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The Federal High Court in Lagos has awarded N1m against the Federal Government over the police disruption of the August 5, 2019, #RevolutionNow protest. The court awarded the N1m in favour of a Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, who said he participated in the protest and was among those tear-gassed by security agents. The nationwide protest was convened by rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested by the Department of State Services on August 3, 2019, and only released on December 24, 2019. The court, in a judgment by Justice Maureen Onyetenu, declared the disruption of the peaceful protest by the…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has described the late Rashidi Yekini as one of the best strikers the African continent has produced on the eighth year anniversary of his death. According to Sunday Dare, “He was a delight to watch during his playing days. He scored some of the most fantastic goals that left some goalkeepers helpless. “Rashidi Yekini will forever be remembered as a legend of football in Africa, not just Nigeria”. Dare concluded by saying, “May his soul continue to rest in peace”. Yekini, an all-time highest goal scorer of the Nigerian senior national…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards. The NBS made this known in its report on Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria 2019, released on Monday. It explained that the figure showed that 40.1 per cent of the total population was classified as poor, adding that in other words, an average of four out of 10 individuals in Nigeria had real per capita expenditures below N137,430.00 per year. This means the monthly income of an individual in this category is less than N11,500 while income per day is N38.00 The report…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Expectedly, citizens in Nigeria’s political and economic capital cities of Abuja and Lagos crowded the banks and other public places as the easing of lockdown order takes effect nationwide from today (Monday). The Federal Government has last week announced the gradual easing of Covid-19 lockdown after one month of stay-at-home order imposed on Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. But the gradual reopening of businesses and government offices in Abuja and Lagos turned chaotic as the crowd that was witnessed at public places like banks, markets, and…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau In a bid to curb further spread of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease, the Federal Government has established no fewer than 34 Rapid Response Teams in 34 states out of 36 states in Nigeria. This piece of good news was dropped on Monday by the Director-General of Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu while speaking at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 pandemic. According to the PTF member, the setting up of Rapid Response Team in each state of the federation is a major boost…
Just last night I couldn’t motivate myself to do anything important, which is a rare occurrence for me. I just felt completely drained. I started over thinking things and doubting myself, and wondering whether anything I do is worthwhile. I sat there in this funk for nearly an hour and wondered how to snap out of it. Should I just forget about today? Should I just give up on this project in front of me, because I’m not as good at it as I thought I was? That’s what I was considering, at least for a fleeting moment. But the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said only a collective international approach will mitigate the devastating effect of COVID-19, while assuring that the Federal Government will intensify efforts to monitor, test and isolate more people, especially at the community level. President Buhari, who participated in a virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), said national, regional and global strategies would be required to tackle the pandemic, which, he said, had ravaged humanity and caused unprecedented devastation to the well-being of people, their livelihoods, and global economy. “The theme of this extra-ordinary Summit ‘United Against…
Oyo State Government on Monday renewed its sensitization campaign in major markets in Ibadan on the preventive measures against coronavirus pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the campaign was led by Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism who is Head of the Media Sub-committee of the Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19. Also on the sensitization team is Mr Fatai Owoseni, Special Adviser to Gov Seyi Makinde on Security Matters. The team sensitized the traders in English, Yoruba, and Hausa languages, thus giving the traders the opportunity to have access to information on COVID-19…
One of the hospitals where the first patient who died as a result of Coronavirus in Oyo State visited, Lafia Hospital, Apata Ibadan, has been shut down for two weeks. DAILY POST reports that this is coming a few days after a COVID-19 patient visited the hospital for treatment on hypertension. Our correspondent recalls that the Oyo State government had on Wednesday announced the death of a 55-year-old known patient who lied about his health status and travel history- DAILY POST gathered that the patient who is said to be one of the top officers in the Nigeria Customs Service,…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has disclosed that it is desperately in need of testing kits. NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu said the agency was desperately in need of RNA extraction kits. Ihekweazu explained that the RNA extraction kits would help the agency expand COVID-19 testing capacity. He made the disclosure via his verified Twitter handle. The NCDC DG wrote: “We’re desperately looking for more RNA extraction kits as we expand #COVID19 testing. “Product: Total viral RNA extraction kits (preferably spin column and with a lysis buffer) “manufacturers: Qiagen, Thermo Fischer, SeeGene, Inqaba, LifeRiver etc”. However, Nigeria as at…