BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has said that, the unfortunate incident leading to the death of Joseph Pessu was antithetical to the basic reason for which the state lockdown order was initiated. Barr. Otuaro stated this today in Warri while paying a condolence visit to the family of late Joseph Pessu in Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State. It would be recalled that, a soldier allegedly shot the 28-year-old father of two, Joseph Pesu, dead in Delta State while enforcing the lockdown order imposed on the state by the state government…
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BY PERE BOTU The State Government has condoled with the Pessu family on the death of Mr Joseph Pessu, a twenty eight years old saying that his demise was painful and unfortunate assuring that government would assist the family of the deceased. The State Deputy Governor Deacon Kingsley Otauro who led a high powered state delegation on a condolence visit to the family at Ugbuwangue in Warri South Local Government Area said government was pained by the death. He said the condolence visit was on behalf of the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa stressing that the death of Mr Joseph…
Nigeria yesterday recorded 245 new cases of #COVID19. The new Covid-19 cases were recorded in; 76-Lagos 37-Katsina 32-Jigawa 23-Kano 19-FCT 18-Borno 10-Edo 9-Bauchi 6-Adamawa 5-Oyo 5-Ogun 1-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Benue 1-Niger 1-Zamfara According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), this brings to a total number of 2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. With discharged of: 417 and Deaths records of: 93 The NCDC also revealed that nine cases previously announced as discharged cases were reported in error. Therefore, there are 417 discharged cases in total. Adding that one case reported in Nasarawa was a repeat test. The state has…
Delta Government has warned that anyone seen in public without face mask would be taken to any of the Isolation Centres in the state. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made this known in Asaba on Monday and said that the measure was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the Technical Committee for the Prevention of Covid-19 in Delta. According to Aniagwu who briefed the media at the end of the meeting, relaxing the lockdown for economic reasons should not jeopardize the safety of the people. He said that the compulsory use of face…
By FIDELIS EGUGBO The social media has provided a means for people to express themselves freely without much hindrance. The fact that the laws on restricting its usage in Nigeria is loose has also given room for some people to make wild and unsubstantiated claims and move on without considering the damages caused by their false posts. Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as Covid-19, is changing the world order and the fact that most people have access to information via smartphones, further buttresses the reality that the world has shrank even beyond the ‘global village’ mantra. The Covid-19 is a highly…
By *Miracle Enuji* As the effects of the lockdown caused by the global outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19 continue to bite hard, a Non-profit organization, Berrywell Feed The Children Foundation has donated food items worth millions of Naira to the Vulnerable in Delta State to cushion the effect of pandemic The Palliatives which include, Rice, Beans, Noodles and Garri were distributed to over 20 families held up at various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps and elderly persons in some communities. Presenting the items at Okwe, Okpanam and Ibusa communities in Oshimili South and Oshimili North local government areas respectively,…
BY SAM DUVWODE The Delta State Government, on Wednesday, reiterated that even in the face of the subsisting partial easing of the lockdown and the stay- at- home order, the state’s borders remained closed to all road users, except those on essential services. The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, who briefed journalists in Patani, a border town between Delta and Bayelsa states and at Ugbenu in Ethiope West local government area, said the gains derived from the battle against COVID-19 pandemic could not be frittered away by allowing any arbitrary movement of people in and out of…
Former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (SABAT) and lovely wife Senator Oluremi Tinubu tested NEGATIVE for the pandemic Coronavirus also known as Covid-19. The APC national leader and world most political influencer volunteered for the Covid-19 test after one of his aides was allegedly reported to have died of the virus.
1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some 3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded globally with about 900,000 recoveries. Unfortunately, some 200,000 people have passed away as a result of this pandemic. 4. The health systems and economies of many nations continue to struggle as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 5. Nigeria continues to adapt to these new global realities on a daily basis.…
To cushion the effect of the stay-at-home order directed by the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, as a result of the lockdown geared at containing the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic, hope was given to the elderly men and women in Ugboroke Community, Uvwie local government area of the state. Addressing the aged women and men on Monday, the reporter with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Asaba, Rita Elohor Agbra, disclosed that she was in the community to contribute her quota to humanity as government cannot do it all alone. According to the seasoned journalist, who reoriented the…