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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said Nigeria recorded 387 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total infections now 9,302. It said, “On the 29th of May 2020, 387 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours”. Of the 387 new cases confirmed in Nigeria, 254 were confirmed in Lagos state To date, 9,302 cases have been confirmed, 2697 cases have been discharged and 261 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 387…

In less than 48 hours, a whopping $1.9 million was raised by GoFundMe campaign to assist the family of murdered George Floyd in his obsequies. The African American died agonizingly after a White Minneapolis police officer forcefully knelt on his neck during his arrest on Monday. The campaign created by Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, has received more than 72,000 donations totaling to $1.9 million as of Friday afternoon (May 29). The goal was to raise $1.5 million. “This fund is established to cover funeral and burial expenses, mental and grief counseling, lodging and travel for all court proceedings, and to…

President Donald Trump Friday announced that the United States is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization, accusing it of bowing to pressure from China and resisting reforms related to its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump made the announcement during a brief press conference at the White House, more than a month after US froze funding to the United Nations agency. “The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency,” Trump said. Trump said the money the US would typically send to the World Health Organization will instead go to “other worldwide and deserving…

By: Akanimo Sampson Oil-bearing riverine communities of the Niger Delta are grappling with harsh economic condition occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, says the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative (LPCDI). The group, therefore, wants the authorities to provide palliatives to indigent people of the riverine communities. The situation in the communities is made worse by oil pollution which has significantly harmed the natural environment on which they depend for their livelihood and sustenance. The direct consequence of oil pollution is that it has led to multidimensional and protracted conflicts in oil-bearing communities. They also complained about environmental pollution and destruction…

Akwa Ibom Government has taken the fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic to a higher level with plans to build General Hospitals in the 10 Federal Constituencies in the state. Inaugurating a 300-bed Isolation Centre at Methodist Hospital, Ituk Mbang in Uruan local government area on Friday, Governor Udom Emmanuel said the government would equip the hospitals with the state-of-the-art facilities. Emmanuel, however, stated, “We have taken delivery of another batch of 35 containers of state-of-the-art medical equipment with the 2020 model of modern facilities to be distributed to health institutions across the state.” Emmanuel remarked, “50 years from now,…

Akwa Ibom State has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the state to 45, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed on its Twitter. Nigeria increased further on Thursday with 182 new cases reported in the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. This takes the country’s total infections to 8,915 out of which 2,592 have been discharged with 259 losing their lives. Data from the NCDC showed that Lagos recorded the highest number of infections for the day with 111 new cases. The 182 new cases of COVID-19 are confirmed…

The acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission is dead. A source from a family friend in Uyo who spoke on condition of anonymity with Straightnews said the senior official, Ibanga Bassey Etang, died on Wednesday night after a brief but undisclosed illness. Etang had served as the chairman of Esit Eket local government area in Akwa Ibom State and a Special Assistant on Projects to ex-Akwa Ibom Governor. He is reported to have been absent from work at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt throughout this week. He was also conspicuously absent during the flag…

By: Akanimo Sampson About 500,000 persons engaged in N-Power of Social Investment Programme will soon be rendered jobless as the Federal Government is set to dispense with their services. A statement by Rhoda Iliya, a spokesperson for the humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development ministry, said the current beneficiaries have overstayed in the programme, “thereby denying other Nigerians an opportunity to access the programme and gain skills for entrepreneurship and employment.” Iliya noted that their current engagement has contributed to “the administration’s vision of lifting 100 million people out of poverty by creating opportunities to enhance the productivity of…

By Akanimo Sampson The National Assembly, the Legislative arm of the Nigerian government is resuming from a two-week Sallah break this Thursday, against the backdrop of a damaging allegation that the federal lawmakers padded last year’s budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). They will be racing to their bicameral chambers four days earlier than the Tuesday, June 2 resumption date to rejig this year’s federal budget that has been badly damaged by the rampaging COVID-19 crisis. NDDC’s Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, has dented the image of the supposed “honourable’’ legislators with the allegation that the interventionist…

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number to 8,733 in the country. Akwa Ibom State recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases, the highest so far, bringing the total number to 35. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as of May 27, fatalities recorded in Nigeria have reached 254. NCDC explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses known as co-morbidities. A breakdown of the latest results shows that Lagos recorded 256 of the 389 new cases. Other states…