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The Lagos State Government(LASG) has shortlisted six companies from the 32 respondents to the Request for Qualification that applied for the construction of the Fourth Mainland Bridge.

The six companies are:
- Mota-Engil and CCCC Consortium (Portugese-owned))
- Power Construction Corporation of China (Chinese-owned)
- CGGC-CGC Joint Venture (Chinese-owned)
- China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation(CCECC) Nigeria Ltd (Chinese-owned)
- China State Construction Engineering Corporation Nigeria Limited (Chinese-owned)
- IC ICTAS Insaat San ve Tic. A.S I Conds. INds. And Trade Corp (Turkish-owned)

In a public notice jointly signed by the Special Adviser , Lagos State Ministry of Works & Infrastructure; and D-G, Lagos State Office of Public Private Partnerships, it stated that, "LASG will in due course announce the commencement of the next stage of the Selection/Bidding Process, and issue the RfP to the above-listed Pre-Qualified Bidders".

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Former Military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida turned 79 today. In a birthday message in his father's honour, his daughter Aisha said: "From The Godfather of all. My father has been keen to our growth and productivity. Today we celebrate him on his birthday and pray God Almighty continues to strengthen him, protect him..... our love for him is stronger than ever reason we pray for a healthy longer life for him."


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SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that scientists have never seen before. The number of people infected and killed by the disease has continued to change every day. In Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, as of the 7th of August 2020, 45687 cases have been confirmed, 32637 cases have been discharged and 936 deaths have been recorded. First Cardiology Consultants in Ikoyi, Lagos has become the hospital of choice for Nigeria’s high and mighty seeking Covid-19 treatment.

How is First Cardiology Consultants managing COVID-19 treatment? Below is a statement on the hospital’s website published in April 2020 on how patients are being treated:

We can confirm that we have been approved for COVID-19 ICU care. We have been getting ready for this for over 3 months when we saw what was happening elsewhere. We decided early to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. So we embarked on some construction work to make it safe for our staff and patients with workflow redesign, installation of air filtration/purification systems etc. There was a lot of IPC training ( Infection Prevention Control) for all our staff. It is very important that our staff and patients are always protected. In the U.K., there are 6 patients to one nurse and probably one doctor to about 20.

We have 1 nurse per patient, one mid-level doctor for a max of 3 patients 3 senior consultants for a 5 bed ICU. It is rather complicated to have an ICU outside the hospital setting. It is not just ventilators. Once you are on a ventilator it means you are on life support the management of which is very complicated and takes years of training. The 5-10% of cases that require regular ICU care are some of the most complicated patients most of us will ever see. It is not just the lungs.

It causes multi-system damage that requires multiple specialists. (Critical care, pulmonary, cardiology, nephrology, radiology). There are daily updates from around the world from all the specialists taking care of these patients. We have set up telemedicine in the ICU so the number of people in the ICU is kept to the barest minimum, that way we reduce exposure to the clinical personnel. It is also used to communicate and share ideas with our colleagues around the world.

More importantly, the COVID-19 ICU that is exclusively reserved for critically ill patients is separated from the rest of the hospital. Any patient who is admitted into the ICU will enter directly through a separate entrance without any contact with the rest of the hospital. The rest of the hospital is in addition, further protected by screening all patients before entry. And if there is any suspicion at all, the patients are sent to IDH to be tested. All staff are screened at least twice daily. As always, we hope for the best but prepare for the worst.”

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‘You Don’t Own APC, Leave Oyegun Alone’ – Youths Write Bola Tinubu

Youths who are members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom state have written an open letter to the national leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his call for national chairman Mr. John Odigie-Oyegun’s resignation.


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The Emir of Kano Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, today, met Pope Francis in Assisi, the hilltop town in central Italy where Saint Francis was born.The pope took part in the closing of the inter-religious World Day of Prayer for Peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio. The theme of the 3-day international meeting this year is “Thirst for Peace. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the First World Day of Prayer for Peace that St. John Paul convened back in 1986, an historic event which saw world leaders of different religions come together for the very first time to pray for peace. Pope Francis greeted all participants at the World Day of Prayer for Peace before having lunch in the refectory of the Holy Convent, a lunch that was also attended by and refugees from Syria.



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The Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, said the Federal Government has concluded plans to award the contract for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. Amaechi made this disclosure at the 1-year memorial lecture in honour of former General Secretary of Alliance for Credible Election, ACE-Nigeria, late Comrade Emma Ezeazu, in Abuja. The former governor of Rivers State, explained that, “The President’s agenda is not just to recover loots. We are recovering as much as we can. But the president is determined to create employment. That is why you can see his focus. In transportation, from Kaduna to Abuja, we have created over 700 workforce. What did I do? I said all the villages or those communities along the route; I said they should give them level six down."




Speaking further, Amaechi said, “Their job is to march on that railway from the beginning to the end to see there was no security breach. The rest of the applicants will go online to apply for the jobs. They said if we publish it, people will die the way it happened during immigration recruitment exercise and they will say Amaechi should resign. This year, we will start the Lagos-Ibadan, railway project. You know the difference between us and the rest, we will not say ‘go and start’, we will look for counterpart funding.” On how the project will be funded, he said, “We will bring our counterpart fund as poor as the country is now and give to the Chinese because their money is already in their bank account. It is for us to bring our own. If we bring our own, they bring their own to make sure there is no delay, we will bring all our own to give them and say ‘go and start work. If that happened in two years, the Lagos-Ibadan will be ready. Tomorrow, I will sign the contracts for Calabar-Port Harcourt railway project. Before the week runs out, I will sign Kano-Kaduna. That is what we are doing. This is to show you that we are moving away from the corruption economy to production economy.”



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The Ondo PDP gubernatorial candidate of the Ali Modu-Sheriff faction, Jimoh Ibrahim has promised to create jobs and improve the educational development in the state. Ibrahim spoke following his victory at the factional primary election which held at the Banquet Hall, Premier Hotel in Ibadan yesterday till the early hours of today. In the election which lasted over two hours, Ibrahim polled 502 votes. While speaking shortly after he was announced winner of the primary, Ibrahim said, “I will only occupy one seat in Ondo State, the rest belongs to the people. I have managed over 8,000 workers, 16 companies and have two national honours. And when you talk of integrity, I have first class integrity. I will create jobs and make education meaningful by introducing school system to prepare a new standard future for our children.




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A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State, Dr. Segun Abraham, has dismissed reports that the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is imposing him on the party. Abraham was reported to have been imposed on the party by Tinubu as the candidate of the APC at the November 26 governorship election in the state. Speaking on Adaba FM, Akure, on Saturday, Abraham said, “The national leader was accused of imposing me on the party; I was not imposed – endorsement is different from imposition. Those who regard the two as the same do not know what they are saying. The national leader only said I am a preferred aspirant that could deliver the state for the APC in the coming election. There will be a primary and delegates know who they will vote for and who can win election for the party. I have met the delegates and they have assured me that they are for me. If we hold the primary today, I shall have nothing less than 85 per cent of their votes.”




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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has written to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission(ICPC) to re-open cases of 31 former governors with alleged corruption cases. The former governors listed in the AGF’s letter include Senator Bukola Saraki(former Governor of Kwara State); Senator Godswill Akpabio (former Governor of Akwa Ibom State) , Ali Modu-Sheriff (former Governor of Borno State).




Other former governors include Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia); Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu); Saminu Turaki (Jigawa); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Joshua Dariye (Plateau); Ahmed Yerima (Zamfara); Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Martin Elechi (Ebonyi); Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Ikedi Ohakim (Imo); Obong Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom); Achike Udenwa (Imo); Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa); Gbenga Daniel (Ogun); Jolly Nyame (Taraba); Boni Haruna (Adamawa); George Akume (Benue); Rashidi Ladoja (Oyo); Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto), Adebayo Alao-Akala, Usman Dakingari (Kebbi); Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi); Peter Odili (Rivers), and Lucky Igbinedion (Edo).



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Yunusa Dahiru (alias Yunusa Yellow), the alleged abductor of Bayelsa teenager, Ese Oruru, who is standing trial at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa has returned to his Kano home having met his bail conditions. Dahiru was on March 8, 2016 charged with abduction, kidnapping, unlawful carnal knowledge and sexual exploitation.



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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he was shocked that former President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat so easily after the March 2015 presidential election. Speaking while hosting State House correspondents to a lunch at the Presidential Villa, Abuja as part of activities marking his one year in office, Buhari said, “This is where I pay my respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan. This is actually privileged information for you. He called me at a quarter past five in the evening. He said, ‘Good evening Your Excellency Sir’ and I said, ‘Good evening.’ He said, ‘I have called to congratulate you that I have conceded defeat.’ Of course there was a dead silence on my end because I did not expect it. I was shocked. I did not expect it because after 16 years, the man was a deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and was President for six years. For him to have conceded defeat even before the result was announced by INEC, I think it was quite generous and gracious of him. Gen. Abdulsalami recognised the generosity of Jonathan to concede defeat and said we should go and thank him immediately and that was the first time I came here.”




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Since the investigation into the $2.1billion arms deal blew open, big shots in government during the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration are being interrogated. The arrowhead of this scandal is the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.) who has been in detention since December 2015. Though the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has said Goodluck Jonathan can only be summoned on President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, there are indications that Jonathan may be invited by the anti-graft agency. A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party and former minister of aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode raised the alarm earlier today via his Twitter account that, "The greatest blunder and strategic error that the Buhari government can ever make is to arrest Goodluck Jonathan(@GEJonathan) for no just cause. Mark it."



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The first civilian governor of Bayelsa state, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha is survived by his wife Mrs. Margaret Alamieyeseigha; 4 children: Mr. Tonbra Alamieyeseigha(son); Mrs Embeleakpo Abere(Daughter); Mr. Ebipadei Alamieyeseigha (son); Mr. Seleake Alamieyeseigha (son); grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and several other relatives.



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In what has got more people talking, the official announcement of the death of former Bayelsa state governor, DSP Alamieyeseigha left out a crucial ceremony, lying-in-state, as announced by the state government. This has heated up discussion in some quarters on social media that the late governor may not have died since his body would not be available for public viewing as expected during the lying-in-state. There are however reports that his lying-in-state will be for just his family members and close associates.





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By JUMI RHODES


The first civilian governor of Bayelsa State, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha, will be buried on Saturday,9th April 2016, at his Amassoma country home in Bayelsa State. Recall Alamieyeseigha died on 10th October 2015 at the age of 62. Announcing the burial arrangement, chairman, central burial committee and deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd), said, "There will be a youth/student activities in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital; public lecture on Federalism and Development in Nigeria, by Professor G.G. Darah at the Banquet Hall, Yenagoa and the night of songs and tributes at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa. On Friday, April 8, there will be a valedictory state executive council session at the Banquet Hall, Yenagoa and wake keep at his country home in Amassoma. The commendation service would be held on Saturday, April 9, followed by his interment at Amassoma, his country home.On Sunday, 10th April, there will be a thanksgiving service at St. Peters Anglican Church, Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital city."



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Former president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated businessman Patrice Talon who won Benin Republic's presidential election and will succeed outgoing President Boni Yayi. Jonathan has also hailed the incumbent Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Lionel Zinsou, who was a candidate for President, "for his exemplary conduct of conceding defeat and congratulating the choice of the people". In a personally-signed statement Jonathan shared via his verified Facebook page, he said," Having followed the elections in the Republic of Benin very closely, I am very impressed with the orderly manner with which the administration of President Boni Yayi conducted those polls. They were adjudged peaceful, credible and transparent by local and international observers and President Yayi deserves commendation for providing the leadership that led to this outcome.



"I also congratulate the people of the Republic of Benin for their role in the election and for showing the world that the Republic of Benin and its citizens have come of age in the practice of democracy. I especially wish to appreciate the incumbent Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin, Mr. Lionel Zinsou, who was a candidate for President, for his exemplary conduct of conceding defeat and congratulating the choice of the people, Mr. Patrice Talon, on his victory at the polls. Such a gesture by Prime Minister Zinsou is rare and should be applauded by all statesmen as the highest display of patriotism and maturity. Finally, I congratulate Mr. Patrice Talon on his victory and wish him a successful and peaceful tenure after his swearing in even as I urge that there should be no victor or vanquished in this process. All the Beninoise people are winners and have cause to be proud of their nation."




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Come Sunday, 10th April 2016, former Ogun State governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel will turn 60. OGD as he is popularly called by political associates will be throwing a big party at the Grand Ball Room of Oriental Hotel, Lekki in Lagos on that Sunday. What has changed about Otunba Gbenga Daniel, he was asked in a recent interview ahead of his 60th birthday. OGD said,"A lot. Age has mellowed me. At 60 I have now joined the Elders Club and I am tired of fighting. I have given up on fighting anybody.The battle is over.I have forgiven all those who offended me. I have also begged all those I have offended.



"Politics is not a do-or-die affair. I have had my own fair share of service to the people. I have been governor of a state for 8 years. My predecessor has come to build on the foundation we laid. We knew what Ogun State was like when we came in and how we left it. I must give thanks to God. A few years ago, we lost so many people at age 40. Aboderin died. We have had quite a number of people who didn’t live up to 60. But these days some make it up to 70 and they are still looking strong. I saw Chief Ayo Adebanjo the other day, waxing strong on TV. This is a man who is close to 90 for God sake. I think we must give thanks to God for His mercies. For me, I was shocked. I didn’t know I was just going to be 60. Just like that, here I am. It is just beginning to occur to me that maybe I am now an elder. I am joining the club of the elders.”



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A Federal Government delegation, comprising of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami; Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu and crack detectives from the anti-graft agency, yesterday, started comparing collated intelligence notes with their United Arab Emirates(UAE) counterparts on some Nigerian former Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). This move is ahead of the repatriation of over $200billion stashed away by 7 former governors, 6 former ministers, a fleeing ex-presidential aide in form of cash and/or acquired properties in the UAE.




Implicated in this UAE loot saga are some of the aforementioned former public officers and about 5 chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) who have fat accounts in UAE and choice properties in Marina (Dubai), Bur Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. To this end, some mansions belonging to the former PEPs and their cronies or fronts may also be seized by the EFCC officials who arrived Dubai on Saturday. The Nigerian delegation went to UAE in line with an agreement with the Federal Government. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari in January signed a “Judicial Agreement on Extradition, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters, and Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal and Commercial Matters, which includes the recovery and repatriation of stolen wealth”.



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Former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has formally dumped Labour Party, the platform he ran on in the 2015 governorship election, for ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja when he visited the national Secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alao-Akala said he is now a member of APC. In his words, "I’m at the national headquarters of my party, maybe, you don’t know that I’m in the APC. This is just to tell you that I’m a member of the APC. So, I have come to the national headquarters of my party to have a tete-a-tete with my leaders and the national chairman of the party, including my leaders from the South-West in the party structures.


"That is what I have come here to do.The change agenda has already started. It has not been the business as usual. Things have started changing. I know it’s purely for good purpose by the grace of God. When you are just coming on board, you will have challenges here and there. But sooner or later, you will get over them." Alao-Akala further said, "I pitied the governors because of what they are going through now. I wouldn’t have been able to sleep with these dwindling monthly allocations. That was the reason I said that. I don’t know how I would have coped. It doesn’t go beyond that."


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Following the ongoing nationwide strike of doctors, the immediate past president of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH) branch, Dr. Oyinlola Oluwagbemiga and his successor, Dr. Ade Faponle, on Wednesday said that due to epileptic power supply in the hospital, doctors use lamps, torchlight and phone lights to treat patients. Oluwagbemiga and Faponle spoke during a media briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. According to Oluwagbemiga, “There are certain procedures we embark upon, you have to complete them using your torchlight or phone lights. Imagine that you are in an emergency where you have to resuscitate a patient and you resort to that. It is that bad. It even stretches to sanitation.We have reached the point where you are having a major procedure and all you can hear is ‘please we can only supply light for the next two hours, make sure you complete your operation.’ And there are operations that last for four or more hours. So if you have such, you have to reschedule because you have been told ab-initio that you are on your own should you embark on such.”



The Director of Administration, UITH, Mr. Ganiyu Yusuf however said the management of the hospital spent about N16m monthly on diesel and N3m monthly on electricity bill to the Ibadan Distribution Electricity Company. Yusuf said, “As management, we are not going to join issues with the resident doctors. But we are going to state the facts. It is not news that electricity generation in the country is bad. The problem affects everybody, not only the hospital. We spend N16m monthly to buy diesel. We have a 500KV generator and another 350kv generator, as well as many other smaller generators to power each unit and department. The N16m that we pay is different from the N3m that we pay to IBEDC every month. Imagine what N19m could have done, if we had steady power supply in the country. We have done what we could do as a management with the resources available. We have separate generators for many sections. If you turn on the light in the hospital because of the operations the doctors will do, we keep it running until 4pm. Even when the power is on, how many of the doctors are ready to perform surgeries? If we know that in our area power will come at a certain time, you programme your activities. We lost three people in an attempt to stabilise the power supply. One of them was electrocuted and another dropped in water. What we are trying to do is to link up with the university and take power from Ganmo. Imagine the huge cost.”



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It was a celebrity-studded party last weekend in Lagos when Mrs. Sade Okoya, the wife of billionaire businessman Chief Rasaq Okoya, hosted Nigeria's who's-who to a classy dinner in honour of late grandmother Alhaja Bilikisu Shittu Apena(nee Somoye). Mrs. Sade Okoya was a cynosure of all eyes as she stunned in her well-detailed feathered gown.



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