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BREAKING: Nigeria Records 34 New Coronavirus Cases, Toll Rises To 407
Nigeria has recorded 34 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 407.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday night.
It said, “Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:18 Lagos, 12 in Kano, two in Katsina, one in Delta and one in Niger.
“As at 11:20pm 15th April, there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths.” Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:18 Lagos12 in Kano2 in Katsina1 in Delta1 in NigerAs at 11:20 pm 15th April there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/oxM9pVb9QQ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 15, 2020
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Akwa Ibom Government Discharges Three Coronavirus Patients
The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday said it had discharged three Coronavirus patients, and three others earlier suspected of having the virus from the Isolation Centre at Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo, the state capital.
Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Dominic Ukpong, made this known to journalists on Wednesday.
He said three of the discharged patients were from the initial five cases reported in the state, while the other three were suspected contacts traced and isolated and whose test results came back negative.
Ukpong further explained that two cases from the initial five cases and the one case confirmed brings to three the number of COVID-19 patients under watch by the Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Medical Response Team.
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Three Coronavirus Patients Discharged In Abuja
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, has announced that three Coronavirus patients in Abuja had been discharged. He made the announcement on Wednesday night in a post on Twitter.
He said, “Dear FCT residents, I am glad to announce that additional three COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the isolation and treatment centre in the FCT after they tested negative. “The total number of discharged patients in the FCT is now 23 as at 7:30pm, April 15, 2020.”
Earlier in the day, the FCTA said nine patients were discharged from its isolation centres.
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Lockdown: FCT Authority Goes Tough on Residents, Activates Mobile Court For Violators
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has activated mobile courts to try violators of the lockdown order put in place by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The administration also reduced the three days allowed markets to open in the city within a week to two.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of FCT, Anthony Ogunleye, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The new gridline also barred commercial motorcycle in satellite towns including Kubwa and Dutse from operating.
Residents were also asked to patronise only neighbourhood markets during the period of lockdown.
The statement reads, “The FCT has been quite fortunate to have maintained a relatively stable number of COVID-19 positive cases and the FCT administration is making efforts to ensure that there is no escalation in the number of positive cases returned from the territory.
“Mobile courts will now be activated to try all violators of the directive on the cessation of movement across the FCT.”
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Lagos Doctor Dies Of COVID-19 After Treating Infected Patient
A medical doctor in Lagos, Emeka Chugbo, has become the first health worker in Nigeria to be killed by COVID-19 after he contracted the virus from a patient he was treating.
The doctor, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday after being rushed to the facility on Monday, was said to have managed a COVID-19 patient at a private hospital where he was working.
The patient he was treating died on April 3.
Confirming the report, Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof Chris Bode, said the doctor was rushed to the facility after he showed severe signs of the virus.The Nigerian Medical Association also confirmed the death of the doctor.
“Until his death, he was a private medical practitioner, who was exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19.
“We condole with his immediate family and members of the medical community for this painful loss,” the NMA said.
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International Press Center Releases Media Advisory For Journalists Covering COVID-19 In Nigeria
The International Press Center, Lagos, has launched a media advisory for journalists reporting the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria.
Executive Director of IPC, Mr Lanre Arogundade, said journalists disseminating information to help combat the pandemic were being exposed to health and security risks, which must be addressed through diverse means.
Noting that journalists covering a pandemic for the first time needed as much professional support as possible, Arogundade said the advisory became necessary as the COVID-19 infection was spreading to more states and all journalists, whether on the field or not, should benefit from relevant knowledge.
He said, “It is against this background that the advisory is divided into three parts – safety, ethics and professionalism and social responsibility.
“The advisory derives from and complements existing national, regional and media standards for crisis reporting.”
The IPC Director said the release of the advisory would be followed by capacity trainings for journalists in partnership with other media and communication professional bodies in the next couple of days.
He added, “The trainings would enable journalists to share information and ask questions based on their experience on the field and in turn receive more professional support.
“Journalists should maintain and observe the minimum prescription for social distancing and body contact as recommended by the relevant health authorities.
“Journalists should ensure all equipment, camera, microphone cover, midget, etc, are thoroughly disinfected and decontaminated at the end of every assignment.
“Persons responsible for handling the equipment should be made fully aware in advance and trained on how to safely clean the equipment.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Yobe Governor, Buni, Purchases N600m Luxury Vehicles For 14 Emirs Despite Public School Pupils Learning In Classrooms With Leaky Roof
Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has purchased Sports Utility Vehicles worth N600m for some traditional rulers in the state, SaharaReporters can confirm.
Buni, who gifted 14 emirs one of the vehicles and a bus each, is owing retired civil servants in the state gratuities running into several billions of naira.
Yobe State has one of the highest poverty rates in Nigeria with 2.2 million people out of its 2.3 million residents living below $1 – N360 – per day.
The literacy level in the state, which stands at 24.3 per cent, is one of the lowest in the country according to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics.
SaharaReporters gathered that instead of fixing the abysmal educational system in the state or compensating retired civil servants, Governor Buni went on the spending spree for the traditional rulers to reward them for convincing their subjects to vote him into power.
“Look at Government Day Secondary School, Gashua, under Bade Local Government Area for example, the children sit on the floor for lessons while the roof is almost collapsing on their heads,” a state official told SaharaReporters.
Some lawmakers from Yobe, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the action of the governor was slowing down governance in the state.
“People are dying, things are not going well. We want the governor to re-evaluate his decisions and prioritize the people,” one of the lawmakers said.
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Lockdown: Police Allegedly Kill 20-year-old Man In Anambra
A 20-year-old man has been allegedly shot dead by policemen in Nkpor, a town near Onitsha, Anambra State.
The officers were said to be enforcing the lockdown ordered by the state government to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state when the incident occurred.
Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, had on April 11 declared a total lockdown of the state for 14 days.
“The man was killed by one of the policeman deployed to enforce the lockdown,” an eyewitness told SaharaReporters.
The incident caused unrest in the town as residents trooped out to protest the killing.
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Ex-Bayelsa Governorship Candidate, Keneibi Okoko, Dies After Failed Surgery
A former governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Keneibi Okoko, has died at a private hospital in Lagos State following a failed liposuction surgery.
The surgery, according to experts, was to remove excess fat in his thighs, hips, stomach and other body parts.
The death certificate, which was issued by Amethyst Health Care and Diagnostic Centre Limited, Lekki, Lagos, showed that he was brought in over issues of localised fat in the abdomen and breasts.
The report signed by one Benedict Olusola on behalf of the diagnostic centre, stated that “he died on Wednesday April 16 and cause of death was primarily hypoxia and secondarily cardiac arrest”.
Okoko’s death comes a few days after he made a financial donation to his kinsmen on April 10 at Obunagha community under Yenagoa Local Government Area to alleviate their condition during the COVID-19 outbreak that had forced many families to remain at home.
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Magistrate Defies NJC, Holds Court Session To Remand Lawyer, Client In Adamawa
A Magistrate Court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has defied the National Judicial Council’s order for courts to shut down across the country during the Coronavirus period.
Magistrate Dimas Gwama of Court IV, Yola, on Wednesday held a session to consider an ex-parte application to detain a lawyer, his client and one other person.
The trio, who had been on bail since last Saturday, were brought before the court on charges of terrorism, forgery and conspiracy to cause violence.
During the session, the Adamawa State Police Commissioner prayed the court for an order to remand the defendants in custody.
Relying on section 294 of the Adamawa State Administration of Criminal Justice law, the prosecution asked the court to remand three men in prison custody.
Counsel to the defendants, Jerry Owe, however, challenged the application on grounds of incompetence.
He said, “This charge was brought under ex-parte application, which permits the police to bring a person to court; apply that the person should be remanded in prison custody.
“Usually under this section of the law, the defendants and or their counsel, don’t have a right of audience.
“But the court went beyond and took the plea of the defendants contrary to law, and by so doing, you have granted them a right of audience.
“Since the plea was taken before we arrived as their counsels, we now tried to explain to the court that they now have a right to be heard.
“Even if we do not have a right of audience as defence counsel, being lawyers, we can draw the attention of the court at any time when a law had not been complied with.
“However, the court in its wisdom went ahead and remanded them in police custody.”
Commenting on the action of the court, another lawyer, Gabriel Akpanamasi, also faulted the remand order.
He said, “Besides flouting the orders of NJC to shut down courts till April 20, 2020, this kind of remand order is sought for from places where there is no court of competent jurisdiction.”
Reacting, Dr Umar Ardo, who is a former aide to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, described the move as political victimisation.
He said, “The magistrate is being used by the Adamawa State Government as a pawn in its political chess game.
“For that, we are going to write a petition to the NJC on the magistrate who had exercised this injustice on us.
“And we are also going to write a petition before the Inspector General of Police against the police commissioner for being a pawn in the political chess game of the Adamawa State Government.”
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