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Senate Condemns Breach Of Interstate Travel Ban, Asks IGP To Investigate Complicity Of Officers

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Alex Enemanna
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The Senate has condemned in strong terms the barefaced breach of the presidential order on overnight curfew and ban on non-essential interstate travel aimed at containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Suspicious of compromise by some security officials, it has also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, to ensure full enforcement of the presidential orders and investigate the alleged complicity of their men in the breaches.

ABN TV reports that the resolution was a sequel to a motion on “Need to Enforce Presidential Order Banning Non-Essential Interstate Movement”, sponsored by former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, at plenary on Tuesday.

Moving the motion, the lawmaker representing Enugu West in the upper legislative chamber, said the Senate was alarmed at the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, which he said currently stood at 4,641 cases and 150 deaths, as well as the daily confirmed cases, which he noted, was now hundreds.

He said: “The Senate is aware that the President, in his wisdom and relying on advisories by relevant authorities and powers conferred on him by Section 3 of the Quarantine Act, CAP Q2 Laws of the Federation 2004 issued the Proclamation Order on the General Management of COVID-19, banning non-essential inter-state passenger travels until further notice in order to contain the deadly novel Coronavirus.

“The Senate is also aware of the presidential order declaring dusk to dawn curfew all over the country.

“The Senate is, therefore, seriously worried by the numerous reports and trending videos on the flagrant breach of the curfew and interstate travel”.

Read Also: 30 Northern Youths Caught Hiding Behind Baskets Of Pepper Inside Truck In Ogun

He recalled that both the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had raised the alarm over what it described as “Increased level of interstate movement, worsened by the dubious concealment of people in food-carrying vehicles”, while the Nigeria Governors’ Forum had equally raised serious concerns over how Nigerians crisscross the country in their numbers despite the subsisting order to the contrary.

“The Senate is conscious of the very grave implications of the brazen breach of the presidential order restricting interstate movements and of the fact that the nation’s security agencies, particularly the police, have the responsibility to enforce law and order, including the presidential ban on interstate movement.

“The Senate, is, however, very worried about reports of alleged complicity in the said breaches by those who are supposed to enforce compliance with the directives of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces”.

Consequently, the Senate unanimously enjoins Nigerians to strictly comply with the orders for their own safety and to quicken the nation’s victory over the COVID-19 pandemic.

It equally directed the Inspector-General of Police, Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and heads of all security agencies charged with enforcing the ban on interstate travel “to investigate the alleged complicity of their officers in the breach of the curfew and ban non-essential interstate travels and bring to book anyone found wanting”.

The upper legislative chamber called on the two security chiefs to ensure that their various commands cooperate with respective State authorities in enforcing the presidential orders and other protocols aimed at rolling back the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his contribution, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan noted: “There is a need for proper enforcement of the restrictions on interstate travels.

“Apparently, there is so much breach and interference. We need to seat up because this is a very serious challenge to our country”.

He also stressed the need for social distancing.

“Beyond the interstate travels, even the observance of social distancing sometimes suffers inside the states.

“So, it is very important that citizens do this because this is for ourselves and for our family members”, he concluded.

30 Northern Youths Caught Hiding Behind Baskets Of Pepper Inside Truck In Ogun

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Alex Enemanna
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The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Monday, intercepted a truck loaded with 30 Northern youths, at Sango Ota area of the state.

ABN TV reports that the IVECO truck with registration number KANO XG 172 KNG was stopped for search by the operatives of the agency where it was discovered that 30 northern youths were hidden behind baskets of pepper.

The truck which was reported to have been covered with a tarpaulin but was turned back by the officials of the road management control manning the Joju junction in the town.

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Monday, intercepted a truck loaded with 30 Northern youths, at Sango Ota area of the state.

The IVECO truck with registration number KANO XG 172 KNG was stopped for search by the operatives of the agency where it was discovered that 30 persons were hidden behind baskets of pepper.

Read Also: Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Weeps In New Audio, Seeks Protection Against Military Firepower

The vehicle which was reported to have been covered with a tarpaulin but was turned back by the officials of the road management control manning the Joju junction in the town.

Tribune Online gathered that the truck was turned back and led to the tollgate between Ogun and Lagos states.

When contacted, TRACE Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the development, saying the truck and its occupants were travelling to an unknown destination.

Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Weeps In New Audio, Seeks Protection Against Military Firepower

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Alex Enemanna
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The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has cried profusely in new audio, seeking protection of Allah against the firepower of the Nigerian military.

Of late, the Nigerian military has intensified offensive and recorded a series of successes against the Boko Haram terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad.

In 1:22 seconds new audio, the Boko Haram leader spoke in Kanuri, seeking protection of Allah against the “devilish act” of the Nigerian military, and said they are facing difficulties in this Holy month of Ramadan.

“If it is the devilish act and wickedness [of the Nigerian military], may Allah protect us from their evil. Oh Allah, keep us firm on your religion. We are poor things who know nothing, oh our Lord, Allah.

“We deserted Izala people to practice Your true religion; we abandoned Tijjaniyya people to practice Your true religion; we deserted the Shiites to practice Your true religion; we forsook our parents, uncles and aunties to practice Your true religion.

“It is because of your religion that we placed a knife on Your servants’ necks; but today, they are trying to change us from one thing to another.

“Oh Lord, have mercy upon under [the blessings] Ramadhan; Oh Lord, have mercy on under [the blessings] of Ramadhan (crying profusely).

Read Also: Madagascar Herbal Drug: Nigeria Has No Shame – Pharmacists Blast Buhari Administration

“Oh, Allah give us victory over our enemies. Oh brothers, for Allah’s sake, obey Allah and help me with prayers. This does not mean I am angry.

“May Allah keep us firm on the Qur’an. Allah knows best. Peace and blessings are upon the Prophet of Allah and all thanks be to Allah,” Mr Shekau sobbed.

In a reaction to the audio clip, Bulama Bukarti, a human rights lawyers and conflict analyst who has studied Boko Haram for over a decade, said: “This is the first time we heard Shekau cry in this way.”

According to Mr Bulama, the audio suggests that something terrible is happening to the Shekau faction of Boko Haram.

“The Shekau we are used to is a bombastic, ruthless gangster that ridicules, mocks and chortles at his victims. This audio is quite unusual.

“It suggests that the group is under immense pressure that threatens its existence. Anything that will make Shekau sob must be a serious existential threat and I think it is the Nigerian Army’s ongoing onslaught.

“The army has been releasing news and photos of their successes and Boko Haram itself has lately been releasing eulogies to dead fighters.

“That is what made Shekau wail in this audio. He thinks it is hard to survive this one,” Mr Bulama said.

He, however, noted that the audio does not suggest that the Boko Haram leader is surrendering and seeking negotiation.

“But make no mistake that he would never back down, he will not surrender. He would rather die fighting. As the clip indicates, he is as committed to his cause as ever.

“And history has taught us that Boko Haram is capable of weathering storms and bouncing back from serious defeats.

“Therefore, I suggest that the Nigerian Army should push on; it is not time to relax. It is time to do even more,” he added.

Madagascar Herbal Drug: Nigeria Has No Shame – Pharmacists Blast Buhari Administration

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Alex Enemanna
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) says it received the news that the Buhari administration is about to import a herbal concoction called COVID Organics (CVO) from Madagascar with utter disbelief.

Sam Ohuabunwa, PSN President, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, declared that Nigeria displayed that it has no shame.

Noting that the body was not against any drug that is proven to cure COVID-19 or any other disease, but is totally appalled that Nigeria is about to spend its scarce foreign exchange.

“Even if we are not going to pay for this, it is thoroughly disgraceful that a country that should be the leader of Africa, with the largest GDP will allow itself to be dragged this low”, Ohuabunwa noted.

He pointed out that Nigeria has about 174 Universities (43 Federal, 52 State and 79 private), 20 Faculties of Pharmacy and about 69 Federal-Funded Research Institutes (including National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research & Development and the National Institute for Medical Research) while Madagascar has only 6 Universities, 1 Faculty of Pharmacy and 9 Research Centers.

Ohuabunwa insisted Nigeria has some of the best scientists (Pharmaceutical, Medical, Biochemical, Biological etc.) in the world who have done so much work on natural and herbal medicines.

He added that Nigeria has developed a pharmacopoeia of natural and herbal products and has one of the richest flora and fauna – potent sources of phytomedicines.

Read Also: Reps Ask FG To Stop Repatriation Of Almajiri Children 

According to him, since the outbreak of the COVID-19, a number of them have raised their voices that they have herbal and natural products that can be used to treat or manage COVID-19.

Ohuabunwa observed that many herbal companies and producers have announced specifically that they have formulations that can become the ‘invention’ from Madagascar.

“We raised our voices severally that the Federal Government should review these claims and help put them through clinical evaluation as most of these producers cannot afford to conduct clinical trials.

“We recommended that a portion of the nearly N25bilion donated/allocated for COVID-19 should be dedicated to local research and development.

“But our Government has remained essentially silent only waiting to participate in WHO sponsored or mandated trials.

“We have been told that Nigeria is participating in the WHO solidarity trial, but nothing on trying our own inventions and formulations.

“Now we want to import COVID Organics from Madagascar to try? Why are we like this?

“If the world can supply us synthetic and chemically-sophisticated medicines which we apparently lack the technology to produce, why must we wait for the World to supply us herbal formulations which we can easily make and which we have similar products?

“We urge our Government to save Nigerian Pharmaceutical Scientists and other scientists from the shame of having our country import and try herbal remedies which God has given us in abundance and some of which our grandfathers and grandmothers have used for ages.

“Let us try our own local formulations before we try COVID Organics or any other imported remedy.

“Every well-meaning nation has been in a race to find cures, remedies, and other medical supplies used for COVID-19, while we seem to wait for other nations to solve our problems”, Ohuabunwa added.

Reps Ask FG To Stop Repatriation Of Almajiri Children

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Alex Enemanna
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Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Federal Government to intervene and immediately halt the repatriation of the Almajiri children to their states of origin.

This formed part of the resolutions of the lawmakers during Tuesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.

They made the call following a motion sponsored by a member of the House, Aishatu Dukku.

According to Dukku, the repatriation of Almajiria children is against the fundamental human rights of any Nigerian to reside in any part of the country.

Read Also: FG Lists Lagos, FCT, Kano, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto For WHO Drug Trials

She also expressed concern over the mode of transportation the children were subjected to.

The lawmaker described it as dehumanising, stressing that the children were packed into a vehicle in the scorching sun.

The House also resolved to urge the Northern governors to ensure that the Almajiri children were captured in the Universal Basic and Technical Education System.

More to follow…

FG Lists Lagos, FCT, Kano, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto For WHO Drug Trials

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Alex Enemanna
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The Federal Government has said that Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano states have enrolled on the World Health Organisation (WHO) treatment regimen on solidarity drug trials.

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the 29th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

Daily Trust reports that the WHO announced that Nigeria expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity drug trials to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and that the process would soon start in the country.

The Officer in charge, WHO Nigeria and member of the PTF on COVID-19, Dr Fiona Braka, told Daily Trust in an exclusive interview in Abuja that what Nigeria signed up for was drug trial and not vaccine trial, as there was yet no vaccine for the COVID-19.

According to her, the four drugs that will be monitored in the solidarity trial are Remdesivir; Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine; Lopinavir, and Ritonavir.

Read Also: I Support Buhari’s Decision On Madagascar’s COVID-19 Herbal Remedy – Peter Obi

However, Ehanire said at the briefing that the Federal Government is cooperating with the WHO on treatment regimen Solidarity trial with the aforementioned states.

He also said that as at Sunday the country has ramped up testing by additional 1,127 to make a total of 27,078 tests, which yielded 4,399 cases in 35 States, with a gender ratio of 70 to 30 per cent for men and women.

The minister said 778 persons have been discharged and that the nation sadly recorded 143 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of three per cent.

“The new cases breakdown are Lagos 81, Jigawa 35, Bornu 26, Kano 26, Bauchi 20, FCT 13, Edo 12, Sokoto 10, Zamfara seven, Kwara seven, Kebbi four, Gombe two, Taraba two, Ekiti two, Ogun two, Osun and Bayelsa one each.

“Kogi and Cross River states have not reported any cases, but we are optimistic that we can work with the State Health Ministry to validate this in due course when we engage the state authorities.

“A team from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), made up of experts from various specialities, including NCDC, is on standby to proceed to Calabar (Cross River) as soon as travel arrangements can be made, taking with them, a resource to support the health system,” Ehanire said.

I Support Buhari’s Decision On Madagascar’s COVID-19 Herbal Remedy – Peter Obi

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Alex Enemanna
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Peter Obi, former Anambra state governor, says he supports President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision on Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal drug, COVID-Organics.

Obi expressed his support for Buhari’s decision in a tweet on Tuesday.

The tweet read: “I firmly support the authorisation of @MBuhari for importation and subjection of the Madagascar #COVID19 Syrup to standard validation process for pharmaceuticals, and possibly for use in the cure of this virus.

“Similar authorisation and encouragement should be given to local inventions. This will save us scarce forex and will give confidence to domestic researchers and inventors.”

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, said at the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing on Monday, that the president directed the task force to pick up the herbal drug.

Read Also: God Revealed That Hard Times Will Follow After Lockdown – Prophet T. B. Joshua

Mustapha said Madagascar donated some of the products to Nigeria, and that arrangements were being made to pick them up.

He also said Buhari ordered that the products be subjected to analysis after they have been picked up.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said COVID-Organics is an unproven drug for COVID-19 and warned against “adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy”.

Some African countries such as Tanzania, Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal have demanded Madagascar’s herbal drug.

 

JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Ifeanyi Uba’s Election

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ABN TV EDITOR
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Sen. Ifeanyi Uba of Young Progressives Party (YPP) as duly elected to represent Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly.

The apex court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeals brought by Chief Chris Uba and Dr. Obinna Uzor, challenging the election of Ifeanyi Ubah.

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta who led four other Supreme Court Justices held that the FCT High Court lacked territorial jurisdiction to determine a matter that arose from primary election conducted in Anambra.

According to Ngwuta, the cause of action emanated from Anambra and not the FCT.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Court Of Appeal Abuja Division in March 2020, set aside FCT High Court judgment which ordered the removal of Ifeanyi Ubah from office as senator representing Anambra South Senatorial district.

Dissatisfied with the Court of Appeal’s decision, Chris Uba and Obinna Uzor approached the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment.

Chris Uba and Obinna Uzoh through their counsel Chief Akin Olujimi, SAN, and Chino Obiagwu, SAN respectively had urged the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal which had voided the judgment of Justice Bello Kawu of the FCT High Court.

They urged the apex court to allow their appeals on the grounds that the FCT High Court has territorial jurisdiction over pre-election matters among other issues raised in the appeal.

However, Counsel to Sen. Ubah, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, urged the court to dismiss the appeals on the grounds that FCT High Court lacked the territorial jurisdiction to entertain a cause of action that emanated from Anambra.

In his reaction, Ubah dedicated the judgment to God and assured that the development would enable him to settle down and be better focused in delivering his electoral promises to his constituents.

“I thank the Justices of the Supreme Court for standing for truth and justice. This has once again shown that our justices cannot be intimidated.

“I give God all the glory that this has come to pass, I dedicate this victory to God and the people of Anambra South who stood by me through the trial.

“I equally dedicate this victory to my dear wife, Uche Ubah whose birthday is today.

“It is time to settle down to deliver quality representation to my constituents,’’ Ubah said.

(NAN)

House Of Representatives Approve Buhari’s N850bn Loan

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Alex Enemanna
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The House of Representatives has approved the request by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to borrow N850bn to fund the 2020 budget.

The Senate had earlier okayed the borrowing plan amidst controversy.

The approval was however given by the House at the plenary on Tuesday within about seven minutes.

Details soon…

God Revealed That Hard Times Will Follow After Lockdown – Prophet T. B. Joshua

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Alex Enemanna
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THE founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T. B. Joshua, has said that God revealed to him that hard times will follow immediately after the lockdown, advising everyone to cut their coat according to their cloth.

He said to survive, some may have to “withdraw from the city to rural life or to do away with some of your properties.

Prophet T. B. Joshua, who spoke during a live service on Emmanuel TV on Sunday, said those who adjust to the new condition of things will be able to overcome while those who fail to do so may “go down with the hard times, either by disappointment, failure, death”.

But he urged people not to give up, saying: “Sometimes God allows situations like this – I mean disappointment or something more serious – so that you can take your proper position and possessions.

“Ask your family members to cut their coat according to their cloth. If any of them was living big before, they have to prepare to adjust now to the situation that is coming.

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“Check your store and bring out the things you may need to sell. Right now, you need to be living modestly.

“…Something must happen every 100 years to affect the whole world. This is what has happened in our own lifetime. It has been like that for generations.

“Those who respond to the demands of the age will end up as overcomers, victors, winners.

“However, those who fail to respond to the demands appropriately will eventually go down with the times, either by disappointment, failure, or death. It is unchangeable; it must happen.”

According to him, the prophecy will begin to manifest from June.

“By the end of June to the first week of July, this will begin to become a point of reference: ‘This man said this; that man said it’ but it is God that said it,” Joshua added.

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