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  • River State Executive Council Approves The Construction Of The Fifth Flyover, Sets Guidelines For Marriages In The State

    By Admin

    The Rivers State Executive Council has graciously approved the construction of a five hundred and five meters long flyover at the GRA Junction along the Port Harcourt Aba Expressway.

    The Wednesday, June 24, 2020 meeting that held at Government House, Port Harcourt was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.

    Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for works, Austin Ben-Chioma said council also approved the dualisation of Ezimbu Link Road connecting Stadium Road from GRA junction and the Tombia Road extension linking Ikwerre road.

    He said “Council considered the
    Rumuola flyover not more fitting for the city and approved its expansion to become four lanes to ease vehicular movement and boost economic activities”

    According to him “to ensure that motorists do not suffer untold hardship during the road constructions, the state government will create alternative routes”

    Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim announced Council’s approval of guidelines for marriages during the Covid-19 period.

    He said prospective couples would be required to apply to the State Governor through the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation.

    Such applications, he said, must be accompanied with information on the venue of the ceremony, names, addresses and phones numbers of attendees to make contact tracing easy if the need arises.

    He stated that henceforth, those seeking to bury their loved ones would also be expected to include names, addresses and phone numbers of those to attend such funerals in their applications.

    Pastor Nsirim said government would not grant approval to any application without names, addresses and phone numbers.

    The Information Commissioner said marriages would not have more than 50 attendees including family members who must wear face masks and adhere strictly to
    social distancing of not less than two meters.

    According to him, while church weddings must be conducted between 9am and 12noon, traditional marriages would be conducted between 4pm and 7pm .

    The Commissioner said venues of marriages must have provisions for running water and soap at three points and the venue decontaminated after the event.

    Pastor Nsirim said after wedding receptions are prohibited under the guidelines to reduce the risk of community transmission of COVID-19.

    He added that violators of the guidelines would be made to pay a fine of 10 million Naira.

  • Breaking News: Oshiomhole Remains Suspended, Oshawo Insists

    By Admin

    The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Etsako Ward 10, Edo State, Mr Oshawo Stephen, has dismissed claims that the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as a member of the party had been lifted, insisting that the ward executives stand by their suspension of the erstwhile National Chairman of the APC.

    In a statement, Stephen said the ward executives, who were elected into office in 2018, remain intact and had not been displaced by anybody, describing the claims of the lifting of the suspension as a charade.

    He said, “The suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the ward executives remains valid. The statements to the contrary in the media are false and should be disregarded. We stand by our decision and have no reservation on the action as it is in the best interest of the party.

    “The ward executives as well as our counterparts at the Etsako West Local Government level stand by the suspension of Comrade Oshiomhole for his divisive role in the crisis rocking the APC in Edo State.”

    Chairman of the APC in Etsako West LGA, Ezolomhe Rabiat, also affirmed that the local council executives were still members of the party in the state and stand by the suspension of Oshiomhole.

    Recall that some other group addressed a press conference a couple of hours ago that the suspension of Adams Oshiomole has been lifted. Mr. Emuakemeh Sule who addressed the press at the party National Secretariat Abuja said 17 out of 26 Executive Commttee members signed the resolution that lifted the suspension of Adams Oshiomole.

    With this latest development,Adams Oshiomole still has a lot of battles ahead to fight as the crisis within the party in Edo State get deeper by the day.

  • NCDC Replies C’River Says No Plans To Transport Samples From One State To Another

    By Elijah Ugani – Calabar

    The Nigerian Center for Disease Control NCDC has responded to the allegations by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Health that the commission intends to transport samples from other states suspected to be negative to test run the GeneXpert machine at the Nigerian Naval Referral Hospital, Calabar in a press briefing held on Friday 18th June, 2020.

    In a release by NCDC and sighted by TheLumineNews, indicates that the statements by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Health are misrepresentation of the Federal Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 testing strategy and efforts to protect Nigerians from this disease.

    “The statements by the Cross River State Commissioners of Information and Orientation and Health are a misinterpretation of the Federal Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 testing strategy and efforts to protect the health of Nigerians from this disease”

    In the release, NCDC explained that, “There are 400 sites in Nigeria with GeneXpert equipment for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, we have prioritised the rol-out of GeneXpert in States where there is a high level of community transmission and states with limited or no laboratory capacity for the diagnosis of COVID-19 at the moment.

    “These are Abia, Adamawa, Berue, Borno, Cross River, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Benue, and the FCT. Already, we have worked with NTBLCP and our partners to activated two GeneXpert laboratories in Kaduna and Nasarawa States. Eventually, we plar to roll out the GeneXpert testing sites for COVID-19 in every state in Nigeria.”

     

    As at the time of filing this report, the COVID-19 pandemic update as provided by NCDC is as seen below.

  • Coronavirus: President Buhari approves use of Stadia, NYSC orientation camps as Isolation centers

    Prеѕіdеnt Buhаrі hаѕ rероrtеdlу аррrоvеd thе uѕе оf fоur ѕtаdіа аѕ well аѕ all NYSC оrіеntаtіоn camps іn thе соuntrу, аѕ іѕоlаtіоn centres іn thе fight аgаіnѕt coronavirus pandemic.

    Mіnіѕtеr of Yоuth аnd Sроrt, Sundау Dаrе mаdе this knоwn vіа social media раgе this аftеrnооn.

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    “Mr. Prеѕіdеnt hаѕ approved fоr thе Mіnіѕtrу of Youth аnd Sports tо ореn and mаkе available thе ѕtаdіumѕ іn Surulere Lаgоѕ, Ibаdаn, Abujа and Kaduna аѕ wеll аѕ оur NYSC саmрѕ nationwide fоr uѕе аѕ іѕоlаtіоn centers аѕ thеу аrе needed. Wе аrе іn tоuсh wіth rеlеvаnt аuthоrіtіеѕ.”

    We аrе іn thіѕ tоgеthеr. And tоgеthеr wе shall оvеrсоmе. I call оn the Yоuth of Nіgеrіа tо bе аt thе vаnguаrd оf dіѕѕеmіnаtіоn оf tіmеlу and ассurаtе іnfоrmаtіоn vіа ѕосіаl media tо Nіgеrіаnѕ іn their соmmunіtіеѕ. Wе must ratchet uр thе awareness campaign for оur people.”