President Muhammadu Buhari has commended members of the Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee for the work they are doing in repositioning the governing party.
Recall that following the suspension of the National Chairman and the National Working Committee of the APC in June, the National Executive Committee of the party chose the Yobe State governor and others as the Chairman and members of the Caretaker Committee as well as of the extraordinary National Convention Committee respectively.
At a Virtual interaction with the governors of the APC-controlled States today, July 28, with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in attendance, the President said that he is pleased with the work that the Caretaker Committee has been doing.
“I am pleased with the Chairman and the work of the committee. He is highly mobile in the efforts to coordinate and strengthen the party. I am happy with his personal efforts.”
President Buhari also appreciated the efforts of the APC Governors following the successful conduct of the party primaries in Edo and Ondo States, adding: “I am happy that they knew their responsibilities as Governors and had identified the right priorities.”
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, the Governor of Kebbi State and Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Senator Atiku Bagudu, thanked President Buhari for taking the right steps to resolve the crisis in the party.
The APC Governors also commended the President for his handling of security issues and the economy, noting in particular, the success recorded in pulling the country out of the 2016 economic recession as well as the ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are proud of your leadership and achievements.”
The Independent Review Panel set up by the Bureau of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has exonerated President of the Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina of any ethical wrongdoings.
This is contained in the panel’s report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.
The Independent Review Panel was constituted following a complaint by the United States, to review the process by which two previous organs of the Bank – the Ethics Committee of the Board, and the Bureau of the Board of Governors had previously cleared Adesina.
The three-member Independent Review Panel was headed by Mary Robinson, who is a former President of the Republic of Ireland, a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Other members were the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gambia, Mr Hassan Jallow and Mr Leonard McCarthy, a former Director of Public Prosecutions, and a former Director for the Office of Serious Economic Offences.
The report of the Independent Review Panel stated that it concurred with the Ethics Committee in its findings in respect of all the allegations against the President and found that they were properly considered and dismissed.
The panel added that it had considered Adesina’s submissions on their face and found them consistent with his innocence as well as to be persuasive.
A senior management staff at the Bank who pleaded anonymity, said the conclusions of this review panel were decisive and had now cleared the way for Governors of the Bank to re-elect Adesina to a second five-year term as President during annual meetings of the Bank scheduled for August 25-27.
NAN recalls that in January, 16 allegations of ethical misconduct were levelled against Adesina by a group of whistle-blowers.
The allegations which were reviewed by the Bank’s Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors in March, were described as “frivolous and without merit.”
The findings and rulings of the Ethics Committee were subsequently upheld by the apex Bureau of the Board of Governors in May, which cleared Adesina of any wrongdoing.
The presidency has faulted report published by the Punch newspaper on the level of power Nigeria sold to its neighbouring countries.
The presidency regretted that it is most disappointing that sensationalism has dominated the thinking and ethos of institutions that citizens look up to with trust, confidence and reliability.
“Monday edition of the Punch checks all the boxes in terms of an abject failure to honour these time-tested traditions with its news piece: “NIGERIA EXPORTS USD81.48bn ELECTRICITY ON CREDIT AS COUNTRY’S BLACKOUT PERSISTS,” is to say the least, hyperbolic and terribly misleading.”
In a statement today, July 28 by the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the presidency said that apart from the fact that the figure quoted is far from accurate, out-dated and therefore not reflective of the current reality, the overall cost of power generated and sold by Nigeria in the period covered by report is not anywhere close to what was mentioned by the paper.
It said that the actual cost of electricity generated within the said timeframe (2018-2019) by all the electricity generation companies in Nigeria was about N1.2 trillion ($4 billion).
“Over 90% of the electricity generated was distributed and consumed by consumers across the 11 electricity distribution companies in the country.
“Power exported to Niger, Benin and Togo based on Multilateral Energy Sales Agreement with the Government of Nigeria is on the basis that they would not dam the waters that feed our major power plants in Kainji, Shiroro and Jebba.
“As of the last review in 2019, the amount of indebtedness to all three customers stood at $69 million, subsequent upon which several payments were made to NBET. Much of this has been repaid by the debtor nations.
“As of today, Niger owes only USD 16 million and Benin, USD 4 million, adding up to the Naira equivalent of about N1.2bn.
“The essence of said bilateral agreements, by which we give them power and they do not build dams on the River Niger means that Nigeria and her brotherly neighbours had avoided the unfolding situation of the Nile River between the sovereign states of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.”
The presidency advised the newspaper to, in future, seek clarity from the market operator which is the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
“This process of fact-checking only improves your standing in the public arena.”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the proportion of children under five years of age “chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV)” has dropped to just under one per cent in 2019.
In a statement, WHO said the drop was from about five per cent in the pre-vaccine era, between the 1980s and the early 2000s.
It said that the reduction marked the achievement of one of the milestone targets to eliminate viral hepatitis in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The statement came yesterday, a day ahead of this year’s World Hepatitis Day commemorated annually, which is today, July 28 to enhance global awareness of viral hepatitis.
The disease is characterised by an inflammation of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including liver cancer.
This year’s theme is “Hepatitis-free future,” with a strong focus on preventing hepatitis B among mothers and newborns.
To build on the achievement, the global health body is calling for “united and stepped-up action” through intensified efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
It is advocating enhanced testing of pregnant women, provision of antiviral prophylaxis to those who need it, and maintenance and expansion of access to hepatitis B immunisation and birth dose vaccine.
“No infant should grow up only to die of hepatitis B because they were not vaccinated,” the statement quoted the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus as saying.
“Today’s milestone means that we have dramatically reduced the number of cases of liver damage and liver cancer in future generations.
“Preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B is the most important strategy for controlling the disease and saving lives.
“Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that mothers and newborns have access to life-saving services including hepatitis B vaccinations,” Ghebreyesus said.
Globally, more than 250 million people are living with chronic HBV infection, according to the organisation.
It says infants are especially vulnerable, with 90 per cent of children infected with HBV in their first year of life becoming chronic HBV carriers.
“HBV attacks the liver and claims the lives of nearly 900,000 people each year,’’ WHO added.
File photo of Minister of Interior, Rauf Arebosola at a prayer ground | Credit: Amiloaded
The Federal Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July, 2020 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir Celebration.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians both at home and abroad on the occasion.
The permanent secretary in the ministry of interior, Georgina Ehuriah, who made the declaration in a statement today, July 28, called on the Muslims to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad and to also use the period to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country especially as the world is witnessing global health challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Aregbosola who assured that the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is fully committed to battling the scourge with the cooperation of all Nigerians, emphasized that government would continue to foster peaceful coexistence, national cohesion and stability in its march towards actualizing the full potentials of the country.
The Minister advised Nigerians to take responsibility against the spread of the COVID-19 virus and also to stay safe by observing physical and social distancing, personal and respiratory hygiene, as well as other regulations issued by relevant authorities.
Mr Aregbesola wishes all Muslims a happy Eid–el-Kabir Celebration.
Okay what she is saying doesn’t make sense. She is a primary care physician. She doesn’t work in the hospital setting. So that means she doesn’t see the sick COVID patients we see in the hospital. A lot of the COVID patients have mild symptoms and don’t have to be hospitalized. These are the people she is treating. Most of these people get better on their own even without any drugs just supportive care at home. They are not the sick patients admitted to the hospital
The sick COVID patients admitted to the hospital are taken care of by doctors called hospitalists like me. We strictly work in the hospital and take care of admitted patients. The studies have been done on these sets of patients. We initially used hydroxychloroquine but we quickly found that it causes cardiac arrhythmia (simply put messes up the electrical wiring of the heart) in a lot of patients. We see this easily because they are constantly on a heart monitor in the hospital. Causing deaths in some of the patients
The risk-benefit ratio of continuing chloroquine on these set of sick patients is simply too high. Plus there was no concrete evidence it was truly helping
Remdesivir and convalescent plasma we have been using for hospitalized patients seems to be working way better and faster than hydroxychloroquine
2: I dont want to burst any bubble. But this very event was politically motivated to support Trump claims. There is no science in it. She lives in Louisiana and Houston but came to Washington DC for this speech. She even said no need for mask!!. This physician is a cameroonian who schooled at Unical Nigeria. She is also a pastor. I know her personally. She is a pediatrician and claims to be treating adults even 90yr olds. Its all American politics. Election is coming by Nov. this year. Trump needs to shore up his image after a dismal performance in the control of the pandemic.Shes being used. I work in the ER in Dallas, there’s is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine zithromax and zinc work. Many people have died while on these drugs. These are patients that I participated in their care. As it stands now, no known cure yet. Best thing is still prevention(mask, hand washing and Social distancing).
A repost of a post by a Bonafide Nigerian Doctor in Texas about the Cameroonian Doctor inferring to be a Nigerian.
A trained physician, Dr. Stella Emmanuel based in the United States of America, has claimed that there is cure for COVID-19 contrary to impression across the world that cure for the virus had not been found.
At a news conference in Washington yesterday, which currently trending in social media, Dr. Emmanuel named antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine; zinc; and antibacterial drug, Zithromax, as the effective cures for the virus.
The doctor spoke during a news conference held by a group of American doctors under the aegis of: “America’s Frontline Doctors,” in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC.
The doctors are holding a two-day “White Coat Summit” at the Capitol Hill to address what they call a “massive disinformation campaign” surrounding the virus.
Dr. Emmanuel dismissed experts’ warning that hydroxychloroquine could cause serious heart problems for coronavirus patients, citing her experience with the use of the drug.
The Nigerian, who was joined by other frontline doctors, said she had successfully treated no fewer than 350 patients with hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax.
Emmanuel also said hydroxychloroquine, long touted by President Donald Trump as cure for the virus, could also prevent the disease.
She said: “I know you’re going to tell me that you treated 20 people, 40 people, and it didn’t work.
“I’m a true testimony.
“So I came here to Washington DC to tell America nobody needs to get sick.
“This virus has a cure.
“It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax.
“I know you people want to talk about a mask.
“Hello?
“You don’t need mask.
“There is a cure.
“I know they don’t want to open schools.
“No, you don’t need people to be locked down.
“There is prevention and there is a cure.”
Emmanuel, who said she had received several threats to have her practice permit revoked, insisted she would continue to administer the drugs on COVID-19 patients to save more American lives.
A five-minute-long video capturing Emmanuel’s passionate speech is currently going viral on various social media platforms.
Dr. Simone Gold, a Los Angeles-based emergency medicine specialist, who moderated the news conference, described Emmanuel as a warrior.
“Before I introduce the next guest, I just want to say that I wish all doctors that are listening to this bring that kind of passion to their patients,” Gold said.
The following are excerpts of Emmanuel’s speech:
“Hello, I’m Dr. Stella Emmanuel.
“I’m a primary care physician in Houston, Texas.
“I actually went to medical school in West Africa, Nigeria, where I took care of malaria patients, treated them with hydroxychloroquine and stuffs like that.
“So I’m actually used to these medications.
“I’m here because I have personally treated over 350 patients with COVID-19.
“Patients that have diabetes, patients that have high blood pressure, patients that have asthma, old people.…
“I think my oldest patients are 92 … 87 year olds.
“And the result has been the same.
“I put them on hydroxychloroquine, I put them on zinc, I put them on Zithromax, and they’re all well.
“For the past few months, after taking care of over 350 patients, we’ve not lost one.
“Not a diabetic, not somebody with high blood pressure, not somebody who has asthma, not an old person.
“We’ve not lost one patient.
“And on top of that, I’ve put myself, my staff and many doctors that I know on hydroxychloroquine for prevention, because by the very mechanism of action, it works early and as a prophylaxis.
“We see patients – 10 to 15 COVID-19 patients, everyday.
“We don’t give them breathing treatments.
“We only wear surgical mask.
“None of us has gotten sick.
“It works.
“So right now, I came here to Washington DC to say, America, nobody needs to die.
“The study that made me start using hydroxychloroquine was a study that they did under the NIH in 2005 that says it works.
“Recently, I was doing some research about a patient that had hiccups and I found out that they even did a recent study in the NIH, which is our National Institute … that is the National … NIH, what? National Institute of Health.
“They actually had a study and go look it up.
“Type hiccups and COVID-19, you will see it.
“They treated a patient that had hiccups with hydroxychloroquine and it proved that hiccups is a symptom of COVID-19.
“So, if the NIH knows that treating the patient with hydroxychloroquine proves that hiccup is a symptom of COVID-19, then they definitely know that hydroxychloroquine works.
“I’m upset.
“Why I’m upset is that I see people that cannot breathe.
“I see parents walk in, I see diabetic sit in my office knowing that this is a death sentence and they can’t breathe.
“And I hug them and I tell them: ‘It’s going to be okay. You’re going to live.’
“And we treat them and they live.
“None has died.
“So if some fake science, some person sponsored by all these fake pharma companies comes out says: ‘We’ve done studies and they found out that it doesn’t work,’ I can tell you categorically it’s fixed science.
“I want to know who is sponsoring that study.
“I want to know who is behind it because there is no way I can treat 350 patients and counting and nobody is dead and they all did better.
“I know you’re going to tell me that you treated 20 people, 40 people, and it didn’t work.
“I’m a true testimony.
“So I came here to Washington DC to tell America nobody needs to get sick.
“This virus has a cure.
“It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax.
“I know you people want to talk about a mask.
“Hello?
“You don’t need mask.
“There is a cure.
“I know they don’t want to open schools.
“No, you don’t need people to be locked down.
“There is prevention and there is a cure.
“And let me tell you something, all you fake doctors out there that tell me: ‘Yeah. I want a double-blinded study.’
“I just tell you, quit sounding like a computer, double blinded.
“I don’t know whether your chips are malfunctioning, but I’m a real doctor.
“I have radiologists, we have plastic surgeons, we have neurosurgeons, like Sanjay Gupta saying: ‘Yeah, it doesn’t work and it causes heart disease.’
“Let me ask you Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Hear me.
“Have you ever seen a COVID-19 patient?
“Have you ever treated anybody with hydroxychloroquine and they died from heart disease?
“When you do, come and talk to me because I sit down in my clinic every day and I see these patients walk in everyday scared to death.
“I see people driving two, three hours to my clinic because some ER doctor is scared of the Texas board or they’re scared of something, and they will not prescribe medication to these people.
“I tell all of you doctors that are sitting down and watching Americans die: You’re like the good Nazi … the good one, the good Germans that watched Jews get killed and you did not speak up.
“If they come after me, they threaten me.
“They’ve threatened to … I mean, I’ve gotten all kinds of threats.
“Or they’re going to report me to the Boards.
“I say, you know what?
“I don’t care. I’m not going to let Americans die.
“And if this is the hill where I get nailed on.
“I will get nailed on it.
“I don’t care.
“You can report me to the Boards, you can kill me, you can do whatever, but I’m not going to let Americans die.
“And today I’m here to say it that America, there is a cure for COVID-19.
“All this foolishness does not need to happen.
“There is a cure for COVID-19.
“There is a cure for COVID-19 and it is called hydroxychloroquine.
“It’s called zinc.
“It’s called Zithromax.
“And it is time for the grassroots to wake up and say: ‘No, we’re not going to take this any longer.
“We’re not going to die.’
“Because let me tell you something, when somebody is dead, they are dead.
“They’re not coming back tomorrow to have an argument.
“They are not coming back tomorrow to discuss the double blinded study and the data.
“All of you doctors that are waiting for data, if six months down the line you actually found out that this data shows that this medication works, how about your patients that have died?
“You want a double blinded study where people are dying?
The Department of State Services (DSS), a secret police organization, has uncovered plans by some persons and groups desirous of taking advantage of latest developments in parts of the country to destabilize it.
The Service stressed that some prominent personalities and socio-cultural groups have resorted to divisive acts through inciting statements aimed at pitting individuals, groups and ethnic nationalities against another.
“The Service is, without doubt, aware of these plans and their sponsors. Consequently, it warns that it will no longer tolerate the orchestrations by subversive and unscrupulous elements to cause a breakdown of law and order in the country.”
In a statement today, July 28 by Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer, the Service said that it is working assiduously with relevant authorities and sister security and law enforcement agencies to ensure that the sinister objective is not achieved.
The Service reiterated its commitment to the internal security of Nigeria and will, within the confines of the law, decisively deal with planners of the mayhem.
It called on the law abiding citizens to go about their normal businesses and disregard the antics of agents of destabilization.
“They should, however, avail the Service and related agencies with useful information about the activities of criminals and groups intent on instigating violence in the country.”
National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies, (NBAIS), has expressed its readiness to collaborate with any state government in modernizing Tsangaya Qur’anic School to address challenges of Al-Majiris in the country.
The Acting Registrar of the Board, Professor Shafiu Abdullahi made this known when Gombe state Commissioner for Education and other Stakeholders on Tsangaya Schools visited his office in Kaduna.
Professor Shafiu Abdullahi said the board has come up with modalities with a view to transforming Tsangaya System of Education in the country.
He said the measures include training proprietors and Alarammas of Tsangaya school in a bid to take a new turn in Almajiri system of education for sustainable development.
According to the acting Registrar, the board was highly committed to bringing an end the problems of Almajiri by providing them with appropriate syllabus and Method of teaching in the tsangaya Qur’anic schools.
He pointed out that, National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies is advocating for Tsangaya Qur’anic Education but not Almajiri Education.
The State Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru said the purpose of the visit was to partner with the National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies to improve Tsangaya Qur’anic Education to address problems of Almajiri and out of school children in the State.
Dr Dahiru also stressed the need for capacity building of the Arabic school teachers on modern ways of teaching.
The Nigerian Army has accused the National Chairman of National Democratic Party (NDP), Chidi Chukwuanyi, of instigating and inciting men and officers to take arms against the constituted democratic government in the country.
The Defence Head Quarters warned officers, soldiers against mutiny and revolution as contained in Chidi’s statement, emphasizing that soldiers and officers have no business in engaging in mutiny or revolt against constituted civil authorities.
It stressed that all officers and men of the Nigerian Military swore to an oath of allegiance to be totally loyal to the civil authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and protect the constitution.
Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who issued this warning in a statement today, July 27, said that the oath of allegiance translates to unalloyed loyalty to the President and Commander in Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces and full subordination to the civil authorities of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The statement said: “the attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a publication in one of the national Newspapers, captioned ‘Nigeria Needs a Rawlings Now – NDP.
“In this publication, the National Chairman of National Democratic Party (NDP), Chidi Chukwuanyi, says ‘the state of corruption in the country calls for the replication of the Ghanian experience under former President Jerry Rawlings in Nigeria.
“While the Defence Headquarters does not wish to join issues in anyway, it is instructive to observe that this unguided utterance targeted at the Nigerian Military is inciting and instigative.”
General Enenche said that what Chidi Chukwuanyi is calling for is a combination of unpopular acts of insurrection and mutiny, which cannot be taken for granted by the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
“Consequently, I am directed by the High Command of the Nigerian Military to let the general public know and remind personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria that All officers and men of the Nigerian Military swore to an oath of allegiance to be totally loyal to the civil authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and protect the constitution. This translates to unalloyed loyalty to the President Commander in Chief and full subordination to the civil authorities of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“That all officers and men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria are to continue to abide by the constitutional provision, in Section 217 sub section 2 (c) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, ‘to suppress insurrection and act in aid of civil authorities to restore order’. Any act to the contrary is unconstitutional.”
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended members of the Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee for the work they are doing in repositioning the governing party.
The presidency has faulted report published by the Punch newspaper on the level of power Nigeria sold to its neighbouring countries.
National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies, (NBAIS), has expressed its readiness to collaborate with any state government in modernizing Tsangaya Qur’anic School to address challenges of Al-Majiris in the country.
