“I have never
bought things in bulk in my life. I don’t even have a fridge or a good place to
store anything as we live in a makeshift house, so I ignored her but on the
second day of the lockdown, we became very hungry.
“Our usual way of
feeding is to walk down the street to buy things and cook late in the night
with firewood but because many of the shops were locked, we couldn’t get
anywhere to buy anything.
“My husband had to
borrow N10, 000 for me to buy food at Agbara Market. I left home before 5:30 am
and got to the market before 6:00 am but by the time I finished buying, there
were no buses to bring me back to my bus stop as buses usually stop working
before the police road blocks are mounted.
“I had to walk for
more than 10 kilometers with my bag on my head. If I could throw the things I
bought away, I would have done so. I would walk for a while and stop to rest.
This was how I got home that day,”
“It is regrettable
to announce that three Nigerians have died of COVID-19 in the United States of
America.
“The first case was
a 60-year-old lady, Hajia Laila Abubakar Ali of Kano descent, who died on March
25, while receiving treatment at the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York.
“Secondly,
25-year-old Bassey Offiong from Calabar, a final year Chemical Engineering
student of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, died on Saturday, March 28,
at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
“Unfortunately, the
last case was a medical practitioner, Dr Caleb Anya, from Ohafia in Abia State.
“He died while
rendering service to humanity on the forefront of the battle against the
COVID-19 pandemic in New York on April 1.
“On behalf of the
Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, I wish to extend our condolences to
the families of the deceased Nigerians in this tragic circumstance.’’
“The Surulere
police station got distress calls from neighbours in that area of loud music.
Our men located the address and the music was still playing. According to the
report that I got from the DPO, they had over 50 persons celebrating.
“When they saw
police, some of them ran in different directions but we eventually had about
nine persons arrested. The speaker was also seized. Two police officers were
injured from the brief we got because they went in small numbers. They never
envisaged that there would be resistance.”
“Kaduna State
Government has rolled out stringent measures to safeguard the State from the
rampaging COVID-19 pandemic.”
“As expected, the State Government has locked
down the state, created isolation/treatment centers, provided health personnel
with personal protection kits, embarked on aggressive enlightenment campaigns and is working on palliative measures to
cushion the effect of the unfortunate situation on the people,”
“This is
unacceptable and must be addressed urgently. My Constituency, Kaduna Central
Senatorial District is particularly at risk. The forests around Birnin Gwari,
Giwa and Igabi Local Governments have been very challenging in terms of
monitoring and policing. We fear the influx of people whose health status are
unknown and may constitute a huge risk to our people.”
“We urge the governments of the concerned
states to do the needful and urgently too. COVID-19 is real. It is a merciless
virus. It is no respecter of states or persons.”
“There must not be
gaps in the national response to the pandemic. If one state is not covered,
every other state is at risk. Countries or sub-national states with better healthcare
systems are already overwhelmed by the sheer ferocity of the pandemic. The zero
-case status of a state should be an opportunity for it to take precautionary
measures, not for it to be complacent,”
“It indeed
smacks of heartlessness that the All Progressives Congress (APC), its leaders
and cronies in government circle are rather manipulating fuel costs at this
critical time when other governments across the world are seeking ways to
mitigate the economic hardship being faced by their citizens.
“Our party
maintains that since Nigerians earlier had to bear the brunt of high cost of
fuel in the face of high oil prices in the international market, it is only
fair that they also enjoy the benefits of the cut in international prices; an
advantage the APC had continued to deny them.
“The PDP invites
Nigerians to note how the APC and its leaders had remained silent and failed to
support the demand for reduction of fuel price; a development that only points
to apparent complicity in this sleazy scheme against our citizens.
“The PDP,
therefore, charges the APC and its administration to immediately reduce the
pump price to the appropriate price of N90 as well as refund the accruable, so
far, from the N35 per liter difference and channel same to provision of
palliatives to Nigerians.
“Our party also
challenges the APC to join the PDP and other well-meaning Nigerians in our
persistent demand that President Buhari orders the recovery of over N14
trillion oil money stolen by APC leaders in the last four years including the
stolen N9trillion detailed in the leaked NNPC memo, and redirect same to the
welfare of Nigerians.
“Furthermore,
the PDP reiterates its demand for the establishment of Eminent Nigerians Group
to manage donations towards mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and ensure that
the palliatives get to venerable Nigerians without any political and
bureaucratic bottlenecks”.
“This is an
interactive information sharing platform that allows the Council to effectively
engage candidates before, during and after examinations.
“Candidates are
advised to log on to the portal: www.waeckonnect.com with the login details
sent to their email addresses during the registration process, and avail
themselves of this veritable tool for their examination success.”
“This will give
you reasons why candidates who sat previous WAEC examinations performed below
expectations. It will help you to avoid the errors that made candidates record
below-average performance. Log on to: www.waeconline.org.ng/e-learning and
check the Chief Examiners’ Reports from 2008 to 2018.
“This portal
gives a comprehensive analysis of candidates’ performance in all subjects,
identifying their strengths and weaknesses, what they failed to do and what
they should have done to perform better. The link again is: www.waeconline.org.ng/e-learning.”
