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Luckily for us, most covid-19 cases in Nigeria are mild to moderate with most infected people being asymptomatic throughout so the prognosis for recovery is good.

The population demograpy favours us too. 90.87% of our population is from age 1 - 49 years. 50 - 59 years: 4.50%, 60 - 69years: 2.56%, above 70years: 2.45%. Our median age is 17.9.

The latent resistance we've built to diseases like malaria, typhoid etc over the years seems to have built our immunity and helping most infected people to beat the disease.

Data from some studies show countries with a BCG vaccination program have far fewer cases, milder cases and lower rates of transmission of covid-19 than those who don't.

Also, some studies link higher temperatures to reduced spread of the virus.

All these bode well for us.

Bonny light is currently at $17/barrel and our vessels are roaming the high seas offering incentives and discounted prices yet there are no buyers.

Due to the pandemic, government has lost so much revenue and our economy is predicted to go into recession post covid-19.

Our economy is mostly informal with most people irking a living from their daily hustle.

FG and states cannot provide palliatives to sustain the lockdown/stay at home, not to even talk about stimulus to businesses

Then who are we deceiving?

We cannot be on lockdown and stay home indefinitely.

We have one of the lowest covid-19 testing rate/million in the world and at our present rate of testing, the curve will not be flattened anytime soon. This means the virus will be with us for a long time.

We have to adopt a Covid-19 strategy tailored to our unique circumstances and find a way to live with the virus without stiffling economic activities.

jmaine:
Lolz.. They will still use that GIFMIS, or they keep their money...

The Bursary will only have to sieve out the names of those who enrolled from those that did not, to process the pay.

The union is alert to the shenanigans of the FG... We aren't desperate.

Obtaining the BVN is not a big deal for the authorities (that's if they don't have it already).

All that is required is the salary account details which can be suplied by the bursary department of the universities.

I think this "revalidation of BVN" condition is a ploy by the FG not to pay ASUU members or delay paying the salaries.

GamalNasser:
It's time we address claims by Buharist clowns that because Nigeria has recorded just 2 death and 155 infections because of Buharis good leadership , this is huge lie and we will put an end to it today !!.

My first question I ask is can zombies tell us what the Buhari govt has done well so the Americans can emulate him and learn , the truth is Buhari has done nothing infact pound for pound his performance in this Covid crisis is one of the worst pro rata.

Why does Nigeria actually have lower numbers :

1 : Traveller inflow : in the first two months of 2020 America had already received over 58 million international travellers while Nigeria recieved about 485 thousand passengers , from this statistics you can see America has received over 100 times more people than Nigeria so is more likely to have imported more infected people but when we take the percentage of infect ion per mille we fine out that America has 0.02% per mille while Nigeria has 0.03% per mille which means Nigeria imported more infections per thousand at 155 confirmed cases today and if I go further and use the wild estimations that some 5000 infections might be runnings wild it the brings Nigeria imported infection per mille to over 1% which is a lot

2: Number of test carried out ; another reason why Nigeria seems to be spotting far lower numbers is due to the low number of testing don't compared to America.. America has tested over 135 thousand people while Nigeria as at today has just test slightly over 200 meaning while America is testing over 300 people per a million of it's population Nigeria is test just 2 people per million so Nigeria is likely to see fewer cases .

3 : Low Transmission and lethality ; Another reason why the rates are low in Nigeria is that for some reason the virus has a slower or weaker rate of transmission and lethality in Nigeria and this might be due to a lot of factors like weather , humidity , genetic make up , diet and most probable to me the absence of any active 5g signal above 24Ghz ( this is for smarter folks so average folks can stand down please )

4 Lack of adequate data base requisite for contact tracing : many contacts have not been traced due to poor address systems and inadequate data base of contact thereby making the issue of contact tracing more difficult and making the numbers of confirmed cases lower .

5 : Self Medication : Nigeria is well known for self medication and data seems to suggest that many patients with similar symptoms as COVID has chosen to knock it off as common flu and self medicated their way out of it with the support of their youthful immunity ( twitter is filled with such stories )

6: Youthful population : Nigeria due it's high ratio of youthful population with Youthful immunity might be acting as a stumbling block to the person to person transmission rate in the country as most youth have the capacity ward off COVID infections without even throwing symptoms .

Gentlemen with these few points I hope you can see that there is nothing special the government of Buhari is doing to stem this crisis instead the the Buhari govt has contributed more to escalating it to where it is today in Nigeria with their reckless behaviour of late travel restrictions till their kids got back home and Federal govt aide even going as far as importing infections and spreading it within govt circle ...I must not fail to commend the stellar leadership in this crisis of the Lagos State govt because they set parameters and template for tackling this which other state Govts have quickly mirrored and which has greatly help but as for the Buhari govt I don't see a single special standout thing they did infact they where late to to the table and only came after Lagos had taken the initiative to bear the index case at it's own risk and initiative

While I agree in principle with the reasons in your post, your data on number of tests carried out is wrong.

From the NCDC situation report of 26th March, 846 people had been screened for the virus in Nigeria. The day before, 25th March, the number of screened people stood at just 262.

This is because NCDC has scaled up it's testing capacity and is recording more successes with contact tracing. By now, I expect the number of people screened to be between 1500 - 2000.

Danielnino00:
The number of confirmed cases may rise to 100 before the end of this week... It is inevitable.. The infected people are already in the country before the airspace were closed .. the best we can do now is to adhere to all protective protocols the government may impose...
Cooperation of every individual across the world will be key to fighting this epidemic...


PS: I never said Nigeria was doing something different... I said the relevant authorities have been doing quite well... Given that the number of infected case in the country isn't as high as some countries that for the virus later than us

On the emboldened, I disagree.

Nigeria has only 5 laboratories with Covid-19 testing capability. 2 in Lagos (LUTH and NIMR) and 1 each in Edo, Osun and FCT. This is too poor. Ideally, every state should have a laboratory capable of carrying out the test.

As at March 18, these 5 laboratories combined had done a total of 68 Covid-19 tests.

https://ng.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/

I don't have the current data but this shows clearly we are undertesting and the actual number of coranavirus cases in the country could be more than the figures released by the Government.

To put things in perspective, all countries that embarked on increased and widespread testing with aggressive contact tracing recorded astronomical rise in cases.

In the State of New York for example, (a megacity just like Lagos), as at March 1 there was only 1 case of Covid-19 but as at today the state has over 20000 cases. What changed? Answer: Aggressive & efficient contact tracing, increased and widespread testing in the past 2 weeks.

Bottomline - we are not doing enough tests so take the numbers released by the Government with a pinch of salt.

elyte89:

Obviously not true...

unicorn79:
Bro semid4lyfe has been a real disappointment. The least said the better. Let's forget about that issue and move on.

Thank you for the mention.

God bless you, sir.

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NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS AWARDS 2019

My picks are:

1. Nigerian Player of the Year:
- Odion Ighalo

2. NPFL player of the Year:
- Mfon Udoh

3. Most Impactful New Inclusion (2019):
- Joe Ayodele-Aribo

4. Best Ogedengbe Super Eagles Best Goal Keeper of the Year:
- Francis Uzoho

5. Stephen Keshi Best Defender of the Year
- Kenneth Omeruo

6. Samuel Okwaraji Best Midfielder of the Year:
- Wilfred Ndidi

7. Rashidi Yekini Best Attacking player of the Year:
- Victor Osimhen

8. Most improved player (2019):
- Victor Osimhen

9. Young Player of the Year (U-21)
- Victor Osimhen

10. Best performing Foreign born Prospect of the year
- Cyriel Dessers

11. Super Falcons Player of the Year:
- Azeezat Oshoala

12. Super Eagles Goal of the Year:
- Samuel Kalu vs Benin( 2021 AFCON qualifiers)

13. Best assist of the Year:
- Aina for Ighalo vs Burundi (2019 AFCON)

14. National Team of the Year
- The Super Eagles


CC: Tbaba1234, Safarigirl, Komekn, Bascovanveli, TheSuperNerd, Andrewbaba44, forgiveness, Icon4s.

safarigirl:
Rohr sha rates calamity Omeruo, and has not mentioned Iorfa, so, until he does...

Unpopular Opinion

The worst defender in the Super Eagles fold presently is William Troost Ekong.

I'll be happy if Dominic Iorfa Jnr. is invited. He has always been a good player.

I saw a few of his games for Wolves in 2015 and I was impressed. Then he played as a right back. He has lots of energy, runs tirelessly, very mobile & fast with good recovery.

He also physically strong, has positional awareness and is not easily beaten. His crosses and passes were the only weaknesses I noticed then.

I havent watched him recently but if his recent stats are anything to go by, he deserves to be invited.

I have always wanted him in the Super Eagles fold but was only pissed he K-I-Ved us.

bobobooge:
Typical Nigerian. Zero organization, no plan, just go with the flow. 'Any where belle face'.

Well it is within your jurisdiction to open a thread, but managing it is beyond you. A thread of 7,000 pages is way too large! I can't believe the mods allowed this to happen.

cc semid4lyfe

Length of thread is not "too large". Thread will not be closed.

Thank you.

Good evening all.

Pls help recommend a neckband bluetooth headphone with excellent bass & sound output/production.

Reminder: I am the moderator of this section.

I follow this thread religiously. Pls lets keep it brotherly and free of insults

Earthquake1:
Thomas Partey buys third division club Alcobendas

He bought it with 3 others. Each has 25% stake in the club.

1. Esiti is a carpenter. Shouldn't be given future invites.

2. With the array of wing talents coming through, I see no need for Moses Simon anymore. He couldn't beat his man all day and didn't backtrack and mark the defender effectively.

3. Etebo is good and a workaholic but he holds the ball too long at times, puts himself in tight situations, loses possession and puts the team under pressure.

4. Uzoho is improving. He sets up the wall better than Akpeyi and has better positioning.

5. Joe Aribo is the truth. Played out of tight situations many times and put in a good shift. The goal was the icing on the cake. He's gotten a permanent membership of the squad from his performance today.

The boys are balling... I'm impressed by how quickly they bring the ball out of defence to attack.

Very smooth transition.

Venita is putting all her acting skills to use. Her laughter is forced and false.

She so does not want to have this conversation with Cindy.

Cindy, e don do abeg. . . .

I am voting to save Cindy.

Omashola is a fool. Why is he heaping the blame on Sir Dee?

I hope he gets evicted.

Nonsense!

@ princetom1,

Even in the well, it is well.

I have no doubt It will all end in praise.

We played a very controlled and measured game

Launched counter attacks at will and could have scored 3 goals if our decision making and finishing was better.

Chukwueze is a baller, repeat after me.

Final Score

Nigeria 2 : 1 South Africa

Yaay!

SA played nothing.

Their goal was a gift

Let's shut up that arrogant prick Stuart Baxter up once and for all.

A minute more.

We can do this

Chukwueze bringing ball deep from midfield.

Complete baller

South Africa must not score

Goal.

Troost Ekong.

2 : 1.

Nigeria is almost there

I hope we score or take it to extra time.

South Africa must not score

If we lose Rohr should be sacked immediately

We just made things difficult for ourselves.