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Enugu case still undergoing medical test, minister declares

Children, Africans may have special protection against COVID-19 Contrary to reports that a woman in Enugu who just returned from the United States (U.S.) has tested positive to coronavirus, Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said, “The Enugu case is not confirmed but still undergoing medical tests.” However, the Enugu State Ministry of Health has quarantined a 70-year old woman suspected to be infected with the coronavirus. She was said to have travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) five months ago to see her children. She came into the country on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 with fever, cough and mild respiratory distress and was flow from Lagos to Owerri Airport in Imo State where she was moved to Enugu and isolated at the Colliery Hospital, where doctors collected oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swab and sputum samples. Ehanire said there was no new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria as at Saturday, March 14, 2020. “Cumulatively, Nigeria has recorded two confirmed case...
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Coronavirus cases in Nigeria rises to 27

Nigeria has recorded another one positive case of coronavirus. “One new case of #COVID19 has been confirmed in FCT, Nigeria,” National Center for Disease Control said on Sunday morning. “As at 11:00 am on the 22nd of March, there are 27 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria,” it added The confirmation comes few hours after the Oyo State governor confirmed an index case in the state and three cases were announced in Lagos State. Nigeria now has a total of 27 cases of coronavirus in the country.
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Xenophobia: South Africa To Be Dragged To Court

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The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, said these while addressing journalists at a world press conference held in Abuja on Friday. File Photo   In response to the losses incurred by Nigerians, the House of Representatives has said it will approve funds for victims of the attacks who wish to take legal action against the country.   It also said it was considering compensation for those affected by the attacks.   The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, said these while addressing journalists at a ‘world press conference’ held in Abuja on Friday.   He was accompanied by some principal officers of the Lower chamber, including the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase; Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Deputy Leader, Peter Akpatason; Deputy Chief Whip, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; and Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Buba Yakub.   The Speaker warned South Africa against labelling Nigerians in their country as criminals, asking it not to add insult to Nig...
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How FSARS, Anti-Cultism Officers Forced Me To Withdraw N200,000 - Lagos Businessman Laments

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Erins, who narrated the harrowing experience on Instagram, said the operatives led him to an Automated Teller Machine point and forced him to withdraw N200,000 from his account. Osaretin Erins and CP Zubairu Muazu     "They were shouting ‘don’t move, don’t move, come out.’ I thought they were armed robbers because they did not look like policemen.”  That was the impression Osaretin Erins had when he and his friend, Raymond, were ambushed at a suya joint in Abule Egba, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway around 10pm on Thursday. The 35-year-old native of Edo State and his friend, a serving corps member in Lagos State, had gone to buy suya (roasted meat) in a Hyundai Sonata driven by Erins. As they made to enter the car after buying the suya, armed policemen reportedly wearing shirts with the inscriptions FSARS and Anti-Cultism, waylaid them with a danfo bus – a commercial vehicle. Pronto, they put Raymond in the bus while three of them were inside Erins’ car....
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Touching Story Of Nigerian Businessman Who Lost N60 Million To Xenophobic Attacks

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Every time the locals protest against poor service delivery, they turn it into an attack on foreigners, the victim said.  Festus Lafe   A Nigerian businessman living in South Africa, Festus Lafe, who is one of the victims of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and some other foreign nationals in the country, tells GBENRO ADEOYE that he lost his business and source of livelihood built over 12 years How long have you been living in South Africa?   I have been here for 15 years. I have a South African partner and three kids.   In those years, how many xenophobic attacks, such as the recent one have you witnessed?   I’ve witnessed a lot but there have been three major ones. Here, every time the locals protest against poor service delivery, they turn it into an attack on foreigners. They blame foreigners for all their problems, Nigerians in particular.   How have you been affected by such attacks?   The recent attack was ...
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How Politicians Inspire 'Yahoo Yahoo Boys'

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The pioneer of Felabration also accused the Nigerian politicians of defrauding the country, showing wrong impressions to the young Nigerians.   Yeni Kuti   Yeni Kuti, daughter  of  Fela Anikulapo Kuti has shared a piece of her mind regarding the perpetrators of cybercrime popularly called ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Nigeria.   Yeni while speaking with P.M. News blamed the government for the high rate of internet frauds in the country by not making life easier for Nigerians.   The pioneer of Felabration also accused the Nigerian politicians of defrauding the country, showing wrong impressions to the young Nigerians.   “Let me tell you why I will blame the government, they have not made life conducive for Nigerians in Nigeria. “When I see a politician been cooked with money, stealing and people still hail him because he has money. That is the example of ‘teacher don’t teach me nonsense.”   “Many politicians, many senators have a...
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Shocker: Woman Sets Man Ablaze Over N200 Debt In Delta

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It was gathered that after the victim was drenched with fuel, the other woman threw a match in the direction of the deceased.     A woman has allegedly set a man ablaze in Delta State, South South Nigeria over a paltry debt of N200. The Delta State Police Command said it has arrested the woman for setting the young man ablaze. Another female accomplice allegedly involved in the crime is on the run, Delta Police Commissioner, Adeyinka Adeleke has said. The young man simply identified as Sunday was set ablaze in Effurun, Uwvie L.G.A. A source said the victim owed the woman who doused him with fuel, but it is unclear what dealings the victim had with the other woman who lit the matches that consumed the debtor, the Nation reports. Trouble started when the duo accosted the victim demanding for N200 owed one of the women, a black market dealer of petroleum products. It was gathered that after the victim was drenched with fuel, the other woman threw a match in the direc...
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