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BREAKING: Nigeria Records 195 New Coronavirus Cases, Toll Rises To 1532
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Nigeria has recorded 195 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1532.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday.
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It said, “195 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 80 Lagos, 38 Kano, 15 Ogun, 15 Bauchi, 11 Borno, 10 Gombe, 9 Sokoto, 5 Edo, 5 Jigawa, 2 Zamfara, 1 Rivers,1 Enugu, 1 Delta, 1 FCT and 1 in Nasarawa.
“As at 11:50pm 28th April- 1532 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 255, Deaths: 44.”
195 new cases of #COVID19 reported;80-Lagos38-Kano15-Ogun15-Bauchi11-Borno10-Gombe9-Sokoto5-Edo5-Jigawa2-Zamfara1-Rivers1-Enugu1-Delta1-FCT1-Nasarawa As at 11:50pm 28th April- 1532 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.Discharged: 255Deaths: 44 pic.twitter.com/oPyG4xfoa3— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 28, 2020
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Bauchi Records 11 New COVID-19 Cases
Bauchi State on Tuesday recorded 11 new cases of Coronavirus.
This brings the total confirmed cases in the state to 25.
The new development was announced by the state’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, of the 25 confirmed cases in the state, six have recovered and have been discharged, leaving 19 active cases.
With the increased number of confirmed positive cases, the Bauchi State Government has called on citizens to be vigilant.
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E2%80%98insulting-prophet-muhammad%E2%80%99-facebook Activist Arrested In Kaduna For ‘Insulting Prophet Muhammad’ On Facebook
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President of Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, has been arrested by the police in Kaduna State for blasphemy.
Bala’s arrest followed a petition by a group of lawyers to the Commissioner of Police in Kano State to prosecute him for insulting Prophet Muhammad on his Facebook page.
The petition signed by one S.S Umar reads, “We are submitting this complain against one Mubarak Bala of Layin Massalaccin Bilai, Karkasara quarters, Kano.
“The said Mubarak was born and raised as a Muslim but for his own personal reason decided to leave Islam for atheism sometime in 2014 and has since then been writing stuffs on his Facebook page that are provocative and annoying to Muslims.”
A source said Bala was arrested by two police officers, who were not in uniform at his residence and is currently detained at the Gbabasawa Police Station in Kaduna.
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A member of the Bala’s group, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said they were demanding for the immediate and unconditional release of the activist.
He said, “We at Humanist Association of Nigeria are deeply worried by the arrest and detention of our president, Mubarak Bala.
“Mubarak Bala will likely be handed over to the Kano State Police Command that will prosecute him for blasphemy, a crime that carries a death sentence under sharia law.
“We urge the Inspector-General of Police, governor of Kaduna, Mallam elrufai, to ensure his immediate release.”
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Chad Abolishes Death Penalty
Chad has abolished the death penalty as part of a new anti-terrorism law announced by parliament.
The new law replaces legislation that was introduced on July 30, 2015, which made acts of terrorism punishable by death.
The death penalty was reinstated for terror crimes – after the government said in 2014 it would be abolished because of attacks by Boko Haram in the capital, N’Djamena, which left 67 dead including 10 suicide bombers and 182 injured.
In 2018, after four prisoners were sentenced to death in Chad, the European Union called on the government to join the majority of African Union states that had abolished the death penalty.
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New Commissioners Of Police Posted To Imo, Plateau And Adamawa States
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Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting of three new commissioners of police to Imo, Plateau and Adamawa states.
The postings, which was announced on Tuesday, is with immediate effect, according to Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer.
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In a terse statement, Mba said, “CP Olugbenga Adeyanju, Adamawa State, CP Isaac Olutayo Akinmoyede, Imo State, CP Audu Adamu Madaki, FHQ, Abuja, and CP Edward Chuka Egbuka, Plateau State.
“IGP Adamu calls on residents of the affected states to cooperate with the new commissioners in order to maintain law and order.”
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BREAKING: Germany Grants Nigeria N8.9bn Debt Relief Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
The Republic of Germany said it has granted Nigeria debt relief amounting to N8.9bn (€22.4m) on account of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Also, the German Government said it had successfully campaigned in the G20 group of countries and the Paris Club group of creditor countries in favour of a debt moratorium for countries heavily affected by the economic impact of COVID-19.
The European economic powerhouse stated this in a statement on Tuesday.
It noted, “In 2020, the German treasury relieves Nigeria of debt repayments amounting to €22.4m (N8.9bn).
“This comes in addition to Germany’s support to the COVID-19 response on a global level and the support provided by the European Union to partner countries in Africa worth €3.25bn (N1.3trn).
“On April 27, Germany pledged €300m (N120bn) to the global humanitarian response plan launched by the United Nations to fight COVID-19.”
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Furthermore, Germany said it has also pledged a total of €12m (N4.8bn) in additional support to the West Africa Health Organisation, the regional health institution of the ECOWAS.
The new allocation, Berlin said, is earmarked for the purchase of vital medical supplies and laboratory equipment, training measures and more generally, cooperation in pandemic prevention at the national and regional levels.
“Clearly, the current crisis goes beyond national and even continental borders and can only be fought effectively in a cooperative way.
“We need more international cooperation, not less,” German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, stated.
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JUST IN: International Monetary Fund Approves $3.4bn Emergency Support For Nigeria
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Ondo Health Workers Tackle State Governor Over Unpaid Salaries
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Some health workers in Ondo have attacked the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, over their unpaid salaries.
The workers while reacting to a Twitter post by Akeredolu on Tuesday, said they wanted their salaries to take care of themselves and their families.
Akeredolu in his post on Twitter had said, “Earlier today, I held a meeting with our Inter-ministerial Task Force on #COVID19 where I immediately approved the request for upward review of the hazard allowance due to medical personnel as recommended by @NigeriaGov.
“The new payment scale commences with immediate effect.” Earlier today, I held a meeting with our interministerial taskforce on #COVID19 where I immediately approved the request for upward review of the hazard allowance due to medical personnel as recommended by @NigeriaGov. The new payment scale commences with immediate effect.— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) April 27, 2020
But unmoved by the governor’s words, the workers told him they wanted salaries.
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One of the health workers with the handle, @ODamdem said, “Please sir, pay the salary and arrears of the UNIMEDTHC health workers, July, August, September 2019, March and April 2020. Please have mercy. Hunger is real.”
Another health worker, @Tosin04188894, wrote, “Pls kindly release UNIMEDTHC nurses money, we don’t know whether the delay is from the CMD or Mr governor.
“I am pleading, this is our sweat, you can’t omit a day from your duty due to the nature of the job, no one received the first three months payment that we were told all civil servants.”
Another user asked the governor to be more transparent.
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“A good move for Ondo State. Nurses, doctors are being owed arrears. For the nurses three months arrears for 2019. 2020 March salary hasn’t been paid to UNIMEDTHC staff.
“Kindly look into this especially during this COVID-19 period.
“Nurses and doctors need to be treated well now,” @Macrina12769492 wrote.
Another user, @gbemgbem1 said, “@RotimiAkeredolu we’re expected to deliver our duties diligently but are you fulfilling your own part of the contract? #PayUnimedSalaries,”
Another Twitter user while adding her voice to the issue said, “His Excellency sir, please look into our pain in UNIMEDTHC.
“Fellow medical practitioners under HMB payroll will receive salaries for months and regularly due to your good work but yet UNIMEDTHC staff are being owed minimum of three months and surviving on nothing.”
Jennifer Ezekwu described non-payment of salaries by the governor as the height of injustice and wickedness and advised him to do something about it.
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JUST IN: International Monetary Fund Approves $3.4bn Emergency Support For Nigeria
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The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved the $3.4bn requested by the Nigerian Government for emergency support.
Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chairperson of IMF executive board, in a statement on Tuesday, insisted that the Nigerian Government must be committed to medium-term macroeconomic stability to support economic recovery and ensure the country’s debt remains sustainable.
The $3.4bn loan from IMF is part of $6.9bn loan Nigeria is seeking from international lenders to enhance its efforts to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the government revenue and the economy in general.
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In addition to the IMF loan, Nigeria is seeking $2.5bn loans from the World Bank, and $1bn from the African Development Bank.
The statement reads, “The short-term focus on fiscal accommodation would allow for higher health spending and help alleviate the impact of the crisis on households and businesses.
“Steps taken toward a more unified and flexible exchange rate are also important and unification of the exchange rate should be expedited.
“Once the COVID-19 crisis passes, the focus should remain on medium-term macroeconomic stability, with revenue-based fiscal consolidation essential to keep Nigeria’s debt sustainable and create fiscal space for priority spending.
“Implementation of the reform priorities under the economic recovery and growth plan, particularly on power and governance, remains crucial to boost growth over the medium term.”
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Nigeria’s House Of Representatives Summons NCDC Boss, Health Minister Over Strange Deaths In Kano
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has summoned the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, and Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, to appear and brief it on May 5 on government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its template for the intervention in all states of the federation.This follows the unanimous adoption of a motion of Matter of Urgent Public Importance by Ado Doguwa (APC-Kano) at the plenary on Tuesday.Doguwa said that index COVID-19 case was reported on February 27, 2020 in Nigeria and the country had so far recorded 1,337 confirmed cases of the virus, 40 deaths and 255 recoveries.He said the Federal Government had released N5bn to NCDC to scale up capacity and strategise on a rapid response to the pandemic.
The lawmaker expressed worry over the rising spate of unexplained deaths in Kano State in recent weeks where 77 COVID-19 cases had been recorded, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.According to him, Kano being the most populated state of the federation, according to the National Population Commission, has only one testing centre.The lawmaker said the centre had been shut down for about a week now,m due to lack of some testing materials and reagents.He expressed concern that Nigeria had so far tested 10,918 of its estimated 200 million population whereas Ghana, South Africa and Egypt with much lower populations had tested 168,643, 100,622, and 90,000 of their people respectively.Doguwa said Nigeria currently has a capacity for 3,000 tests in a day whereas South Africa has nearly 10,000 capacity per day.He said Nigeria has only 15 testing centres, one each in Kano, Sokoto, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Oyo, Osun, Edo, and Ebonyi states, two in the FCT and three in Lagos.“Convinced of the urgent need to arrest the rising cases of unexplained deaths in Kano and also scale up the national response to the Coronavirus pandemic, including the establishment of at least one testing centre in every state of the federation to save the nation from the scenario being witnessed in Kano, summon the DG NCDC, Minister of Health, and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force to appear before the House at plenary on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, to brief it on government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its template for the intervention in all the states of the federation.”
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JUST IN: Port Worker Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Lagos
Lagos State has recorded a new case of COVID-19 at its seaport on Tuesday.
The case is an employee of APM Terminals, Apapa.
A statement by the General Manager, External Relations, APMT, Daniel Odibe, said the worker last visited the port on April 16 but his COVID-19 status was confirmed on April 27.
The statement reads, “We were informed on April 27 that the test result came out positive.
“The case is currently being handled by NCDC while we continue with our precautionary and response plans in strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol.”
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