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File: Students Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday said that a student writing the ongoing West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination in the state had tested positive for COVID-19. Emmanuel who made the disclosure in a media chat in Uyo, did not mentioned the name of the student and the school involved. The governor said the student had asymptomatic situation, adding that he took normal precautions to avoid spread. He however said the state government had begun random testing of students for the virus in secondary schools across the state. “We have tested over 100 students and it is only one young man that tested positive for COVID-19 in the state,” the governor said. “We did what we ought to do medically; I want to believe that by now, the young man should be okay,” he said. The governor said that he had put in place, modalities to ensure that the student did not miss out anything from the class. He added that a government team was moving round schools to make sure that ...

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…those arrested would be charged to court after investigation — Police By Anayo Okoli THE leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has directed members to stop holding any meeting in Enugu for the meantime following the attack on them last Sunday at Emene, Enugu State. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful who announced this Monday, said the decision was to allow the group appraise and handle what he called “unprovoked and unwarranted attack by the Nigerian security agencies on armless IPOB members”. He vowed that the IPOB would retaliate the attack and the killing of its members. Meanwhile, the Enugu State Police Command has said that the five IPOB members arrested during the attack would be charged to court after investigation into the incident would have been concluded. The Command’s public relations officer, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe explained that investigation into the incident was still ongoing, saying that those arrested would be charged to court when the command concludes...

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar on Monday paid a private visit to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. The Sultan’s visit comes barely 24 hours after the Former Emir of Kano,  Muhammadu Sanusi visited El-Rufai  to discuss issues bothering on security and economy of the state. Upon his arrival at the Government House in Kaduna, the Sultan went straight to the governor’s office where he held a closed-door meeting with El-Rufai and some government officials including the Senator representing Kaduna North in the National Assembly, Suleiman Abdu-Kwari. Although the Sultan declined to speak to reporters after the meeting, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said the meeting discussed the security challenges in southern Kaduna and other parts of the state. The governor disclosed that he received advice and encouragement from the royal father towards finding a lasting solution to the security challenges in the state. He appreciated the Sultan for his fatherly visit and support in e...

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse Jigawa state government has released a whopping sum of N90 million for the fight against child malnutrition in the state amidst of Coronavirus pandemic. The state Nutrition officer, Mr. Saidu Umar confirmed this in Dutse, said out of the fund the state government had on June this year released the sum of N80 million to UNICEF as counterpart funding for the purchase of Ready to- Use Therapeutic Food ( RUTF) used for the treatment of acute severe malnutrition. Mr. Saidu added that N10 million was also released for the take-off of Masaki project designed to promote Infants and Young Child Nutrition as a preventive measure against child malnutrition. READ ALSO:  COVID-19 Isolation: I remain committed to duty — Abayomi He explained that the Masaki project have already taken off in 150 across 30 constituencies in the state, under which 10 women were trained and given manual for enlightening other women on exclusive breastfeeding and how to use locally available f...

Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the on-going rehabilitation of the Radio House in Garki Abuja will be completed and commissioned in weeks. The Minister gave the assurances on Monday in Abuja after an inspection of the N449 million rehabilitation project in company with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ms Grace Gekpe, other management members of staff, and the contractor. Mohammed noted that it was the first time in the 33 years  life of the edifice that any substantial rehabilitation works are being carried out on the structure READ ALSO:  Buhari, Ganduje, Lai Mohammed, NGE, IPI mourn as Wada Maida dies at 70 The Radio House is the Headquarter of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and equally house the Office of many past Information Ministers. Mohammed said the project which was meant to last for 12 weeks has been delayed due to the advent of COVID -19. He said the scope of the works included the rehabilitati...

Angry reactions have started trailing the reported killing of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Enugu. All the respondents, who spoke to Vanguard in Owerri, were unanimous in their belief that the dead were first Ndigbo before being members of IPOB. They also described the incident as “senseless and condemnable, especially as IPOB members are usually unarmed”. Reacting, an Owerri based legal practitioner, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, said the wrong branding of the dead was deceptive and a diversionary tactic to simply write off the dead as IPOB members, instead of Ndigbo. His words: “Forget IPOB. They are Ndigbo. It is completely deceptive and a diversionary tactic to simply write off the dead as IPOB members, instead of Ndigbo. Whoever takes the life of an IPOB member is taking the life of an Igbo and therefore will ultimately account to Ndigbo.” According to the lawyer, “when I read about the senseless killing of unarmed innocents, who gathered in Enugu on August 23, 2020, in...