Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former Governor of Imo, Rt Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, as he clocks 55 years on March 24. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba on Tuesday, the governor extolled the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives for his "Re-build Imo Agenda" while he served as governor of the state. He described Ihedioha as a worthy son of Imo and a politician with great finesse. Okowa remarked that in spite of the temporary set back to Ihedioha, the former governor remained an uncommon leader, well loved by his people and urged him not to relent in his quest to provide good governance to the people of Imo. "It is heart warming to note that you have through hard work, discipline and uncommon vision won the admiration and respect of the Imo people and the nation. "Your focus and commitment to the Re-build Imo Agenda is legendary and worthy of commendation," he said, adding

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC has informed the president on the outcome his negative result this morning in Abuja. According to presidential sources, the test for the president was necessitated after his Chief of Staff, Mr. Abba Kyari tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Kyari had travelled to Germany on Saturday, March 7th to meet with officials of Siemens in Munich on the Nigerian electricity expansion programme. He returned exactly one week later on Saturday, March 14th, but did not show any symptoms. He was said to have been at a meeting on containing the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria all through Sunday, where he reportedly started to cough. Subsequently, he voluntarily submitted himself for testing and was informed of his status yesterday. Kyari has however gone into absolu

Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies of coronavirus Manu Dibango won a Grammy Award for his song Soul Makossa. Famous Cameroonian saxophonist Emmanuel N'Djoke Dibango, popularly known as Manu Dibango, has died of coronavirus. He died on Tuesday morning at a hospital outside the French capital, Paris. The 86-year-old jazz musician had last week announced on his Facebook page that he had contracted the coronavirus. He is best known for the 1972 hit Soul Makossa.

Former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Suleiman Achimugu, has died of Coronavirus. Achimugu, who returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom two weeks ago, started showing symptoms of the virus last Tuesday, according to findings by SaharaReporters. He eventually died around 2:00am on Monday after coughing severely for most part of Sunday. A family source told SaharaReporters that officials of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control were informed of his situation and even took his blood sample for testing but they never got back to his family until he died overnight. His blood sample tested positive for the virus. “NCDC officials came to the house and took his blood specimen. Even though it tested positive, they never got back to us until he died at a hospital in Gwagwalada. “We are all currently under quarantine in the house,” a family source told SaharaReporters on Monday. It was

The 33 foreign airlines operating flights into Nigeria may suffer a major blow as the Federal Government says it will in a few days shut the international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt Musa Nuhu, in a statement on Thursday announced the closure of the three other international airports in the country, namely Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, thereby restricting international flights to only Lagos and Abuja airports. The statement noted that the closure would be till further notice effective 12am today. It noted that this was part of precautionary measures taken by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus. On Friday, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, told journalists in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory,

Campaign materials of President Muhamadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have surfaced online. The campaign shirts and face-caps already generating mixed reactions on social media, have the inscription “Sustainability 2023′ ‘Towards sustaining the good policies and ideologies of President Muhamadu Buhari,” boldly written on them. There have been rumours flying about suggesting that the Chief of Staff was warming up to take over from his boss in 2023. Sources said his ambition is the cause of some major and obvious crisis at the Presidency as he (Kyari) allegedly sees some close allies to the President as a threat to his aspiration. Recall that the 2023 campaign vehicle of dethroned Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi, had emerged online earlier this week. The vehicle had the inscription “All Nigerian Youth Project 2023, Lets Save Nigeria.”

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu took to social media to publish photos of the Italian man that brought coronavirus to Nigeria after he was discharged from the Isolation centre of Yaba Mainland Hospital, where he was quarantined and treated. In a series of tweets, Governor Sanwo-olu commended the exceptional care and support given to the patient by staff of the infectious Disease Hospital,Yaba and all members of the EOC. As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos, I am glad to inform you that the index case; the Italian gentleman is now negative. Through a combined effort of Lagos, Ogun State and Fed Health Authorities, we were able to limit the transmission of the virus to a single contact. This involved aggressive contact tracing and containment strategies. However we now have several new imported cases and we hope we can apply the same contact tracing strategy along with social distancing to slow down the outbreak which may be brewing from these new cases.

He is no less a child of providence. Attaining 56 years of age on March 20, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is certainly the man of the moment for so many obvious reasons. With his unique disposition to life, the governor has come a long way navigating with peacefulness, humility, caring, compassion, vision, hard-work and the fear of his beloved God. He has carved a niche for himself as an outstanding leader whose approach to handling issues remains unbeatable and enduring. The governor’s birthday is the first after his inauguration for a second term in office following his overwhelming reelection by the people of Enugu State. He won with an unprecedented 95.54 percent of the votes cast, the highest in the history of the country and this is symbolic and yet another opportunity to appreciate God, through acts of charity, for his mercy and kindness. To this great man of faith and goodwill, compassionate in uplifting the downtrodden and resolute in entrenching peace and good g

A cleric, Pastor Jeremiah Godman Iziduh, of House of David Full Gospel Church, located at No. 13 Jemede Avenue off Giwa Amu, GRA Benin City, Edo State, is now in Police net for holding a widow and her five daughters, impregnating two of them while claiming that they were sowed as seeds to his Church by their late father. We gathered that the 44-year old Pastor Iziduh forcefully took the widow, Mrs Olulu Akika, as his wife and started sleeping with her. But when he realised that the widow will not be able to bear a child, he started sleeping with her daughters and impregnated two of them remaining three others. He also said to have collected every documents and property left behind by their late father and claimed that he also sowed them to his Church as seed. Pastor Iziduh is currently in Police detention undergoing interrogations for the alleged criminal acts and immoral activities perpetrated on late Henry Akika’s family. This followed a petition written to the Commissioner of

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, getting some good news from our giant of Africa wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company has produced and released new models of vehicles. It will be recalled that last year, December 6th, 2019, in a press briefing at the company headquarters in Nnewi, the Chairman/CEO of Innoson Vehicles Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma OFR, announced the official release of three new set of vehicle brands namely; IVM Ikenga- a 7 Seater capacity MPV; IVMG20- Smart- also a 7 Seater capacity MPV and IVM Seriki- a 15 Seater Bus. Innoson Vehicles in addition to the ones earlier released few months ago is proud to announce to the general public another release of four new models of vehicles namely; 1. IVM Caris: Sleek, Sporty And Modern With an Engine Capacity of 2.0L, IVM Caris is one of our forays into future car designs. With captivating sleeker design, it was produced to give you the all-encompassing comfort, sophistication, and experience yo

Having said the United states of America has approved the use of chloroquine for the treatment of Coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Thursday disagreed with President Donald Trump, noting that ‘chloroquine’ was never approved for use with Covid-19 patients. Clarifying journalists at a press conference, FDA chief Stephen Hahn said it was only for use in trials at the moment. Dissecting the White House briefing on Coronavirus, Bloomberg highlighted key takeaways from President Donald Trump’s news conference on the coronavirus response: Trump spent the bulk of the press conference touting possible treatments for Covid-19, even though the FDA commissioner repeatedly tempered expectations. There are a number of open questions, including when Americans can expect testing to be widely available and when supplies like masks will be more readily available to protect health-care workers. Like previous White House briefings, this one suffered from conflicting messages from the pr

The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria now tests negative. He said this at a press conference on Thursday, The PUNCH reports. According to him, the Italian will be tested one more time and will be released if he tests negative again. Coronavirus was first recorded in Nigeria on February 27 when the Italian businessman, who was on a visit to Lafarge Africa Plc, Ewekoro, Ogun State, was diagnosed with the disease and taken to Lagos State. The second coronavirus case was a Nigerian, who had contact with the Italian and was isolated in Ogun State. Although he tested positive twice, subsequent tests were negative.

Ben Murray Bruce loses Wife to Cancer He wrote on Facebook this morning: I’m broken. Just lost my beautiful wife to cancer. She was my best friend for 43 years and my wife for 41 years. Cancer is real, but it shouldn’t be a death sentence - awareness, and early detection and treatment are key to survival. I miss her so so much. I’m broken.‬ ‪Our children are devastated, I am too. But I have to be strong for them. Please put our family in your prayers. Like the sun, my wife was a blessing and touched the lives of everyone she met. Though she’s gone, she’d remain alive in our hearts forever. ‬ ‪I miss you, my sweetheart, and my most beautiful girl, Evelyn Murray-Bruce. Forever yours, ❤️.

The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide over the fear of coronavirus in Nigeria and as part of the precaution measures to reduce the spread of the virus. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, confirmed this to News men.

Coronavirus: How Africa is faring Covid-19 not yet pandemic -- WHO chief In the past 24 hours, Africa has recorded 17 deaths from the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa region has said. While Africa was among the last continent to report cases of the virus, cases are beginning to spread throughout the continent as 33 countries have reported at least a case of the disease. The UN health agency said so far, there has been 633 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 33 African countries leading to 17 deaths. Meanwhile in the past 24 hours, the Gambia, Mauritius and Zambia have announced first cases. Increasing cases Cases in Africa have remained low compared to other continents. Egypt still tops the chart of countries with the most cases in Africa with 210 cases. This is followed by South Africa with 116 and Algeria with 75 confirmed cases. In Nigeria, the number of confirmed cases has increased to eight. However, more cases might be expected from the country a

As Nigeria records more cases of coronavirus, the Anambra state government has banned public gathering in the state until further notice, starting from Monday, March 23. The state government, under the leadership of Governor Willie Obiano in a statement released on Thursday, March 19, provided health advisory for various sectors in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The government advised traders who go to the markets to wash their hands frequently, with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and allow it to air dry. It also recommended the use of hand sanitizers handshaking, hugging and all other forms of contact salutation are strongly discouraged. “A distance of 6-feet should be maintained between customers and traders,” the government said. It also advised the leadership of the markets to buy an infrared thermometer to test any cases of their member or customer falling sick in the market. The state government directed that all its tertiary institutions must proceed on

The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra south senatorial district. Stephen Adah, the appellate court justice, held that the judgment of the lower court which sacked Ubah as senator is a nullity. Bello Kawu, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Kubwa, had voided Ubah’s election on April 11, 2019 on the grounds that he presented a forged National Examination Council (NECO) certificate to INEC. After hearing the case afresh, the high court still affirmed its previous judgment on January 17, 2020, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Ubah and to issue a fresh certificate to Obinna Uzoh, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator-elect of the district. But Ubah contended that he was not given fair hearing. Ubah through his counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, argued that as of the time the judgment in suit No: FCT/HC/CV/30

As part of proactive safety measures arising from the global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Enugu State Government has directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to conclude all activities in their various schools and shut down on or before Friday, March 27, 2020, IgbereTV reports. In a statement by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, the state government further enjoined teachers and students to continue to observe the School Water Sanitization and Hygiene Programme (WASH) operative in the state as well as other standard personal hygiene protocol for prevention of COVID-19 infection. 

The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has confirmed four new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos, With this, there are now a total of 12 cases in the country. The Health Commissioner confirmed the new cases at a news briefing on Thursday. This comes barely one day after the Federal Ministry of Health confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, confirming the news at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja, explained that out of the five new cases, three arrived from the United States while two came from the United Kingdom. “We are still collating information on the travellers; two out of the three from the US are Nigerian, a mother and a 6-week old baby which makes it the youngest COVID-19 patient we have. “The third is an American national, who crossed the land border to become the first COVID-19 case not arriving by air. The two cases from the UK are Nigerians”. The Minister noted that a detailed travel hist

2020 Audition! 30 Delegates Selected For Camping And Grand Finale Of Mr & Miss IMO State Nigeria. ( Photos) It was an awesome experience to behold at the just concluded National Grand Audition of the Imo State Nigeria Pageant 2020. (Mr & Miss Imo State Nig.) The Audition which was held at the prestigious De Glen Hotel & Suites, the Spanish Taste Hotel located in a Beautiful and Serene Avenue in the Heart of Owerri Featured the Good, the Better and the Best of models from within and around the country, mostly from Abuja, Calabar, Abia, Port Harcourt, Anambra and the Eastern Heartland of Owerri. After a fair tussle of both sexes, and among the 46 contestants present, 30 persons were selected to move into the next stage of the competition which is the IMO STATE PAGEANT 2020 IN-HOUSE REALITY CAMP. (TEN YEARS A KING EDITION) Special thanks to the panel of judges who confessed to have had quite a hectic struggle in selecting the in-house delegates. Our Amiable Sponsors will No