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Two policemen who were seen fighting each other shamelessly in Ebele community, Igueben local government area of Edo State have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. The policemen: F/NO 41112 CPL Ozimende Aidonojie and F/NO 516384 PC Salubi Stephen were arrested, detained, and underwent internal disciplinary sanctions at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters. After undergoing trial and found guilty over the incident, they were dismissed from the force. See the tweet below;

Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un, has reportedly died, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network. But a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in “a vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month is on his death bed with no hope for recuperation. This comes after the Chinese government dispatched a team including medical experts to North Korea to advise North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, on his care after he underwent a life-saving heart surgery during the Coronavirus outbreak. According to TMZ, a Hong Kong-backed news channel’s vice director who’s apparently the niece of…

The Akwa Ibom Nigeria Medical Association has raised an alarm that the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health doubling as the Incident Manager is contrary to the stand of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr. Dominic Ukpong is the Commissioner for Health as well as the Incident Manager of Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Incident Management Committee. Ekem Emmanuel John, the state Public Relations Officer for NMA, who dropped the bombshell during an interview in Inspiration 105 FM, Uyo on Saturday, said Dr. Ukpong is the only Health Commissioner in the country to be appointed as the Incident Manager of the pandemic.…

The rift between Nigeria Medical Association, Akwa Ibom Chapter, and the Commissioner for Health has assumed a theatrical dimension over an accusation of playing politics on the containment of COVID-19 in the state. The state government is said to have relieved Dr. Aniekeme Uwah, the state epidemiologist of his position as a member of Akwa Ibom COVID-19 Incident Management Committee for submitting 31 coronavirus samples to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for testing against the commissioner’s wish of 10 at a time. In an interview in Inspiration 105 FM, Uyo on Saturday, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John, the state Public Relations…

By Akanimo Sampson Political functionaries in Ebonyi State who are holding juicy offices are no longer finding their seats very comfortable because of the rampaging COVID-19. Governor Dave Umahi, who is fast becoming a controversial no-nonsense governor in Eastern Nigeria, has threatened to visit the COVID-19 sins of communities on their sons and daughters who are holding appointive offices. But, in Akwa Ibom state, the killer virus is deepening the political antagonism between President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC is claiming that the seeming indecisive Governor Udom Emmanuel has not been visible…

Nigeria has notched 1,095 confirmed cases, and 32 deaths from coronavirus in the country. In its Twitter handle on Friday, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said, “On the 24th of April 2020, 114 new confirmed cases and one new death were recorded in Nigeria. “One new state, Zamfara, has reported a confirmed case in the last 24 hours. “Till date, 1095 cases have been confirmed, 208 cases have been discharged and thirty-two deaths have been recorded in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “The 114 new cases are reported from nine states- Lagos (80), Gombe (21), FCT (five), Zamfara…

Two prominent Nigerians have brushed aside politics and advised Africans to look inward, attesting that herbal treatment provides instant cure for the novel COVID-19. A former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said that “Information available has shown that people infected by COVID-19 and privately treated at home recovered faster than those taken to isolation centres.” The assertion corroborated the claim of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, a COVID-19 victim who admitted he fought the novel coronavirus with carrots (Daucus carota), vitamin C and black seed (Nigella sativa) oil with honey while in isolation. Makinde had announced that…

By: Israel Umoh The COVID-19 has succeeded in turning the world upside down. No one saw it coming several years ago. Peter May, the bearded Scottish journalist and BBC screenwriter, saw bird flu epidemic. But, he aptly prognosticated a lockdown- the title of his thriller book. In March 2020, a lockdown ensued. Without announcement, the coronavirus pandemic arrived at the planet and dazzled celebrated scientists and confused world superpowers. Battered by the pandemic, the world had to impose lockdowns to clip the wings of the death’s gatekeeper. In a democratic setting, lockdown is seen as a product of dictatorship. It…

Of the 108 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, Akwa Ibom State has recorded additional two. This brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 981, while Akwa Ibom has 11 cases. Announcing this its Twitter handle on Thursday, it said “108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 78 in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kwara, and 1 in Plateau. NCDC tweeted “As of 11:30 pm on the 23rd April, there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.…

The Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Incident Management Committee sees a lack of cooperation by contacts to suspected or confirmed cases with the committee as a major clog in the wheel of its fight against the dreaded pandemic. Ntiense Umoette, the state deputy epidemiologist while presenting a paper on “Contact racing, key processes and challenges from Akwa Ibom experience” mentioned identifying contacts whose telephone numbers and addresses are not given and identifying contacts outside Akwa Ibom as challenges facing the committee. Umoette who spoke during a one-day workshop on Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 response and ethical reporting for journalists, also lamented…