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Perpetrators Of Ebem Ohafia Disturbances Not Aggrieved — Investigation [VIDEO]

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Following the recent burning of Ebem Ohafia police station and a customary court in the community as well as torching of DPO’s home as a result of the killing of Friday Arunsi, an indigene of the Ebem community by a team of policemen, the investigation has revealed that perpetrators of the arson are not members of the community.

This is according to the newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Janet Agbede

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The CP in a recent chat with Newsmen said efforts are being made to arrest those who took part in the public disturbances.

Also Read: Police Killing: Damage From Ohafia Protest Terrible, Unimaginable — Abia CP, Mourns Victim

She also applauded the cordial relationship that has been existing with the police authority and members of the Ohafia community.

Recall there are surreptitious moves by faceless individuals to create the impression that the police area command in Ohafia has been removed and relocated to Arochukwu LGA.

“Distribute Palliatives Through Federal Lawmakers, Our People Are Complaining” – Reps

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Alex Enemanna
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The House of Representatives, today resumed plenary with a demand to the federal government to use the network of the federal lawmakers in the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives.

It would be recalled that the House of Representatives on the 24th of March adjourned plenary following the outbreak of the Coronavirus to avoid the spread of the virus.

During the shutdown of the National Assembly, there were controversies over the distribution of the palliatives.

The speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila in his opening remarks, stated that “many of our people have not benefited from any of the implemented measures.”

Gbajabiamila called on the federal government to make the palliatives inclusive and equitable.

“It is necessary that we act to ensure that many of the people that need help are reached.

“We must also ensure that the distribution of interventions across the country is inclusive and equitable.

“At times like this, there is a tendency for the existing fault lines of a nation to become dangerously exacerbated.

“The government must not be complicit, by acts of omission or commission in any such aggravations, as such will only make it more difficult to maintain the unity of purpose, that is essential to our nation’s survival at this delicate time.

Read Also: Fayemi Declares 50% Pay Cut For Appointees In Ekiti State

“Let me also at this time call on the administration to take advantage of the unique insights of federal lawmakers in targeting the distribution of some essential palliative.

“When federal government interventions do not reach those that need, we are the first to receive complaints and have to explain to our constituents the reasons why they do not qualify or why they have been left out.”

He added that “Our grassroots interactions provide knowledge and context that can be useful to ensure that the hardest-hit communities receive help.

“We intend to bring these unique perspectives in our ongoing work to codify the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) into a Bill that will be considered by the House at our next adjourned date.

“We will also, at that time, seek to pass a second Economic Stimulus Bill to provide necessary relief to individuals and corporate organizations in Nigeria.

“We expect that before then, the Senate will quickly consider and pass the first Economic Stimulus.”

The House, which will only be sitting on every Tuesday, is considering a bill for an act to repeal the quarantine act 2004 and enact the control of infectious diseases bill.

Abia Mobile Court: Violators Of Lockdown To Engage In Community Service, Fine Payment

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The Abia state Chief Judge, Justice Onuoha Ogwe has charged the magistrates of mobile courts inaugurated by the state government to try violators of lockdown order to hand non-custodial punishment to offenders, directing that they should impose fines or send offenders to perform community services.

ABN TV reports that Justice Ogwe disclosed this while Inaugurating the courts which are to cover the three zones of the State.

Abia Mobile Court: Violators Of Lockdown To Engage In Community Service, Fine Payment

He also disclosed that mobile court is not a new court in itself but meant to handle cases arising as a result of the coronavirus in the state especially movement of people.

According to him, the focus should be on non-custodial sentences, stressing that the Courts should concentrate on those who breach the state’s COVID 19 regulations.

Also Read: Ikpeazu Releases Timetable For Distribution Of Food Palliatives To LGAs In Abia

According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to governor Ikpeazu, Onyebuchi Ememanka on Tuesday, to that effect, he charged the Magistrates of the Mobile Courts to impose reasonable fines or Community Service on offenders as the essence of government in setting up the Courts is to ensure that government laws are respected.

Justice Ogwe implored the Magistrates of the Court to be sensitive and patriotic as well as to keep an eye on their support staff to ensure that they do not make corrupt arrangements.

The Chief Judge who reminded them that they were chosen because of their credibility also told them to pay into the State Government accounts all revenues realized.

Responding on behalf of the other Magistrates, His Worship, Lawrence Okite Esq of Ohafia zone thanked the Chief Judge for finding them fit to serve and promised to discharge their responsibilities to the best of their abilities and in line with the aspirations of the State Government.

His Worship, Emmanuel Ukaegbu is in charge of Aba zone while His Worship, Chuks Nwankpa is in charge of Umuahia zone.

The Honorable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Abia State, Uche Ihediwa Esq, and the Secretary to Government, Barrister Chris Ezem were at the inauguration.

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Fayemi Declares 50% Pay Cut For Appointees In Ekiti State

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Alex Enemanna
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has on Tuesday declared a 50% pay cut for all political appointees in the state including himself and his Deputy Governor, ABN TV Reports.

Fayemi gave the order in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Muyiwa Olumilua, on Tuesday.

The Governor explained that he took the decision due to the impact of COVID-19 in Ekiti State.

“The global economy has been severely affected and has affected Nigeria’s economy as a nation and unexpectedly, Ekiti. As a responsive and responsible government, we have taken stock of our financial situation,” he said.

Read Also: COVID-19: Arsenal Players Allowed Back To Training Ground

Fayemi also noted that he and his Deputy Governor will take a similar pay reduction.

However, the salary cut will not affect civil servants in the state.

The 50% pay cut from the salaries of appointees, will be channelled into the execution and completion of developmental projects.

Ekiti State currently has eight COVID-19 cases, five active cases, one death and two discharged persons.

COVID-19: Arsenal Players Allowed Back To Training Ground

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Alex Enemanna
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Arsenal’s squad will be allowed back to their training ground from next week, although the club stressed they would still have to maintain British government guidelines designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

The Premier League side’s players will have access to training pitches but on a strict rotational basis that will see them uphold social distancing measures.

“Players will be permitted access to our London Colney training grounds next week,” said a club spokesperson.

“Access will be limited, carefully managed and social distancing will be maintained at all times.

“All Colney buildings remain closed. Players will travel alone, do their individual workout and return home.”

Read Also: High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC

This week saw Arsenal become the first Premier League club to agree on a coronavirus pay cut with their players as manager Mikel Arteta and his stars slashed their wages by 12.5 per cent and now the first English club to allow players back to their training ground.

There are reports Arsenal, whose yearly wage bill is around £230 million ($286 million), will give players their money back in the event that they bridge an eight-point gap and qualify for the Champions League when football restarts.

Football is currently suspended indefinitely in England, with the UK under lockdown.

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High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC

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Alex Enemanna
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says it remains focused on the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

The agency said on Monday in Abuja that it would increase testing for the virus across the country as a strategy to succeed.

Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the reassurance at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

He explained that the increasing cases of COVID-19 in Kano State were not surprising.

“I will like to remind everyone that we remain focused on our target which is to increase testing across the country; during a pandemic, the risk of spread is in those towns where the population density is highest.

Read Also: COVID-19 Could Double Food Insecurity In 9 African Countries, UN Warns

“We are all aware of the population density in Kano. The high number of cases we are now seeing in Kano is really not a surprise,” he said.

“Since reporting its index case about two weeks ago, Kano has been the centre of controversies ranging from the rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases to the sudden halt of its only testing centre.

“Kano, which currently stands as the third hardest-hit state in Nigeria has so far reported 77 cases out of the 1,273 cases of the infection Nigeria,” he said.

Ihekweazu said that NCDC was also working hard to investigate the cause of some deaths in the state.

He said that the agency did everything possible to activate the Kano laboratory.

The director-general said that the laboratory, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, hosted many northern states.

“I am happy to announce that the Kano laboratory will start working this afternoon and start testing samples again as it should be.

”This has not been an easy effort. It has taken the collective effort of my team, the laboratory scientists in Kano and many people that have quietly worked on this to make it happen.

”We will not stop until the laboratory is fully functional again, ” he said.

He noted that there were concerns about happenings in Kano, saying that efforts were being made to address the issues.

“We want to address the Kano issue headlong. We are very concerned about what is happening in the state but there is no magic bullet. We will continue to work hard,” he said.

COVID-19 Could Double Food Insecurity In 9 African Countries, UN Warns

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Alex Enemanna
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The spread of COVID-19 risks devastating countries across East Africa, where food insecurity could more than double in just three months, the United Nations warned Tuesday.

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that some 20 million people currently do not have secure provisions of food across nine countries in the region: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda.

Compared to other parts of the world, these countries have so far registered few confirmed COVID-19 cases, with numbers still counted in the dozens or hundreds.

However, due to their often weak economies and poor health infrastructure, they are considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of the mounting crisis.

“WFP projections are currently that the number of food-insecure people in the region is likely to increase to 34 or up to 43 million during the next three months due to the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19,” spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told journalists in a virtual briefing.

In the worst-case scenario, “food insecurity will have more than doubled,” she stressed, adding that nearly half of the projected 43 million people affected were expected to be acutely food insecure.

READ ALSO: Lockdown Is Necessary To Curb Spread Of COVID-19, Says Minister

She said the WFP urgently needed more than $500 million for just the next three to six months to scale up its operations in the Horn of Africa and wider East Africa.

The pandemic, which to date has killed more than 210,000 people worldwide out of more than three million infected, has created an “unprecedented crisis,” Byers said.

“It is not just a supply-side problem, such as drought or locusts, or a demand-side issue, such as a recession. It is both, at the same time and on a global scale,” she said.

Lockdown Is Necessary To Curb Spread Of COVID-19, Says Minister

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Alex Enemanna
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The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mrs Ramatu Aliyu, says the lockdown imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari is necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 across the country.

She stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

“No nation prays for that and I will not speak for Mr President. But from what we have seen in other developed climes, lockdown seems to be one of the best ways out of the pandemic ravaging and spreading.

“So to curb this spread and to reduce it to the barest minimum, the lockdown is better. So many parameters have to come to play here. That is why it is the decision of the leadership,” she said.

READ ALSO: COVID-19: Buhari Bans Inter-state Travel 

The Minister also asked residents of the FCT and indeed all Nigerians to avoid unnecessary movements around their environment to curb the spread of COVID-19

While asking the masses to wear face masks and maintain the social distancing measures, she wants the citizens to follow the directives set out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Aliyu’s remarks come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari is to address the nation on the next step taken by his administration to curb COVID-19 in the country.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina confirmed this development in a statement today.

President Buhari is expected to address Nigerians on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as some residents in Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory expect to know whether the lockdown would be extended or not.

There are way over a million positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed across the world, with thousands of deaths recorded in many countries.

COVID-19: Buhari Bans Inter-state Travel

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Alex Enemanna
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, says non-essential inter-state travel within the country is banned till further notice as part of measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.

ABN TV had reported that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum appealed to the President to include its resolution on the restriction of interstate movement in his next address to the nation.

Buhari made the announcement during an address to the nation, ordering “a ban on non-essential inter-state passenger travel until further notice”.

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He added that partial and controlled interstate movement of goods and services would be allowed.

He also ordered “a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos and the Ogun States effective from Monday, 4th May 2020”.

He, however, stated that there would be an overnight curfew from 8 pm to 6 am in the three cities.

“We will strictly ensure the mandatory use of face masks or coverings in public in addition to maintaining physical distancing and personal hygiene,” he added.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, over 1000 cases of coronavirus and 40 deaths have been reported in the country.

More Than Three Million COVID-19 Cases Recorded Worldwide

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  • More Than Three Million COVID-19 Cases Recorded Worldwide

More than three million cases of coronavirus have been officially registered across the world, with nearly 80 per cent in Europe and the United States, according to a tally by ABN TV on Monday using official figures.

At least 3,003,344 infections have been detected, including 209,388 deaths, mostly in Europe where there are 1,393,779 cases and 126,233 deaths.

Read Also: Three Siblings Drown In Ebonyi River 

The United States, the country where the pandemic is progressing the most rapidly, has 980,008 cases including 55,637 deaths.

The number of detected cases is believed to represent only a fraction of the true number of infections because most countries carry out only limited testing.

Coronavirus in Africa: 27,385 cases; 1,297 deaths; 8,172 recoveries

There are now more than over 27,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.

According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The whole of Africa has rising cases with only two countries holding out as of April 23.

We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data. The classifications are based on where the countries are located especially in the case of countries that belong to two different blocs, like Tanzania in East Africa, despite belonging to EAC and SADC.

Major African stats: April 24 at 7:00 GMT:

  • Confirmed cases = 27,385
  • Number of deaths = 1,297
  • Recoveries = 8,172
  • Infected countries = 52
  • Virus-free countries = 2 (Lesotho, Comoros)

Countries in alphabetical order

  • Algeria – 3,007
  • Angola – 25
  • Benin – 54
  • Botswana – 22
  • Burkina Faso – 616
  • Burundi – 11
  • Cameroon – 1,334
  • Cape Verde – 82
  • Central African Republic – 16
  • Chad – 33
  • Comoros – 0
  • Congo-Brazzaville – 186
  • DR Congo – 394
  • Djibouti – 986
  • Egypt – 3,891
  • Equatorial Guinea – 84
  • Eritrea – 39
  • Eswatini – 31
  • Ethiopia – 116
  • Gabon – 167
  • (The) Gambia – 10
  • Ghana – 1,154
  • Guinea – 862
  • Guinea-Bissau – 50
  • Ivory Coast – 1,004
  • Kenya – 330
  • Lesotho – 0
  • Liberia – 101
  • Libya – 60
  • Madagascar – 121
  • Malawi – 33
  • Mali – 309
  • Mauritania – 7
  • Mauritius – 331
  • Morocco – 3,568
  • Mozambique – 46
  • Namibia – 16
  • Niger – 671
  • Nigeria- 981
  • Rwanda – 154
  • Sao Tome and Principe – 4
  • Senegal – 479
  • Seychelles – 11
  • Sierra Leone – 64
  • Somalia – 328
  • South Africa – 3,953
  • South Sudan – 5
  • Sudan – 174
  • Tanzania – 284
  • Togo – 88
  • Tunisia – 918
  • Uganda – 74
  • Zambia – 76
  • Zimbabwe – 29

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