Month: April 2020

COVID-19:THE ROUND ABOUT EFFECT IN NIGERIA’S APPROACH TO BE BETTER

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By Counsellor Dennis Agori   INTRODUCTION Each time Nigerians are provided a glimpse of hope, they are ecstatic and believe the TURNING POINT that leads to EXPRESS is around the corner. But boom, we find ourselves in worse situations. The pictures in this post represent the solution to COVID-19. From government to NGOs, to individuals.   I had to do this write up after reading the post of one Egbo Ogaga Samuel from Eku axis of Delta State on social media and I concluded that WE MAY IN ONE WAY…

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COVID 19: Members of Delta PSP embark on fumigation of trucks

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Members  of the Private Sector  Participants  ( PSP ) in Waste  Management on Thursday embarked on the fumigation of their trucks across Delta State as precautionary  measures against the global Coronavirus pandemic. Delta State President of PSP, Comrade Lucky Adjekuko while flagging off the exercise at the JF Kennedy Field, Refinery Road, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, said that the fumigation exercise is the initiative of the Delta State PSP. According to him, the  State Government under the leadership of His Excellency, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has…

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Lockdown: BAF Foundation Presents Food Items To Isoko Nation

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…Promises To Do More   As part of its social responsibilities, the President of Bashorun Askia Foundation and DESOPADEC Managing Director/CEO Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA, CrFA) has presented Sundry Food Items to Isoko Nation as his contribution towards cushioning the effect of the Stay at Home orders of Government caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.   Presenting the items to the President General of Isoko Development Union, IDU, High Chief Iduh Amadhe and some communities Presidents, Askia stressed the need for even distribution without Party or religious considerations. He said, In…

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Aide To Gov Okowa, Prince Sony Jifas Donates Food Items, Hand Sanitizers To People Of Ughelli South

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By Ezewu Philo, The Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Youth Development, Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon has donated food items and hand sanitizers worth thousands of naira to the people of Ughelli South local government to cushion and curtail the spread Coronavirus pandemic in the state Prince Sony who expressed optimism for the cure of the deadly disease, disclosed that the Nigeria Medical Association NMA, Scientists, Microbiologists and Laboratory experts are working tirelessly in union with other doctors all over the world.   He said, “This…

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Breaking: Gov Okowa Sets To Address Deltans As One Covid-19 Case Is Recorded In Delta

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As the news of the Coronavirus pandemic disease hits Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has sets to brief the state over the outbreak  just as he enjoined them to remain calm over the outbreak of the pandemic disease. In a statement obtained from Governor Ifeanyi Okowa verified facebook account states, “This evening, a patient in Delta State tested positive for the #COVID19 virus. This index case is already receiving the necessary treatment at one of our isolation centers. Tomorrow morning, I will be addressing our citizens on developments surrounding this…

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Breaking: Delta Hit With One Confirmed Covid-19 Case

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night recorded sixteen new cases of the Coronavirus among which had it’s first case.   According to NCDC, Ten cases were recorded in Lagos; two cases were recorded in the FCT, two in Oyo, one in Delta and one in Katsina With these new cases, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to  254. Fourty-four have so far been discharged with six deaths recorded.

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Covid-19 Lockdown: Bashorun Askia Foundation, BAF, Sets Distribute Food Items To Isoko Nation

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As the lockdown continue in Delta State, the Bashorun Askia Foundation, BAF,  has concluded plans to distribute sundry food items to indigent Isoko people, a fallout of the Stay At Home order by Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. According to the Foundation, the brief ceremony will be held at the National Secretariat of the Isoko Development Union, IDU, in Oleh Isoko South Local Government Area, and the Stay Safe procedures and Social Distancing protocols of COVID-19, will be observed. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2020…

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Niger Delta Activists Berates Group’s Insensitivity Over NDDC Gesture

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  A pro-active group of activists and intellectuals under the auspices of the Niger Delta Intelligent Assessment Group (NDIAG), have condemned leaders of the Youth Leaders of Ethnic in the Niger Delta over its insensitivity towards the lives of the region’s people and senseless criticism of the Niger Delta Development Commission for making donation towards curbing the spread and harm of the Corona Virus in the region. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt today, the secretary-general of NDIAG, Dr. Barika D. Saro-Laka, argued that human security, progress and safety are…

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Coronavirus vaccine: WHO rejects using Africa as testing ground

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Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, has dismissed as “racist” a suggestion by two French scientists that the coronavirus vaccine should be tested in Africa. Science professors, Jean-Paul Mira of Cochin Hospital in Paris and Camille Locht of Inserm, France’s national medical research centre, appeared on French television LCI on April 2 to debate potentials for COVID-19 cures. Mr Mira wondered if he “may be provocative, should this study not be done in Africa?” Mr Locht then replied: “You are right. We are currently thinking similarly about a…

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BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19, NED NWOKO TO SET UP FOOD BANKS

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  As part of his continued commitment to help in the battle against the Novel Corona Virus Disease, chairman of Ned Nwoko foundation, Ned Nwoko will beginning from Wednesday the 8th of April, 2020 set up food banks to help cushion the effect of the two weeks lockdown in Delta State. In a statement by the convener Ned Nwoko Volunteers, Snr. Comr. Idi Presley, stated, “Ned in his usual way of putting a smile on the faces of his people has approved the setting up of food banks for his…

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