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Yellow Fever Cause of Alleged Uncommon Deaths in Enugu Community – Enugu Govt

7Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Yellow Fever Cause of Alleged Uncommon Deaths in Enugu Community – Enugu Govt

The Enugu State Government has confirmed that Yellow Fever is the cause of deaths from a reported strange illness in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike town in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, stated that the disease was confirmed "through verifiable diagnostic tests". Dr. Obi explained that "Yellow Fever is not a new disease but one of public health importance internationally and in Nigeria" adding that "It is one of the diseases controlled for in the Nigerian set of routine and mass immunizable diseases." According to him "a suspected case is anyone with a sudden onset of fever who develops jaundice (yellowness of the eyes) within 14 days it is verifiable by diagnostic te...

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

7Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, News, Nigeria, Security

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr John Abang has visited the different police offices destroyed by hooligans during the violent era of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country. CP Abang who went on the visits with high ranking members of the police force in Anambra State, urged the affected police officers not to play into the hands of the hoodlums by losing hope and to also know that their services to their host communities and the nation at large remain invaluable. The Police Commissioner stated that while ñary operational base would be immediately set up in affected Area Commands, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, stating that work must continue despite the recorded tragedies. He said that the force would remain committed to its security responsibi...

Lekki Shootings: Army Reverses Initial Decision, to Appear Before Lagos Panel Saturday

6Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Violence

Lekki Shootings: Army Reverses Initial Decision, to Appear Before Lagos Panel Saturday

The Nigerian Army is set to appear before the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry on Saturday to answer questions relating to the acclaimed shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate area on October 20. The development came after the Army last week declined invitation by the panel, noting that only the Lagos State government had the right to invite the army to appear before the panel. Reports suggest that the army had acknowledged the panel’s invitation and the panel had scheduled Saturday, November 7 for the army to appear at the hearing billed to take place at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Lekki Punch reports. Nigerian youths had last month camped at the Lekki toll gate area demanding for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by member...

Alleged Unusual Deaths in Enugu Community: We’ve Sent Patients’ Samples for Investigation – Enugu Govt

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Science

Alleged Unusual Deaths in Enugu Community: We’ve Sent Patients’ Samples for Investigation – Enugu Govt

Following reports of alleged unusual deaths in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, the State Ministry of Health said it has collected samples from patients and sent to the National Reference Laboratory for investigation. Igbo-Eze North LGA shares a boundary with Kogi State. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, added that the State Rapid Response Team of the Ministry visited Igbo-Eze North LGA and met with the LGA Rapid Response Team, disclosing that “on-the-spot-check and outbreak investigation have revealed a number of deaths from an illness with symptoms suggestive of a disease of Public Health Importance”. Dr. Obi stated that the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC...

Nigerians to Pay Only for Electricity Consumed – Buhari

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Power, Uncategorized

Nigerians to Pay Only for Electricity Consumed – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reechoed his administration’s commitment to putting an end to estimated billing in every form in the country. Riam Buhari who disclosed this in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, @MBuhari, on Wednesday said the federal government has appropriated funds to distribute one million meters at no cost to consumers across the country. He said the distribution has already commenced in parts of Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja while noting that the target is to meet the 6.5 million deficit of meters nationwide. Buhari wrote, “Under the first phase of the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, we are making funding immediately available for DisCos to roll out 1,000,000 meters in the first phase, at no cost to consumers. Deployment has already star...

#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Opens Trust Fund to Rebuild Vandalised Property

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria

#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Opens Trust Fund to Rebuild Vandalised Property

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has opened a Trust Fund for the rebuilding of public infrastructure that was vandalised during the violence that followed the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor who made this known on Wednesday said the state had received offers from foreign bodies to reconstruct the affected property. “Instead of wallowing in our pain, we have chosen to positively move forward. We will embrace new standards of governance; we will build stronger partnerships, stronger people, stronger institutions, and a stronger state. “In the last few weeks, we have been inundated with local and global offers of assistance to rebuild our state and recover all we lost to arson and violence in October. It is obvious that we can no longer wait to begin the onerous...

#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, passionately appealed to men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to fully renew their ultimate commitment towards the provision of security of lives and property by returning to their duty posts across the state. Gov. Ugwuanyi made the appeal when he visited the Senior Police Officers Mess, Agbani Road, Enugu, to address and commiserate with the members of the Enugu State Police Command, over loss of lives of private citizens and security personnel, grievous bodily injuries as well as destruction of private and public properties including security infrastructure. The governor who described the mayhem unleashed by miscreants and hoodlums that hijacked the hitherto peaceful #EndSARS protests as “an unusual and challengi...

#EndSARS Looting: WAEC Relocates Calabar Office to Uyo

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

#EndSARS Looting: WAEC Relocates Calabar Office to Uyo

Following the vandalisation and looting of its office on October 24 as a fallout of the nationwide #EndSARS protest, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, has announced the relocation of its branch office in Calabar, Cross River state, to Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the acting head of Corporate Affairs of WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, the office relocation is “temporary”. “The relocation, which is an interim measure, is to enable the Council to carry out its operations and render services to Nigerian child and other stakeholders. “We wish to assure all our stakeholders and the general public that normal operations would resume in Calabar branch office once the status quo ante is restored,” the statement said. WAEC in the statement further apologis...

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Gov Wike Relaxes Curfew in Oyigbo

In the wake of the alleged killing of security operatives by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, the Rivers State government has relaxed the 24 hour curfew imposed on Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the Government House in Port Hacourt, the Rivers State Commissioner of Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim said the curfew had been reviewed to start from 7pm to 6am beginning from Wednesday. He said: “You will recall that following the killing of six soldiers and four policemen, and the destruction of Court buildings by members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Rivers State Government imposed a 24-hour curfew on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area on October 21, 2020. “The State Security Council met today and reviewed the situatio...

Trump Thanks Nigerians in Onitsha Who Marched for Him, Describes it as ‘A Great Honour’

3Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, United States of America

Trump Thanks Nigerians in Onitsha Who Marched for Him, Describes it as ‘A Great Honour’

United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday thanked a group of Nigerians in Onitsha, Anambra State who held a campaign in his honour. Trump took a break from his presidential poll to repost a video of the rally on his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday with the tag, “A parade for me in Nigeria, a great honour.” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1323680963310866435 A group in Onitsha held a pro-Trump rally during which they rallied support for the incumbent president who is seeking a second term in office against opposition candidate, Joe Biden in the ongoing election. The group wore white and blue uniform as they waved the United States flag alongside banners with varied messages such as, “Make America Great Again”, “President Trump: America Needs A Man ...