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  • Ogun Residents Reject Siting Of Coronavirus Isolation Centre In Community

    Ogun Residents Reject Siting Of Coronavirus Isolation Centre In Community

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    Residents of Obasanjo Hilltop GRA, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have rejected the proposed siting of an isolation centre in the area.

    The residents, in a letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated that siting an isolation centre in a residential area would put the health of the people under risk.

    Mr Fola Adeola, businessman, politician and founder of Fate Foundation, had donated his private residence and property in Abeokuta for use as isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.

    Apart from Adeola, ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as other persons have donated facilities to the state government to use as isolation centres.

    The residents of Oke-Mosan stated that though they appreciated the kind gesture of Adeola, using the building as isolation centre would endanger their lives.

    The letter reads, “We are particularly alarmed as individuals and as a community that a non-resident owner of an abandoned property by name Mr Fola Adeola has purportedly donated his property in the estate to be converted to isolation centre for the purpose of victims of COVID-19.

    “The community is comprised of retired and aged residents and other vulnerable individuals whose health and well-being would be most negatively affected by the potential conversion or siting of isolation in the neighbourhood.

    “We wish to state categorically that this complaint is not and should not be seen as a deliberate step to discourage a most charitable disposition of the donor to public health issues and related social concerns.

    “It is essential to request that the facility be used or deployed for allied services such as storage and other non-hazardous uses.

    “It is in view of the foregoing that we most humbly appeal to Your Excellency to use your good office as the Executive Governor of Ogun State to cause immediate stoppage of the use of the facility as “COVID-19 isolation centre” due to potential health-related disaster that it might cause to vulnerable residents and generality of the community.”

    Nigeria currently has 111 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and two recorded deaths.

     

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  • How Boko Haram Terrorists Dealt Us Heavy Blow –Nigerian Army Commander

    How Boko Haram Terrorists Dealt Us Heavy Blow –Nigerian Army Commander

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    Olusegun Adeniyi, Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, a group of Nigerian soldiers deployed to the North-East region to combat Boko Haram terrorists and other insurgent groups, has revealed how they recorded heavy casualty during a recent encounter with the hoodlums.

    In a video making the rounds on the Internet, Adeniyi could be seen standing together with his men on the battle field and lamenting how the terrorists shelled their positions with heavy artillery and mortar bombs. 

    According to him, they lost several soldiers during the mission due to wrong intelligence provided by military authorities.

    He added that they lacked necessary weapons to face the firepower of the terrorists.

    Speaking in the widely-circulated video, Adeniyi said, “We have been met with very strong resistance – from more than pockets of Boko Haram. From every flank not less than 15 gun trucks were facing us.  

    “I’m standing here with Sector 2 Commander; the armed helicopter has just come to hover our air, the instruction I gave them was that anything they see moving they should engage because most of my gun trucks are not moving. Like I said earlier, the three battalions are fighting as deployed — nobody is running.

    “But what we have here, I will give you some estimates. Boko Haram has fired more than a hundred mortar bombs at us; they have fired 80 to a hundred RPGs at us; in addition to eight to 10 gun trucks firing at us from all sides. We have not run, and the soldiers are not misbehaving or disobeying orders.

    “We have casualties. I will come and see you in person on what we need to do. But we are not running.

    “We lost about 20 MRAP tires here. We have changed close to 250 Hilux tires due to the terrain.

    “This is what we are facing in the Timbuktu triangle. We are not running, we are fighting as a system to curtail the situation.”

    Several wounded soldiers could be seen crying in the video while bodies of their colleagues was scattered all over location.

    Recall that Boko Haram recently ambushed troops in Borno and killed more than 50 soldiers during that attack.

    An unspecified number of military personnel, who participated in that mission, remain missing and unaccounted for till this day.

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  • JUST IN: Oyo Governor, Makinde, Tests Positive For Coronavirus

    JUST IN: Oyo Governor, Makinde, Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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    Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has tested positive for Coronavirus.

    Making the announcement on Twitter on Monday, he said, “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is positive. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate.”

    Earlier Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, Kaduna State governor, Nasir e-l-Rufai, had both tested positive for the virus. 

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  • Coronavirus: Abuja Residents Flood Markets, ATMs Ahead Of Lockdown In City, Lagos, Ogun

    Coronavirus: Abuja Residents Flood Markets, ATMs Ahead Of Lockdown In City, Lagos, Ogun

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    Residents of Abuja on Monday thronged banking halls, shopping malls and supermarkets to make last-minute cash withdrawals and purchases of basic food items and toiletries ahead of a lockdown in the city.

    President Muhammadu Buhari had on Sunday ordered a total lockdown of activities in Lagos, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory for two weeks as part of measures to stem the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

    As early as 7:00am, residents of Abuja had besieged premises of various banks to make cash withdrawals that would last them for the duration of the restriction. 

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    Customers were seen at a branch of First Bank located in Kubwa struggling to gain access into the banking hall. 

    The situation was the same at the Automated Teller Machine point of many banks where dozens of persons gathered to collect cash.

    Many business owners took advantage of the situation to make extra profit by inflating prices of basic items including foodstuffs following the surge in customers at most markets in Abuja. 

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    Also, filling stations were not left out in the rush as many people were seen trying to buy petrol for domestic use. 

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    Residents expressed mixed reactions on the lockdown order, describing it as a pain and sacrifice citizens had to make to help stop the spread of the virus.

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  • Graphics Designer Demands Compensation After Ogun State ‘Stole’ COVID-19 Awareness Design

    Graphics Designer Demands Compensation After Ogun State ‘Stole’ COVID-19 Awareness Design

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    A graphic designer in Nigeria, Jeremiah Olatinwo, has demanded compensation from Ogun State Government for using his graphics design to create awareness about Coronavirus without his permission.

    Olatinwo had designed an image to raise awareness on the virus and how to stay safe from it.

    He used the ‘End COVID-19 WITH SWAG’ to launch a media campaign on steps Nigerians can take to curb the spread of the virus.

    He was however, left distraught when the Ogun State Government placed its official crest on it and uploaded it on its official website.

    In a chat with our correspondent, Olatinwo expressed anger at the action of the state government without reaching out to him.

    He said, “As a social media enthusiast and digital marketing expert, I designed a media campaign themed ‘END COVID-19 WITH SWAG’ and it was widely accepted and distributed on social media.

    “I got a call from a friend who saw and also shared my creative work that the Ogun State Government had plagiarised my concept – word for word, colour for colour without giving due credit.

    “To my amazement, the design was up on all social media platforms of the Ogun State Government – Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

    “Due compensation is expected for the creative work and their plagiarism as the design got impressions on their page, people have seen it and some have done screenshot and shared on various platforms.”

    He added that he attempted to reach out to the social media handler of the state government but was blocked.

    Olatinwo tweeted the design on March 25 while the Ogun State Government tweeted the replica of the image three days later. 

    The image, which has now been deleted across the social media platform of the state government, was the same concept without little adjustment to Olatinwo’s design.

    Efforts by our correspondent to get the comment of the Kunle Somorin, Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, was not successful as he refused to respond to calls and text messages sent to his mobile number.

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  • Nigeria Records Second Coronavirus Death

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    A second person in Nigeria has died from Coronavirus, SaharaReporters can confirm.

    The victim is said to have died at Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital around 9:00pm on Sunday.

    Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the incident on Monday.

    Ehanire said the victim, whose identity was not disclosed, had serious underlying health issues.

    He said, “Majority of them are persons who came from overseas and the others have been traced as close contacts of such returnees.

    “The high number of imported cases in Lagos and Abuja is directly due to their function as the country gateway for air travels.

    “Till date, three persons have been discharged after successful treatments but sadly, another fatality was recorded over the weekend in the person of a patient who had severe underlying illnesses.”

    The latest incident comes one week after a former Managing Director of Petroleum Products Marketing Company, Suleiman Achimugu, died of the virus.

     

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  • Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

    Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

    Lab-grown ‘meat’ often uses gelatin produced in slaughterhouses to give artificial beef a meat-like texture – but substituting soya protein can achieve that without killing animals
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  • Mars may have had hot springs millions of years ago

    Mars may have had hot springs millions of years ago

    The more we look at Mars, the more signs of ancient water we find. Now a study suggests that the Red Planet could have been home to hot springs
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  • Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into words using a brain implant

    Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into words using a brain implant

    Four women already using a brain implant for their epilepsy have been able to turn their thoughts into words with the help of a mind-reading artificial intelligence
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  • Greta: We must fight the climate crisis and pandemic simultaneously

    Greta: We must fight the climate crisis and pandemic simultaneously

    In an exclusive interview, climate activist Greta Thunberg has told New Scientist that the coronavirus pandemic shows we can act quickly in an emergency
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