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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has ordered both the Lagos State traffic management agency (LASTMA) and Vehicle Inspector Officials(VIO) to release all impounded vehicles in their custody with minor offence from March 1.

He made this known via a statement on his official Twitter handle where he noted that this will reduce the impact of the lockdown on residents of the state.

He Said:

A gang of armed robbers known as One Million Boys have threatened to attack neighbourhoods in Lagos as revealed in a letter they sent.

The letter which shows a description of a gun and a knife warns residents of Ogba and environs to beware and comply with their operation or have their hands cut off.

The letter which was seen n the floor reads:

“We are undefeated, One Million Boys are coming to visit your area very soon. so, make everybody prepare. If you don’t comply we will cut your hand!”.

This comes after the Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Muhammad sent an intervention squad to fight against the criminals taking advantage of the lockdown period to rob neighbourhoods in Lagos and Ogun States.

See The Letter Below:

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The Lagos State Government has identified 119 residents with COVID-19 symptoms during its house-to-house search for persons infected by the virus.

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Lagos Identifies 119 People with COVID-19 Symptoms During House-to-House Search
editorApril 14, 2020 9:34 Pm
By Martins Ifijeh

The Lagos State Government has identified 119 residents with COVID-19 symptoms during its house-to-house search for persons infected by the virus.


Announcing this during a press briefing Tuesday, the Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said so far, a total of 118,009 houses had been reached during the house-to-house exercise.

He said the community search was activated to limit the spread of the disease in the state, adding that so far, those with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 have had their samples taken with results expected.

Abayomi said: “119 persons were found with symptoms of coronavirus but tests are being conducted to determine their status.

“We have embarked on an active case search in communities. The idea is to go to hotspots and go from door to door with our health personnel. So far, in the last two days, we have visited 118,000 households and we are looking for the typical symptoms of COVID-19. We have identified about 119 people who have the symptoms that are suggestive of COVID-19.

“But let me remind you that COVID-19 is one of the viruses that can cause respiratory symptoms. There are many viruses. So, the idea is to take samples from these 119 and analyse them and that would give us an idea of how much COVID-19 activity is happening in the communities,” he added.

That ritualist must be dealt with, imagine babe I can comfortably make my sweet wife

Don't ne moved, is just STD, ask God for forgiveness first then go for treatment. Is well with you

China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental coronavirus vaccines as it battles to contain imported cases and prevent a second wave of COVID-19.

The experimental vaccines are being developed by a Beijing-based unit of Sinovac Biotech and by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, an affiliate of state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera’s Sarah Clarke, reporting from Hong Kong, said China’s National Health Commission also confirmed the trials will go ahead.

In March, Beijing gave the green light to another clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by the military-backed Academy of Military Medical Sciences and biotech firm CanSino Bio, shortly after US drug developer Moderna said it had begun human tests for their vaccine with the US National Institutes of Health.

“We can confirm now that three particular vaccines are being tested in China, and the National Health Commission has said it will have to clear a number of conditions before they can enable mass production of the vaccines globally,” said Clarke.

As of Tuesday, China reported 82,249 coronavirus cases and 3,341 deaths. There were no fatalities over the past 24 hours.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday said nobody has been attacked or robbed during the Lagos lockdown, despite claims by residents of robbery attacks, especially in border communities.

The Police Boss in an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said no report of robbery or attack has been received by the police command and residents are only been ‘apprehensive.’

“I just want to make it categorically clear that there is no single case of robbery in Agege axis. It was just a mere case of apprehension. Because of the little incident that happened some days ago, miscreants at the borderline between Ogun and Lagos decided to exercise unnecessary unlawful acts, which the police rose to.

“Because of the previous experience they had with these ‘one million boys’ they became apprehensive that because of the dastardly acts that these boys normally do, this brought agitation and they came out and said they are ready to defend themselves,” he said.

Reacting to complain of attacks in the Lekki area of the state, the Police Commissioner said nobody has been attacked.

“That of Lekki axis, nobody has been attacked, you just keep on seeing people sitting in two-three gatherings and they believe that if they continue like this, the number may increase and they may begin to come into the houses.

“There’s been no single house where they have been robbed. Just like Agege, there’s been no single report where anybody has been attacked,” Odumosu claimed.

He then urged Lagos residents to go about their business, especially workers on essential duty. He added that the police have “a robust patrol in all these axis,” where complaints are being received.

The Police Commissioner’s response comes amid social media outcry and trends tagged #LagosUnrest. Using the hashtag, residents have shared videos and pictures of unrest in some parts of Lagos State including Gowon Estate, Agege, Ogba, Iyana Ipaja, Ayobo, among others.

According to the residents, increasing robbery attacks have denied them of peace and sleep and many have turned vigilantes keeping bonfire in case of imminent attack.

In response to the outcry, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Monday deployed an intervention squad to tackle the crimes in Lagos and Ogun states.

The intervention squad includes Police Mobile Force (PMF) units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS).

The European Union has given Nigeria a grant of €50 million to fight COVID-19.

The grant was announced by the Head of EU delegation in Nigeria, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, at a meeting with President Buhari in Abuja.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, also confirmed this in a tweet on Tuesday.

Adesina said:

“EU gives Nigeria a grant of 50 million Euro to fight Covid-19. Head of EU delegation, Amb Ketil Karlsen, at the event commended President Buhari for “your powerful address to the nation last night,” and for “the bold and necessary measures you’ve taken.”

China reported 89 new coronavirus cases on April 13, down from 108 the previous day, the health authority said on Tuesday.
Of the total, 86 were imported, down from 98 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said.

China’s state broadcaster had reported earlier that 79 of the day’s imported cases were in the northeast province of Heilongjiang, which shares a border with Russia.

The number of total confirmed cases in China now stands at 82,249. Its death toll from the pandemic stands at 3,341, with no new deaths on April 13.

China’s northeastern border has become a frontline in the fight against a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic.

Having largely stamped out domestic transmission of the disease, China has been slowly easing curbs on movement as it tries to get its economy back on track.

But there are fears that a rise in imported cases could spark a second wave of COVID-19.

A total of 108 new coronavirus cases were reported in mainland China on Sunday, up from 99 a day earlier, marking the highest daily tally since March 5.

Imported cases accounted for a record 98.

Half involved Chinese nationals returning from Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, home to the city of Vladivostok.

They re-entered China through border crossings in Heilongjiang province.

Jumabi thank God for your life, I have been asking after you since you left Gowon Estate. My boy nothing do you

A police officer had no idea he was being filmed after he allegedly extorted 40,000 Naira from a man who defied the lockdown order so he could get food.
In a video going viral on Twitter, Officer Taloju Martins, the SO of Ago Police station in Lagos State, is seen counting 1,000 Naira notes that he allegedly forced a Lagos resident to pay after he was caught outside on Friday, 10, April 2020 at Ago.

See the video below:-

The Police in Enugu State have arrested a suspect for allegedly poisoning about 143 bags of garden eggs at a popular market within Enugu metropolis.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday.

Ndukwe said that the suspect was carrying out his nefarious activity at Akwata sub-market of the Ogbete Main Market in Enugu.

He said that the suspect was apprehended on April 8 at about 2 p.m. by police operatives from Central Police Station, Enugu.

“Following a report, police operatives attached to the station arrested the suspect for allegedly emptying a can of a suspected toxic liquid substance on loads of garden eggs at Akwata sub-market of the Ogbete Main Market, Enugu.

“The garden eggs numbering about 143 bags are currently worth N729, 000. “Investigation to ascertain the real motive(s) of the suspect as well as apprehend and prosecute his accomplices to the crime is ongoing at the State Criminal Investigation Department,’’ the police spokesman said.

Ndukwe said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, commended the efforts of the dogged officers, security stakeholders and law-abiding citizens of the state for the collaboration and support that made the arrest possible.

He said that the commissioner had always reiterated his commitment to always get tough on unrepentant criminal elements in order to achieve maximum public security and safety in the state, especially in these trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said;

“To this end, the commissioner has charged all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Tactical/Operational Departments of the Command to redouble their efforts and be resolute in curbing crimes and criminality in the state.

“The peace-loving citizens have been called upon to promptly report suspected criminals and acts of criminality to the nearest police station or by contacting the Command on 08032003702, 08075390882 or 08086671202 or by sending electronic mails to contact042ppro@gmail.com’’.

The saddest video on the internet today.

There is nothing else compared to mother’s love and that is evident in this video.
Earlier today, a video of an old woman around Igbore Abeokuta emerged online and it’s sad how the woman is willing to go extra miles just to ensure her kids eat in this lockdown period.

According to her, she said she could sleep with any man for 500 naira so that her children can eat because she is already incapacitated with this lockdown.

Watch Video Below:-
https://www..ng/news/this-abeokuta-old-woman-willing-to-take-prck-for-n500-to-feed-her-kids-is-the-saddest-thing-you-will-see-on-internet-today-watch-video

Nice Move

AS Nigeria still grapples on how to contain and treat those already infected with the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, Prophet Jones Erue of Jabez House of Prayers, has prophesied that God would pass through Nigeria and heal the country of the dreaded pandemic. True in a statement titled; “A Prophetic call for solemn Assembly: Its time for God’s move, said; “the spirit of God directed my attention to Joel 2: 15; Joel 2:15 as He instructed: Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly.

“God said He will move through the land of Nigeria on the 16th of April and there will be a great shaking after which, there will be absolutely calm in the land.

“The Vice President, Pastor Yemi Osibanjo should as a matter of urgency, call a solemn Assembly and proclaim a fast as a representative of God in this Government.

“He (Yemi Osibanjo) shall select seven ordained servants of God and few selected men of goodwill who shall fast and intercede in prayers on the aforementioned date on behalf of our dear nation with Him.

“All ordained Servants of God and Men of goodwill across the Nation shall join in their homes to pray and intercede for our Nation. Women of goodwill should also wail and cry to God in prayers for the sins of the land to be forgiven.”God said, he will answer our prayers and there will be calm. This is the word of God to our dear nation as it came to me”.

Vanguard

The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has announced that the state’s second case of coronavirus has tested negative to the deadly disease after intense treatment and has been discharged.

He made this known via a statement on his official Twitter handle on Thursday, 9th April where he enjoined the state residents to keep staying safe.

Nigeria has discharged seven Coronavirus patients from the Isolation Centre in Lagos.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on his Twitter handle on Thursday.

He said “Good people of Lagos,

“I bring you awesome news from IDH, Yaba, which is as a testament to our resolve to overcome the lethal #COVID19 pandemic ravaging the world.

“Today, we discharged 7 more patients who have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively for #COVID19”

“This is in a bid to intensify our search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State known as *Active Case Search*. These officials can be identified with a #COVID19 outbreak response tag or a letter from the LGA”.

Sanwo-Olu further implored Lagosians to give maximum support by providing accurate information that would help in containing the COVID-19 pandemic quickly.

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates nationwide.

Out of the said number, President Buhari granted amnesty to five ex-convicts among whom are Late Professor Ambrose Ali, Late Chief Anthony Enahoro, Ex Lt. Col Moses Effiong, Major E. J Olanrewaju and Mr Ajay I Olusola Babalola.

Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, explained that after the release of the first phase of inmates, the committee on Presidential amnesty will continue to meet regularly to consider those who deserve the benefit.

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Also speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said the United Nations had called all nation’s of the world to reduce the number of inmates in custodial centres in view of social distancing attitude.

While describing the flag off of the 2020 presidential pardon as historic, Mr Malami said the process of selecting benefiaries started in 2018.

He also urged the community to open their hearts and receive the beneficiaries without stigmatisation.

Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is currently on fire right now in Abuja.
The cause of the fire accident is yet to be disclosed as at the time of filing this reprts.

But we hope the fire-brigade officials make it to the scene on time to put out the fire to avoid more unpleasant news especially with national funds.

There was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Treasury House, which is the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

The cause of the fire, which started about 10 am, is yet to be known.

The PUNCH gathered that as soon as the incident started, men of the Federal Fire Service were alerted to assist in putting out the fire.

They were later joined by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, the Nigeria Police Force and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

https://punchng.com/breaking-fire-guts-accountant-generals-office/?amp=1

You guys should sit up and tackle this pandemic before it gets worst

The Edo State Government on Monday confirmed that it recorded two new cases of coronavirus, making a total of 11 confirmed cases in the state.

Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had disclosed via its Twitter handle that Edo State had two new cases.

The tweet read, “Ten new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria: 6 in Lagos, 2 in FCT and 2 in Edo.”

Confirming the development, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, said,

“The fight against coronavirus disease has been on in the state.

“Our people have been told, but the message we are getting is that our people are not taking these messages seriously.

This is a serious business.

“As we are receiving new cases every day, the state has been prepared in fighting this disease by providing different isolation centers across the state.

“We have four isolation centers in the state. One is at the Central Hospital Auchi, another one is at Irrua Specialist Hospital, we have one at University of Benin Teaching Hospital and one at Stella Obansajo Hospital.

“The state has also provided a holding center at the Stella Obansajo Hospital where suspected cases of coronavirus who are awaiting results are going to be kept.

“Anybody with symptoms should go straight to Stella Obansajo Hospital, doctors and nurses have been trained to attend to such people,” NAN quoted him as saying.

He further urged the residents to work together with the state government in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Sahara Reporters

Governor Ganduje has extended the stay at home order issued to civil servants in the state to allow his intervention measures against the dreaded Coronavirus to take full effect.
The Governor said more time was needed to actively cover the entire State with government interventions.

Ganduje issued an additional two weeks stay at home for the civil servants on Monday while receiving a report of the COVID-19 Fundraising Committee at Government house.

The Governor stressed that extension of the stay at home directive became imperatives following the increasing number of cases of COVID- 19 recorded in the country.

Although Kano state has not recorded any case so far, the governor said the border closure and partial lockdown of social activities would remain to keep the state safe.

Meanwhile, the fundraising committee on COVID- 19 has identified 300,000 households for distribution of food items and cash as palliative measures against the coronavirus.

Presenting the preliminary report of his committee, Chairman Professor Mohammad Yahuza Bello said the committee has mapped out the 300, 000 households across the 484 political wards.

Earlier, Professor Bello said the committee had received a total sum of N354, 695, 780.50k cash donation.

Sahara Reporters

President Buhari has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service NCS to release for immediate distribution, bags of rice seized from smugglers.

This directive is part of the palliative measures by the Federal government to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, announced this during a media briefing in Abuja on Monday morning.

Sahara Reporters

The President has approved grains from the Stategic Grains Reserves.

The Nigeria Customs Service has in its custody a lot of rice that has been seized and there is one hundred and fifty trucks of rice that is now been handed over to the humanitarian ministry for distribution to the states across the country” she said

5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK after online conspiracy theories have linked the cell towers to the coronavirus pandemic.
The BBC reports that at least three towers were set alight last week, and police and fire services were called to extinguish the flames.

Rumors and conspiracy theories over a link between the rollout of 5G and the spread of coronavirus have been spread primarily through social media.

A variety of groups exist on Facebook and Nextdoor, where thousands of members repeat false and misleading claims that the technology is supposedly harmful.

One theory claims that the novel coronavirus originated in Wuhan because the Chinese city had recently been rolling out 5G. It’s now supposedly spread to other cities that are also using 5G.

But is there any truth in these claims? More investigations are currently on going to know the truth and not deny on mere speculations.

A Nigerian nurse in the USA who recovered from the deadly coronavirus, has opened up about her experiences.
People who are able to go to the hospital on time stand a better chance of surviving, but the thing is that they are asking people to self-quarantine because since it’s a virus, it will run its course and go by itself.

Where it becomes complicated for many people is when they now have underlying illnesses like diabetes, asthma, cardiac problems, and pneumonia. I am diabetic, that’s what made mine worse.”

Those were the opening lines of May Toba, a United States-based nurse, mother of two and visibly elated survivor of the Coronavirus, as she relived her wrestle and recovery from the rampaging virus.

How it all started
“I was having a bit of temperature; I own a thermometer, so I checked myself and found that it was 38.4. Usually, the temperature is supposed to be between 35 and 37.5. I checked the first day, took paracetamol; I kept monitoring it daily and it kept increasing.

“The next day, I decided to go shopping with my son. I didn’t isolate because, to be honest, I was in denial that it could be Coronavirus. I thought it was common cold and general body weakness. By this time, people in London were panic-buying. Everybody was rushing to buy tissues and other things. So, I went shopping with my son, so that if London shuts down over the weekend, we would have food at home.

“I live in South-East London, so as we got to Woolich, I was short of breath and also couldn’t walk long distance without stopping to sit somewhere.

When we got home, I asked my son to offload the things we bought, that I needed to go to the hospital because I was having signs of COVID-19.

I drove down to the hospital where I work. I work in Accident and Emergency and we are the front-liners. Everything comes through our doors.

“On getting there, my colleague said to me: ‘May, you should know better. These are flu-like symptoms. Why don’t you just stay at home for seven days instead of coming to the hospital?’ I told her I wasn’t feeling right at all and that if I was, I wouldn’t come to the hospital.

“Being that I work in the hospital, they rushed me straight, took my samples, and did all my blood tests and x-rays. The COVID-19 test takes 48 hours before the result comes out. They started diagnosing it through the patient’s x-ray. When they do your chest x-ray, they can see from your lungs if there’s fluid in the lungs.

They detected fluid in my lungs and saw that it had started collapsing already. The doctor immediately told me that he’s going to intubate me and place me on a ventilator to allow my lungs rest. I agreed and was injected. That was the last I knew of what happened until four days later.

“According to my colleagues, I was incubated and sent to ICU. I woke up four days later and was told the water in my lungs had already dried up and the blood test had become better. They did another swab and it was negative, that’s how I was discharged.

Please can you trace how you got infected?
“On the 13th, I worked with COVID-19 people. My matron and I were trying to see if it was on that shift I contracted it. I still think it was that shift; because that day, we had about five COVID-19 patients and we weren’t properly dressed at the time, because the WHO hadn’t told us what to wear.

It was the week I was sick that they now decoded that anybody attending to patients with any form of respiratory illness should gown up.

“I would say my symptoms took five days to show because I worked on the 13th and was admitted at the hospital on the 19th. But, you never can tell with this virus. I could have contracted it on the train on my way to work; it could have been brought home from school by any of my children. But I’m grateful to God that he didn’t allow COVID-19 kill me while trying to save others.

Did you get your children tested?
“They didn’t have to be tested because they don’t have any underlying illness and they have not shown symptoms. The government said there is no need for them to be tested. Sadly, a 13-year-old died in London yesterday and he didn’t have any underlying illness. He’s the youngest that has died in London so far. Every day, the death toll is keeps rising.”

Source: The Nation

A policeman in Akwa Ibom State has been demoted for assaulting a medical doctor while enforcing the stay-at-home order of the state government.
Dr Daniel Edet, a surgeon with the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, was assaulted by Edidiong Alexander, a police sergeant, while on his way to work on Friday evening.

The threat of strike action by the Nigerian Medical Association over the incident, which left Edet’s hand fractured, forced police to investigate the matter

Edidiong was demoted from the rank of a sergeant to corporal after investigations found him guilty of the offence.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Imohimi Edgal, met with Edet and Chairman of NMA in the state to apologise over the incident.

Sahara Reporters

The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has tested negative for Coronavirus, two weeks after testing positive for the virus.

Recall that the governor had disclosed that he had Governor of Bauchi State, gone on self-isolation following contact with the son of Atiku Abubakar.

Two close contacts of the governor had also been tested positive for the virus.

A credible source at the state government house told DAILY NIGERIAN that the governor has substantially recovered from the sickness, adding that the governor would be discharged from the Isolation facility at the government house.

Source: https://dailynigerian.com/breaking-bauchi-governor-recovers-tests-negative-for-coronavirus/

nzeobi:
I hope he sees the cure next and soon by God's grace

From the video he saw the cure as well