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Jun

14

2020

Edo: Obaseki mocks Oshiomhole, APC ‘puppets’

PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Governor Godwin Obaseki has condemned the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Committee for the Edo governorship election. The panel ratified his earlier disqualification by the Screening Committee. A statement on Sunday by Obaseki’s spokesman, Crusoe Osagie, mocked APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole “and his puppet screening committees”. He condemned the “destruction of smoldering integrity of our great party under Oshiomhole’s watch”. The statement said as if the exclusion of Obaseki by the screening committee was not sufficient, APC announced that the appeal committee “upheld the dubious disqualification”. “The question is how does an Appeal Committee claim to uphold an…

Jun

14

2020

By OHAFIATV

Nigerian govt reveals new study to treat coronavirus patients

Health, PoliticsCoronavirus, Health, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government is working on research, using plasma from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients to treat people infected with the virus. The minister disclosed this on Sunday while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on the possibility of using the plasma of recovered coronavirus patients to treat serious cases. Ehanire, who spoke at a news conference to commemorate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), also said that some research institutes were already working on the new research. He explained that the plasma of patients recovered from COVID-19 is called…

Jun

13

2020

By OHAFIATV

Nigeria records 627 new cases of coronavirus as toll hits 15,181

Health, PoliticsCoronavirus, Nigeria, Politics

Nigeria on Friday recorded 627 new cases of coronavirus disease in the country. The announcement was made by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official Twitter account. According to the agency, Lagos recorded 229 cases, while FCT followed with 65. This means that total cases in Nigeria now stand at 15,181. The tweet reads” 627 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-229FCT-65Abia-54Borno-42Oyo-35Rivers-28Edo-28Gombe-27Ogun-21Plateau-18Delta-18Bauchi-10Kaduna-10Benue-9Ondo-8Kwara-6Nasarawa-4Enugu-4Sokoto-3Niger-3Kebbi-3Yobe-1Kano-1 “15181 confirmed cases in Nigeria,4891 patients have been discharged with 399 deaths recorded.”

Jun

13

2020

By OHAFIATV

Interpol breaks silence on Hushpuppi arrest, reveals next action

Economy, PoliticsAmerica, Crime, Personality, Politics

The International Police (INTERPOL) has broken silence on the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Igbalodely a.k.a. Hushpuppi Recalls that Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai for allegedly hacking into the United States (US) unemployed database and defrauding the US of over $100 million meant for native Americans in the battle against the coronavirus. Interpol on Friday said Hushpuppi will be extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigeria to face alleged multiple fraud charges. The Commissioner of Police (CP) INTERPOL, Garba Umar, made this known while speaking to The Nation and confirming the arrest of Hushpuppi. He said: “Yes, It…

Jun

13

2020

By OHAFIATV

I will recover every penny looted from Imo treasury – Uzodinma

Economy, PoliticsCrime, Economy, Imo State, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said that his government will recover to the last penny looted from state treasury by his predecessors. Governor Uzodinma stated this on Friday in Owerri while addressing stakeholders of the state including his deputy, Professor Placid Njoku. He said that his government, which is anchored on Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Recovery, will ensure a sanitized system in the state where Imo taxpayers’ money is not taken by a few greedy individuals to the detriment of the large majority. “We have sanitized the civil service system and we won’t be having issues of ghost…