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“The deceased is from Biu town and already his contacts have been traced, » said Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur. « I think from the research conducted by the World Health Organization and various organizations, it has been believed that alcohol plays a major role in killing the coronavirus, » Sonko said in a video. The governors said the risk to children from the virus prompted this week’s decision to close the schools, and children would be evacuated to their parents or states of origin. Several aggrieved beneficiaries of the Federal government empowerment programme (N-Power) are currently protesting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Naija News reports that the aggrieved Npower beneficiaries over their disengagement from the programme and unsettled stipends.

Last month, 80 students and five teachers were abducted in a similar attack on a school in the northwestern state of Kebbi. From June 2011 to March 2020, it was estimated by SB Morgen Intelligence, a Nigerian research and consulting firm, that at least $18.34 million dollars had been paid to kidnappers for ransom. Local police spokesman Muhammad Jalige said that “officers involved in the operation are charged to ensure no stone is left unturned” in their efforts to rescue the youngsters.

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A special cargo aircraft shall leave Nigeria in a few days to collect the items which include commodities, personal protective equipment and ventilators,” he added. Minister Osagie Ohanire had last week had cause to dispel claims that medical kits donated by Chinese business mogul Jack Ma were contaminated. The business man delivered a package that included – test kits, masks, medical use protective suits and face shields – to all 54 African countries. An apologetic Funke said all attendees of the party resided in the estate where her media production house, Scene One, was based.

The platform churns out under-reported contents ad information to keep readers enlightened on issues around their daily lives. For this reason, we ensure that news is fully and impartially published so that readers will have total details concerning a particular issue which will enable them to come to their own conclusion. Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo seems to have been everywhere while his boss is away. He even conducted a spot check on the public toilets at Lagos international airport. Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu Buhari, alleging the former US president headed a global conspiracy to get rid of him.

• After the announcement, tons of Nigerian bank notes were transported in an effort to acquire foreign exchange.
• In September 1966, approximately 30,000 Igbo civilians were killed in the north, and some Northerners were killed in backlashes in eastern cities.
• Many Nigerians complained that SARS frequently extorted young people who appeared to have disposable income.
• He further revealed that they carried Biafra Insignia and Israeli flags during the march that started at the premises of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu.
• SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa.
• Currently in the United Kingdom, including these two cases, there have been only six cases of monkeypox reported, including three previously imported cases from Nigeria, two in September 2018 and one in December 2019.

Protest groups have raised more than $250,000, setting up helplines for protesters in trouble, covering medical aid and providing private security. Formed in 1992, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is a heavily armed police unit to fight violent crime including car jackings and armed robbery, and has become synonymous across much of Nigeria with allegations of police brutality and impunity. Amnesty International and other rights groups have documented the unit’s alleged abuse of civilians including extortion, rape and extrajudicial killings. Many Nigerians complained that SARS frequently extorted young people who appeared to have disposable income. The #EndSARS campaign became a messaging board for harrowing personal tales of violence, theft and intimidation.

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Down south in Cross River State, governor Ben Ayade is under fire on social media for a viral video in which he claims that face masks are the most effective protection against the coronavirus. Speaker of Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has chided the Chinese envoy to the country at a meeting to protest mistreatment of Nigerians. Femi Gbajabiamila told the envoy Zhou Pingjian that he was upset at the reports including videos making the rounds on social media.

Currently in the United Kingdom, including these two cases, there have been only six cases of monkeypox reported, including three previously imported cases from Nigeria, two in September 2018 and one in December 2019. Prior to this report, there was also one case of nosocomial transmission in a health worker in England in 2018 due to contact with contaminated bed linen. In the present case, the first patient was under quarantine with family members due to COVID-19 restrictions for a period of ten days after arrival in the country and an additional two days. Once monkeypox was suspected, authorities in the United Kingdom promptly initiated appropriate public health measures, including isolation of the case and contact tracing. The second individual was isolating at home until onset of the rash and in hospital care thereafter. Charity Obilor, a fifty-eight-year-old osu businesswoman, was outraged by some of the remarks that she heard each time an osu campaigned for elections.

Samples taken from people and animals with suspected monkeypox virus infection should be handled by trained staff working in suitably equipped laboratories. Monkeypox is a sylvatic zoonosis with incidental human infections that usually occur sporadically in forested parts of Central and West Africa. It is caused by the monkeypox virus and belongs to the Orthopoxvirus family. Monkeypox can be transmitted by contact and droplet exposure via exhaled large droplets. The incubation period of monkeypox is usually from 6 to 13 days but can range from 5 to 21 days.

Trudi Makhaya economic advisor to South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa explained how a proposed 500 billion rand emergency package to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the country would be financed. The Government of Ekiti has confirmed the first death of a patient from coronavirus in the state. The victom was reportedly a 29-year-old community health worker and one of the three confirmed cases in Ekiti to date. In the last four years, the federal government has spent ₦14 billion on the programs of the Ministry of Social Welfare under Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq in Jigawa State alone. Plans include feeding primary school students, the N-Power youth program, and the distribution of ₦5,000 stipend per month. While N9.074bn has been spent on the ₦5,000-month program for the needy, ₦5.178 billion has been spent on the primary school feeding program from 2017 to date in Jigawa.

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Nigeria announced Twitter’s suspension days after the platform removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional separatists. He also said he « believes the passion, discipline and moral strength that the former Ghanaian leader employed to reposition his country over many years » would « continue to reverberate across the continent and beyond https://everywherenigeria.com/. » Gunmen raided an all-boys boarding school on Friday, abducting an unknown number of children. The president has also extended the tenure of the inspector general of police by three months.

Maduagwu thought that it made sense to use the same principle of exchange that led to the ohu’s enslavement to “rewind the process.” “Money changed hands when the slaves were bought,” she said. “Money also needs to change hands for abolition to take place.” This kind of transaction is important in local custom. She likened it to the fact that, when an Igbo couple gets married, the bride’s family receives a “bride price” from the groom’s family—in money or gifts—and, if the marriage ends, they must refund it before she can remarry. (Until then, any children resulting from a new union are considered to belong to the previous husband.) After the slave payment changes hands, the diala families would publicly apologize on behalf of their ancestors, and the ohu would accept the apology. Then the head of each slave-owning family would strike his ofo—a staff that represents authority—and declare the ohu free. The Igwes would write a joint declaration abolishing the caste system in their town, and, Maduagwu suggested, announce “a curse on anyone who will afterwards practice it at any level.” This would be followed by a celebratory feast.