Dtribeless:


Because their currency is in demand. Who wants Naira besides Benin and Togo. Guys, open an economics notebook. What can you buy with Naira outside Nigeria? You can't say this for other dollar & Euro and Swiss Francs. So if you print and print, you will just inflate local prices and it's back to square one. Nigeria must produce more of what it needs locally; that way it can print currency. As long as we buy foreign, purchasing in dollars, we can't print.

A Nigerian man based in New York, United States, has died of complications from Coronavirus.

The man named Jonathan Adewunmi, is the owner of a popular Nigerian restaurant named Amarachee in Brooklyn area of New York.

Show promoter, Paul Okoye, who is one of persons close to Adewunmi during his lifetime, took to social media to mourn his demise.

He said, “My man why? Jonathan Rip. Coronavirus why? So many things we planned this summer. Gone so soon brother.”

The Nigerian Government had last week released a list of Nigerians, who died of Coronavirus abroad since the outbreak started weeks ago.

Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known through a video containing the names, pictures and countries of residence of the departed Nigerians.

In the video posted on her verified Twitter handle, 13 Nigerians abroad have so far died of the virus.

Of the 13 persons, eight died in the United Kingdom while five died in the United States.

The 55-second clip listed the Nigerians killed by the virus in the UK as Dr Alfa Sa’adu, Carol Jamabo, Dr Kole Abayomi, Bode Ajanlekoko, Adeola Onasanya, Ugochukwu Erondu, Chidinma Olajide and Mmaete Greg.

Bassey Offiong, Caleb Anya, Akeem Adagun, Laila Abubakar and Patricia Imobhio on their part were killed by the infection in the United States.

Lady calls out a Lebanese man who put up a suspected trafficked Nigerian Lady up for sale on Facebook in Lebanon.

A middle-aged man narrowly escaped death on Saturday after falling off from Upper Iweka Fly Overbridge, Onitsha, Anambra state.

The man was said to have attempted suicide around 4.15 pm after allegedly jumping down from the flyover following news of total lockdown by the state government.

A resident of the area who preferred not to be mentioned said he saw the body of the man lying lifeless while driving pass the area.

“They said the man just committed suicide by jumping from the Upper Iweka Flyover immediately he had news of total lockdown by the Anambra state government today,”

Reacting, police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, dismissed the alleged suicide report, saying the victim was still alive.

He said, “At about 4:20 pm date, a man of about 30years old whose identity is yet to be ascertained allegedly missed steps and fall down from the flyover at Upper Iweka.

“Police patrol team attached to Okpoko Division visited the scene and rushed victim to Toronto hospital for medical attention.

“Victim is responding to treatment and investigation is ongoing to ascertain the actual cause of the incident.”

Global trends have shown that governments with more timely and stricter responses to the coronavirus have been more successful in curtailing its spread. Contrasts have been made between stricter countries like China and the US, which has been laxer.

Where do Nigerian states sit on the scale of responses?

To answer this we have created a State Response Index. The Index is a dynamic measure of each state's aggressiveness in combatting the virus. It is a ranking of the intensity of each state’s response to the coronavirus crisis and is updated with additional developments from verified sources. The 10 criteria and weighting used in creating the index are outlined in the methodology below.


1. Limited welfare

Less than half of state governments have begun any kind of relief to SMEs or cash and food handouts to the vulnerable. Each state has a score out of 10 (on the far left column) based on how many measures it has adopted.

2. Affected states are responding

Thankfully, not only have the states with most of the cases embraced more stringent measures to curtail the spread of the virus but also states with fewer or no cases have implemented border closures which can hopefully help avoid the economic harm of a lockdown. Each state is shaded according to its level of responsiveness. Lagos State has 10 points after adopting all measures.
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Methodology

We developed the index using 10 equally weighted criteria. In calculating State Score, Stears Business only intends to provide a starting point for the discussion around a national strategy for combatting COVID-19.

The criteria were developed with reference to the World Health Organization’s Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plans which outline the public health measures that can be taken at a country level to respond to Covid19 as well as comparative studies about how other Nations are responding to flatten the curve. We have taken what we’ve learned about the response options so far to put Nigeria’s response in context.

The index is a dynamic measure of each state's aggressiveness in combatting the virus. It is updated with additional developments from verified sources.

10 Equally Weighted Criteria for State Response (Requirements for point)

The visuals above show the state of the coronavirus response for each of the 36 states and the FCT: Abia, Abuja, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara. The criteria are explained below:

Movement restriction: The state must have announced restricted movement, recommended social distancing, and limited public gatherings.

Closed borders - The state must have announced a closure of its land borders at the time of the last update.

Lockdown - The state or Federal Government must have announced a lockdown that is still effective at the time of the last update of this report.

Emergency law - The state must have enacted a law related to its ability to control the coronavirus at the time of the last update.

Security - The state government must have deployed security personnel to enforce rules related to covid19.

Test centers - The state must have had a laboratory announced by the NCDC operational at the time of the last update.

Isolation centers - The Isolation centers with at least 300 beds must already be in place. An announcement of the intention to set up an isolation center does not meet the criteria.

Added ventilators - The state must have made an announcement committing to additional ventilators or received ventilators either through donations or state purchases.

SME Grant - The state must have announced plans for relief to small businesses within the State as at the time of this.

Handouts - The state must have begun cash or food handouts to vulnerable state residents.

Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, founder and Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre has urged Christians around the way world to stay away from theories and claims of 5G being the Antichrist.


The KICC founder who admitted that he is not a scientist but a Pastor, stated that anytime there is a major shock around the world the church thinks it is the Antichrist. He went on to recount how the church thought Napoleon, Benito Mussolini, Hitler and many others were the Antichrist.

He also threw a shade at Pastor Chris who he said he is disappointed in for putting out a graph to show a link between 5G, Coronavirus and the Antichrist. He adviced everyone to stay indoors amid the lockdown over Coronavirus outbreak.

Pastor Ashimolowo affirmed that he knows the Antichrist will come and also play some "pranks", but insisted that the current challenges the world is facing is not the handiwork of the Antichrist. He concluded by stating that the world is facing a pandemic which Jesus spoke of in Mathew 24:8.


Here is the video below;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAHjpk4y-PA

Recall that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome who was preaching to his congregation on a live TV program few days ago, stated that the pandemic was created to popularize the 5G network which is gradually gaining attention across the world.

He added that these are part of the Antichrist's plan for a new world order which includes; one world government, one world religion and one world economy. Pastor Chris backed his claim with Revelation Chapter 13.

mrvitalis:
This is absolutely correct ...I see no reason why Lagos would get and other states won't

....Urge governor to allow markets sell food items

March 31, 2020

Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt

Residents of Rivers State especially persons living close to Mbiama, a border community between the state and Bayelsa, have begged Governor Nyesom Wike to review his total ban on markets across the state.

The residents said unless the governor allowed the selling of food items in the markets, they would die of ‘hunger virus’ even before the Coronavirus would get to their areas.

While they appreciated the efforts of the governor to protect Rivers citizens from the virus, the residents urged Wike to either roll out relief materials or allow the selling of only food items in markets.

Mrs. Robinson, a resident of Mbiama, said the popular market had been shut down for about a week since Wike ordered the closure of all markets in the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

She said security operatives were on rampage at Mbiama market destroying food items to prevent people from either buying or selling.

She said hunger compelled the people in the area to confront the operatives, who insisted that nobody would sell anything at the market.

She said: “It is a terrible situation. The Coronavirus is not here but hunger wants to kill us. There is no way we can buy even foodstuffs and the government has not provided any relief materials. There is nothing in place to assist us.

“The people that have managed to get to the market are stranded. Soldiers and policemen will not allow anybody to buy anything. They destroy bags of garri. They would pour water on the fire of women frying yam along the road. The security forces and the market people have been fighting.

“The people are crying that they are hungry. What I am telling you has continued for over a week now since the governor made an announcement that markets should close down. I was thinking that the sell of other things apart from food would be affected by the order.

“I don’t know why they are not allowing foodstuffs that people depend on to live their lives. How are we going to survive. The market is closed because the security operatives will not allow people to either buy or sell.

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“We were hungry and I sent my children to the market but they returned without buying anything. We only eat from hands to mouths. We don’t have money. Even lock-up shops are not allowed to open. What are we going to do? It is the hunger that will kill us before the Coronavirus will even come. The suffering is too much”.

Though Wike earlier ordered that all markets should be closed to contain the spread of the virus, the governor in latest directive exempted people providing essential goods and services.

He said the restrictive orders would not affect medical and pharmaceutical personnel, food and beverages, essential oil and gas staff, petroleum products and media workers and newspaper distributors.

athaboi:
why are you telling me shege now, is very simple...I asked you what he has done and you came up with sharing of food. Where exactly, I live in Lagos too...where is the food?? Who did he give?? For how long did they use the food. Nothing concern me with the governor, all I'm saying is that there must be a point for praising him and for now there's none cmon

athaboi:
lolz..you didn't address the point

athaboi:
now tell me, what has he done in this so called extraordinary time that deserve the praise The update?? The market closure?? Did he build any center for this Did he announce any palletive for the people of Lagos?? What exactly bro, talk to us

athaboi:
bcoz he comes on air to give update?? Jez you guys should just stop already

March 29, 2020

Emma Elekwa, Onitsha

Leadership of Ochanja Market Dealers Association, Onitsha, Anambra state said it was ready to comply with the directives by the government on shutting down markets as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.

President- General of the association, Mr Nelson Ojukwu, made the disclosure weekend in Onitsha, saying the decision was reached following a meeting he had with the market leaders immediately the directives got to him.

He said they were aware of the economic implications the closure would have on the traders, but said they were ready to lose their money than risk their lives.

He prayed the closure would not last for a long time.

He said, “The leaders have agreed to shutdown the market as directed by the Anambra State Government from March 30.

“Even though the closure will bring a big set back to the economy individually and collectively, it is a necessary step to save lives.

“The market will close down on Monday as directed by the Governor while we pray that the closure will not last for long.”

Ojukwu noted that the market leaders were solidly in support of the government directives, describing it as timely as well as right step to take in order to curb the spread of the pandemic.

“Soon after the directive reached me, I immediately held meetings with all the market leaders, where we agreed to comply with immediate effect,” he said.

Ojukwu said the traders complied with provision of buckets of water and soap at the entrance of each line.

Personal Assistant to Shoe Dealers Association in the market, Mr Ebele Edoka also praised government decision in closing down the market.

“If the Governor had not issued the order, Ndi Anambra would not have taken proactive measures to prevent the spread of pandemic. A stitch in time saves nine,” he added.

Esseite:
Markets and supermarkets should not be closed... it would breed hyperinflation..