    Edo 2020: Obaseki talks rough, vows to ‘deal’ with Oshiomhole if…

    Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has vowed to deal with his predecessor and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole if he (Oshiomhole) continues to disrupt activities in the state and in the Edo APC.

    Governor Obaseki said Oshiomhole as a Governor would not tolerate a fraction of the misdemeanour and misbehaviour he (Oshiomhole) is undertaking today.

    Obaseki who spoke when he attended a meeting of the 18 APC local government Chairmen in the state said he would show Oshiomhole that he (Obaseki) is the governor of the state.

    The Edo Governor said the regret of the Edo APC was the elevation of Oshiomhole without knowing the kind of a person he is.

    He directed the party chairmen to seriously deal with any persons or group carrying out activities outside what the party hierarchy has agreed to do.

    Governor Obaseki stated that Oshiomhole did not build the APC as there was no party structure in place when he became Governor.

    According to him, “This is not a party man. Look at the dump he kept the party as a Secretariat. With all the resources we had he could not support the party until the landlord evicted us. You are Governor or chairman based on the platform that elevated you. That is why I looked for one of the most beautiful building along Airport Road and said this is the secretariat of the party.

    “All these non-sense they are doing. If anybody in the name of our party tries to do anything contrary to what we have agreed as a party we will deal with that person ruthlessly no matter who he is.

    “If you are elected a chairman, your attitude should show if you believe in the party. Party supremacy means the leadership of the party must respect the membership. It is the members that make the party supreme because the members subscribed to a constitution which governs the conduct of the party. One man cannot be the party.

    “I am the Governor of Edo State and I so authorise it. If anyone comes to your ward or local government to do things outside what the party has agreed I hereby authorise you to deal with that person seriously.

    “We are warning the suspended National Chairman. If he continues his activities in Edo State, I will show him that I am the Governor of Edo State. Why he was Governor, he will not tolerate a fraction of the misdemeanour and misbehaviour he is undertaking today. I have declared that if Oshiomhole comes here to Edo to say he wants to disrupt the activities of the state and the party we will deal with him the way we know how best to do it.

    “Comrade Oshiomhole stands suspended from the party. In due course, we will expel him if he does not behave. The party does not belong to him, it belongs to all of us. We are following the wish of our people. Our next step is to make sure we convince more people to join our party so that all of us can move this state to the next level. I will give you all the support to strengthen the party at the local government. Monthly meetings must hold. Monthly wards meetings must hold. Attendance must be taken. Wherever there are issues, you sit down and discuss it.”

  • Photo: EFCC arrests 10 internet fraudsters in popular Lagos estate

    Photo: EFCC arrests 10 internet fraudsters in popular Lagos estate

    In their latest crackdown on Nigeria’s cybercriminals, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, today arrested 10 suspects in Lagos.

    The suspects were arrested in Westwood Estate, Ajah, Lagos in a sting operation.

    The arrests followed intelligence report received by the Commission about their alleged involvement in cyber crime.

    Items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest include a car, laptops and mobile phones.

    The suspects will soon be arraigned in court, the EFCC spokesman Tony Orilade said.

    He did not identify any of the suspect.

  • Two million children in Nigeria could die in the next decade -UNICEF

    Two million children in Nigeria could die in the next decade -UNICEF

    Boosting efforts to fight pneumonia could avert over 2 million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases in Nigeria, new analysis has found.The modelling by Johns Hopkins University is being released today as nine leading health and children’s agencies host the world’s first global conference on childhood pneumonia in Barcelona.

     

    Forecasts show that 1.4 million children under the age of five could die from pneumonia over the next decade in Nigeria, on current trends the highest number of any country in the world and more than 20 percent of childhood deaths from pneumonia globally.

     

    However, an estimated 809,000 of these deaths would be averted by significantly scaling up services to prevent and treat pneumonia.

     

    Researchers also found boosting pneumonia services would create an additional ‘ripple effect’, preventing 1.2 million extra child deaths from other major childhood diseases at the same time.

     

    Interventions like improving nutrition, increasing vaccine coverage or boosting breastfeeding rates – key measures that reduce the risk of children dying from pneumonia – would also stop thousands of child deaths from diseases like diarrhoea (580,000), meningitis (68,000), measles (55,000) and malaria (4,000).

     

    By 2030, that effect would be so large that pneumonia interventions alone would avert over 2 million predicted under-five child deaths in Nigeria from all causes combined, researchers said.

     

    Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, and leaves children fighting for breath as their lungs fill with pus and fluid.

     

    The disease is the leading killer of children in Nigeria, causing 19 percent of under-five deaths.

     

    Most pneumonia deaths can be prevented with vaccines, and easily treated with low-cost antibiotics. But more than 40 percent of one-year-olds in Nigeria are unvaccinated, and three in four children suffering from pneumonia symptoms do not get access to medical treatment.

     

    Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Nigeria’s Country Representative, said:

     

    “We have a responsibility to do all we can to avert these deaths by pneumonia – deaths that are nearly all preventable. It will take concerted action by all players. The announcement by the Nigerian government of the world’s first-ever pneumonia control strategy – coupled with the focus globally on combatting pneumonia – is a huge step forward. We now need to follow this with concrete action on the ground to address the causes and drivers of childhood pneumonia deaths in this country.”

     

    On January 29-31, nine leading health and children’s organisations – ISGlobal, Save the Children, UNICEF, Every Breath Counts, ”la Caixa” Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, Unitaid and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – are hosting world leaders at the Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia in Barcelona, the first international conference on childhood pneumonia.

     

  • Lobi Stars seek to maintain NPFL lead

    Lobi Stars seek to maintain NPFL lead

    Coach of Premier league leaders Lobi stars Gbenga Ogunbote has stated that his side hopes to dig deeper than they have done to ensure they are able to maintain their lead on top of the NPFL after 17 round of matches albeit with a game in hand for the Makurdi based side.
    Ogunbote speaking in a chat with brila.net said staying top for long is a matter of character and attitude which he intends to work on after relinquishing the lead briefly before reclaiming it again following Sunday’s 2-1 win over Nasarawa united.
    “It’s just a matter of character and attitude, we will work towards it. Whatever can give us the lead to get to the apex of the league we can always use it as a motivating factor to maintain it.”
  • Mourinho strengthens squad with £27m Dutch forward

    Mourinho strengthens squad with £27m Dutch forward

    Tottenham Hotspur have signed Netherlands forward Steven Bergwijn for £27m from PSV Eindhoven on a contract that will run until 2025.

    Bergwijn, 22, has played 16 times for PSV in the Dutch Eredivisie this season, scoring five goals.

    He bolsters Spurs boss Jose Mourinho’s options in attack with England striker Harry Kane out with a long-term hamstring injury.

    Bergwijn came through the PSV ranks and made his first-team debut at 17.

    He scored 31 goals in 149 appearances for the Dutch club and won three league titles.

    The forward has also earned nine caps for the Dutch national side.

    “I think it is an amazing move, an amazing club,” Bergwijn told Tottenham’s club website.

    “When I was a young boy I looked up to the coach, of course Mourinho, and now I play for him.

    “You have to believe in yourself and I know what I can bring to this club and this team – I am good with the ball and I can score.

    “They play good football and that is what I like, to play here is a dream for me. It is an honour.”

  • EPL: Arsenal confirm Pablo Mari signing

    EPL: Arsenal confirm Pablo Mari signing

    Arsenal have agreed to sign Flamengo defender Pablo Mari on loan until the end of the season.

    The deal includes the option of a permanent move for the 26-year-old Spaniard in the summer.

    Mari scored two goals in 22 appearances for the Brazilian Serie A side, who he joined in July 2019.

    “Pablo is an experienced player who will provide us with additional defensive quality,” Arsenal technical director Edu said on Wednesday.

    Mari was a Manchester City player from 2016-19, but never featured for the club, instead going on season-long loans at Girona, NAC Breda and Deportivo La Coruna.

    He won the Brazilian Serie A title and the Copa Libertadores with Flamengo and becomes Mikel Arteta’s first signing since being appointed as Gunners boss in December.

    Arsenal’s defensive problems increased with an injury to Shkodran Mustafi in their FA Cup fourth-round win at Bournemouth on Monday.

    The German defender is due to have a scan after being taken off on a stretcher at Vitality Stadium.

    Calum Chambers, Kieran Tierney and Sead Kolasinac have already been sidelined by injury.

  • Sex for marks: Panel finally releases report as OAU makes final decision

    The investigative panel set up by the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun over alleged sexual harassment against Mr. Olabisi Olaleye, a lecturer in the Department of International Relations has submitted its reports to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede.

    The Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, made this known to News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Ile-Ife.

    He said that the Provost of the Postgraduate College of the University, Prof. Yetunde Ajibade, while presenting the reports, lauded the members of the University Administration for the confidence reposed in the panel and their ability to discharge their duties without fear or favour.

    Olarewaju acknowledged the tireless sacrifice of the Panel for a job well done, saying the Vice-Chancellor reinstated the commitment of his administration to zero tolerance for any form of sexual and emotional harassment.

    Accordingly, Ogunbodede was quoted as urging any student or member of the University Community to avail themselves of the opportunity of the open door policy of the present administration to report any infringement on their rights by anybody to the appropriate organ of the University for possible investigation and redress.

    Also, the University Administration will now present the findings of the Panel to the Academic and Promotion Committee of the University for deliberations and recommendations.

    He said the committee would in turn present the outcome to the University Governing Council for final decision.

    The Vice Chancellor, however, thanked the public for their interest in the University, and pledged to always preserve the academic sanctity and intellectual integrity of the University as laid down by the founding fathers.

    “And concerning the issue at hand, we are unequivocally committed to making the final decision on it known to the public, ” he said.