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A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Hon. Moshood Salvador, on Sunday said the health of the National Leader of the party and Presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, declared presidential ambition.

He said Osinbajo contesting against Tinubu is good for the political development of the country.

He spoke with newsmen on the sidelines of his annual Ramadan Lecture/Zakat held at his Salvador towers Surulere Lagos.

According to him, there was nothing like betrayal that Osinbajo is contesting against Tinubu.

He said it would rather deepen the democratic experience of Nigeria and especially Lagos State where there is hardly no democracy.

Daily Trust reports that Salvador who is a leader of the Conscience Movement, a bloc within the APC, had expressed grievances over the outcome of the congresses of the party at the ward, local government and state congresses where members of his group were allegedly sidelined.

Salvador, a one-time Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state before defecting to APC, said, “Vice-President and Asiwaju coming out to contest is a very good political development.

“Hardly do we have real democracy in Lagos State. It is a democratic challenge to all the big wigs that are coming out. It is a fantastic development even for Asiwaju. You can see that his health improved immediately that he now calls himself a youth.

“You could see him at the stadium (yesterday) coming out to say what exactly he wants to do for Nigeria, you can see him talking to the masses. He was all the while talking to the Obas, talking to Mr. President. Mr. President has only one vote. President Muhammadu Buhari’s vote is not bigger than mine, my vote is not bigger than yours. Therefore you can see the mood,” he said.

Salvador also clarified that he chaired the event where Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State recently declared his presidential intention because he was invited as a leader of the party, saying it has nothing to do with ethnicity.

He said any aspirant can invite him as a mark of honour and respect.

The disease control centre also noted that the latest is cumulative data for April 12 and 13, 2022.

Two months after the last fatality was recorded, Nigeria on Wednesday announced one death from the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday morning shows that the fatality toll increased to 3,143 from 3,142 recorded on February 18, 2022.

The disease centre added that 13 new coronavirus infections across four states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were also recorded.

The new confirmed cases also increased the country's infection toll to 255,646, while a total of 249,842 have now been treated and discharged nationwide since the outbreak of the pandemic two years ago.

The disease control centre also noted that the latest is cumulative data for April 12 and 13, 2022.

Breakdown

The breakdown of the NCDC data shows that Lagos State, Nigeria's epicentre of the disease, topped the infection chart with six cases.

Also, Rivers and Delta states in the South-south recorded three and two cases respectively, while the FCT and Kano State reported a single case each.

NCDC noted that seven states: Abia, Bauchi, Cross River, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau, and Sokoto reported that they recorded no cases on Wednesday.

Implication of new fatality

The new fatality case has been recorded at a time when the nation thought it could heave a sigh of relief from the pandemic that has not only ravaged its economy but claimed many lives.

The Nigerian government had on April 6 lifted the nationwide midnight curfew earlier imposed to contain the pandemic.

Restrictions on parties, concerts, and other crowded activities were also lifted.

The decision was contained in a statement issued by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 and titled; "Implementation Guidelines for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions."

The PSC said the social restriction recommendations were revised in line with the three established thematic areas of movement, industry and labour, as well as community activities.

It explained that the decision followed the reduced risk of importation of new variants, availability of vaccines and the increasing number of people vaccinated in Nigeria and globally.

The government had on May 10, 2021, imposed a nationwide curfew of 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. to limit the spread of the virus.

While the new fatality recorded may have no significant impact on the newly released guidelines, experts hope the record of fatality will not continue in the coming days.

Vaccination update

Speaking recently in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, said more than 13 million eligible persons in Nigeria have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and 23 million others have received their first dose.

"As of today the 11th of April 2022, we have fully vaccinated 13,588,718 persons which is approximately 12.2 per cent of our total eligible population.

"Meanwhile 23,012,700 others have received their first dose which represents 18 per cent of the total eligible population," he said.

He said the agency has intensified technical support to all states to ramp up the vaccination coverage.