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More than 150 people who reportedly died in Kano between Friday and Saturday last week have been buried in three cemeteries, heightening fears that the deceased must have died as a result of a strange ailment. This may not be connected with because as of Monday, April 20, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Kano had a total of 59 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death. Undertakers who doubled as grave diggers in the affected cemeteries said the frequency at which they received corpses these days was unusual when compared with the number of people they buried before…

Nigeria recorded 38 new infections of coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 665 on Monday. The new cases were recorded in Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Abia, Federal Capital Territory, Sokoto, and Ekiti. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its Twitter handle on Monday did not announce any new case in Lagos State. The NCDC, however, announced that a new patient died of coronavirus-related complications in Abuja, bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 22. It tweeted, “Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 23 in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two…

By: Israel Umoh May was seen as an alarmist and a rabble-rouser. He was abandoned by many. That was 15 years. But today, he is seen as a seer and a global poster man. He is applauded and hailed for his far-sighted book. Like a French astrologer and seer, Michel de Nostredame is popularly known as Nostradamus, Peter May equally saw tomorrow. Scottish author May, 68, a former journalist and BBC screenwriter wrote Lockdown in 2005, imagining London as the epicentre of a global outbreak only to see his manuscript turned away by publishers, who deemed its subject matter “extremely unrealistic and…

A retired consultant gynaecologist is said to be collecting a paltry N9,000 as a monthly pension from Akwa Ibom State government. Mr. Jerry Charles Akpan, the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Abak branch who in an exclusive interview with Straightnews publisher said the medical doctor (name withheld) retired on Grade Level 16 as a gynecologist from the state civil service some years ago. Akpan, a pharmacist and a retired civil servant, also said some pensioners collect N2,000 or less than N1,000 as a monthly pension. He, therefore, called on the state government to harmonise the monthly pensions to enable…

Akwa Ibom State, one of Nigerian states, has recorded additional three COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to nine. Already, three persons have officially been discharged remaining six. This forms part of the 86 new cases announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control through its verified Twitter account on Sunday. NCDC tweeted “Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno.” The death toll in Nigeria from the novel coronavirus reached 21 on Sunday night of April 19. The number…

A clergyman says God is using the COVID-19 pandemic to testify against world, especially Nigerian leaders over their illusive behaviour to their subjects. Preaching in Inspiration FM (105.9), Uyo on Sunday, Senior Apostle John Okoriko, founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, Akwa Ibom State, said during electioneering campaigns, Nigerian leaders would pledge to provide basic infrastrutures if voted into power. Okoriko said after the elections, the political leaders would ditch those promises and concentrate in amassing wealth for their self-aggrandisement, saying God is using the virus to testify against bad leadership in the country. According to him, “They will not…

By: Special Projects Editor  Akwa Ibom State, one of the two states created in Nigeria on September 23, 1987, has a nexus with God Almighty. A religious people, it is not uncommon to find various inscriptions seeking to identify with or glorify God. On their public transport vehicles, private villas, even at where it is written “Post No Bill,” all manner of bills and banners by one church/religious group or another compete for space. The new age religion practitioners in the state: AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order of Rosie Crucie), Eckankar, Grail Message Movement, Bahai Faith, among others, are not left…

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike Sunday backtracked and released the 22 staffers of ExxonMobil detained for allegedly flouting the restriction of movement in the state during the COVID-19 lockdown. This follows a directive by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Sunday directed members to shut operations and all activities at the nation’s oil rigs and export terminals from midnight over the detention of 22 offshore members by the Rivers State Government since Thursday. A statement by the association’s leadership this morning said “By midnight Sunday 19th April 2020, all Export facilities will stop operation as well…

By: Imo E. Akpan Few days ago, Akwa Ibom State Government announced the discharge of six coronavirus cases in the State. Before now, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had announced the confirmation of five index COVID-19 cases in Akwa Ibom State. One more confirmed case was announced by the NCDC on Tuesday night, making six. Earlier when the NCDC announced the confirmation of the five index cases for Akwa Ibom, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, the state Commissioner for Health shocked the world when he said the test results were disputed because amongst other puerile reasons, the five cases were asymptomatic!…

Nigeria recorded 49 new cases of coronavirus in Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Kano, Ogun, Oyo, and Ekiti states on Saturday. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 542. Of the 49 new cases, 45 were recorded in Lagos, FCT, and Kano, while four were reported in Ogun, Oyo and Ekiti. NCDC says that Lagos has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria with 306 confirmed infections, followed by Abuja and Kano with 81 and 37 cases respectively. In its Twitter handle Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that the total number of coronavirus-related deaths…