Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 3rd April 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 3rd April 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Makinde: I pity people playing politics with COVID-19
Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, who tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday, speaks in this telephone interview with BCOS Radio and Fresh FM from isolation on the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he was doing fine despite testing positive to the virus. He also speaks on the preparedness of his government to curb the spread of the virus in the state. Excerpts: Your Excellency, how are you feeling? Well, I am okay. I am feeling okay. Like I posted on my Twitter account, you all know that I…
Adeoye: This is not a time for blame game and buck passing
Prince Adelaja Adeoye is the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) Government should provide support for those in the affected states because with total lock down in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, things would be very difficult for those whose daily survival rests on what they make daily as the lock down will impede them. And, while it is commendable to work hard on stopping the spreading of COVID-19, the government must also be working on alternative economy, since oil price has fallen on the international…
Komolafe: Provision of palliatives’ll make lockdown effective
Comrade Gbenga Komolafe, a human rights activist, is the General Secretary of the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON) While the Nigerian figure is low compared with other countries in other regions, there are fears that limited testing among exposed communities in Nigeria might hide true picture of the spread of the disease among the general populace. It is in this respect that we commend the lockdown order on Lagos, Ogun and the FCT which have recorded the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases but there are…
Aborisade: Govts uncreatively copying lockdown measures
Comrade Femi Aborisade, a lawyer and human rights activist, is the pioneer National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP) The lockdown being declared by the federal and state governments may be necessary but governments appear not to have given a thought to what they ought to put in place for a successful lockdown. They are uncreatively emulating the Western world without putting in place the social security schemes upon which lockdowns in Europe and elsewhere are built. There is no arrangement to ensure access to food, water,…
FCT: Anxiety heightens over increasing cases of COVID 19
There is palpable fears and anxiety among residents of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) over the increasing cases of the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the territory. The latest COVID 19 reports released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that as at Thursday, FCT has 35 confirmed cases, and second to Lagos state with 91 cases. More worrisome to the residents is the fact that the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has predicted during his briefing yesterday in Abuja that, ” as contact tracing and testing…
ASUU to FG, states: Provide food, water, light during lockdown
The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, yesterday advised Federal and State governments to back lockdown across the country with provision of everyday existential needs of the masses. The ASUU President in a release entitled “COVID-19: Together We Shall Win,” made available to newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, stated that there must be reasonable supply of electricity, water and unbroken chain of food items. ASUU warned that unless everyday needs of the people were made available “the emerging lockdown of the country may not achieve…
Professional misconduct: Three lawyers face NBA’s disciplinary committee
Three legal practitioners will on Saturday face the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over alleged professional misconduct. The three, Barth Onyeilo, Ejike Efobi and Geetee Ozioko, were dragged before the committee by one of their colleagues, Samuel Udenta, for allegedly filing a motion to undermine a judgement of the Supreme Court. In the petition to the committee, Udenta accused the three lawyers of re-initiating a land dispute case between Abba and Ukpo communities in Anambra State already decided by the Supreme Court before a high court. Udenta…
CUPP questions method of distribution of palliatives
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described the method adopted by the Federal Government to pay stipends to the vulnerable to mitigate the effect of lockdown, as an invitation to anarchy. Last Wednesday, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hadiza Usman, began payment of N20, 000 to the poor in a village in Abuja. But CUPP faulted the method, and expressed the fear that the real vulnerable people the programme is meant for, might be shortchanged. The coalition in a statement by the spokesperson,…
COVID-19: CAN rallies churches for 24-hour prayer chain
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on all churches in the country to actively participate in a 24-hour prayer chain to seek God’s intervention in the COVID- 19 pandemic that was fast spreading in Nigeria and other parts of the world. This was contained in a memo signed by CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, and issued to all heads of blocs that made up the association, national officers, zonal chairmen, state chairmen and every Christian family in the country. The memo, which was sighted by our Correspondent yesterday…
Lockdown: IGP warns police personnel against rights abuse
Worried by reports of harassment and other acts of misconduct against personnel enforcing the lockdown order in many states of the Federation, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered zonal Assistant Inspectors General, as well as Commissioners of Police, to activate monitoring controls over their men. This is with a view to ensuring that policemen on duty adhered to professional ethics, which include respect for citizens’ rights. Though President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states, in the…
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