The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that they’ve ran coronavirus tests about 7,000 people till date.

The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.

He said;

“With respect to the number of persons that have been tested, so far, we are just around 7,000 but we want to release the numbers and potentially even give a breakdown of what we tested in every lab within the network. We have agreed every Friday by 6pm to announce the number of tests for that week.”

Senator Dino Melaye has called upon the Nigerian government to provide adequate palliatives to help reduce the suffering in the land due to the extension of the lockdown order.

In the video shared by the senator on his social media page, hungry Nigerians were ransacking a truck while seeking for food as the hunger bites harder.

He captioned it:

“FG do something b4 something do us. Nigerians are staving…”
This comes after two videos had surfaced some days ago showing Nigerians attacking a bus loaded with bread and another truck loaded with bags of rice as the hunger bites harder due to the lockdown order.

However, many people have knocked the senator claiming that the video happened in Lagos when the APC government in the state shared largesse to the people.

Efebe Augustine, a former SUG president of Delta State University (DELSU) has been confirmed dead after drowning in a river in Abraka, Delta State.

The deceased who swam to a restricted area while swimming with his friends, couldn’t save himself as a rope prevented him from doing so.

Efebe’s corpse was retrieved by local divers and has been moved to a morgue. Friends of the deceased are now penning down tributes to him.

Levi Nwachinemere wrote;

I still don’t want to believe it’s true but I have to

Efebe Onoriode Augustine was a man with a strong heart

You adviced me after I emerged during my election

We spoke…we played…we ate…we do tinz together and hre you are no where to be found on earth

U did adviced sum1 as at yesterday to gv his life to Christ I just believe u did same b4 u left

Itz such a small world; how we live our life on earth that’s what counts most

Its so disheartened

Rest in peace Comr Efebe Onoriode Augustine

Prince Isire wrote;

U Couldn’t stay at home as ur profile picture portray….. Y do this to us Efebe Augustine?
The heat is much we all know but u could have bear it till the lock down ends. Why abraka river of all places?

RIP Delsu Asaba Campus most loyal SUG President ever.

A Nigerian Man has cried out to the Federal Government to pay stimulus packages via BVN as it would almost impossible to survive another 14 days of staying at home without food.

The man who is physically challenged took to his twitter account to make the desperate appeal.

His tweet reads ;

I am an amputee, i don’t know how the federal government wants us the less Privilege to survive, it’s been hell for me I don’t want to talk about others, am calling on @MBuhari to #payusviaBVN, how do we survive another 14days of staying ahome with help, without food ? ?

I am an amputee, i don't know how the federal government wants us the less Privilege to survive, it's been hell for me I don't want to talk about others, am calling on @MBuhari to #payusviaBVN, how do we survive another 14days of staying ahome with help, without food ? ? pic.twitter.com/GF2M1dcwed

— EMMANUEL CHIKA (@emmanueligwekin) April 14, 2020

A Nigerian doctor, Dr James King, practicising in Kano state, who had close contact with the index case of COVID-19 in the state, has shared his experience.

Dr King in a post shared on social media on Thursday morning, said the index case hid his travel history from the doctors when he came in to report a case of fever and headache and in the process, exposed them to the virus. It was later discovered he had traveled to Germany and the US before arriving Kano state via Abuja on March 25th.

The doctors , nurses and a non-medical staff who had contacts with the index case, went into isolation and were tested for the virus. Thankfully, their results came back negative for the virus yesterday.

Read Dr King’s encounter of what transpired as he shared on his Instagram page today April 16.

I wanted to be silent about this. But since it’s already on Radio and TV stations, ..and the concerns about my health by many who have reached out, …it has become imperative for me to tell my COVID-19 mileu.

Here’s the story…

One Alhaji BZ (not real names initials) came to our hospital.

He had COVID-19.

Unknown to us all.

While evaluating him, he was asked,
“How can we help you sir?”

He replied,
“I’ve been having fever and general body weakness. Please admit me.”

Inquired,
“For how long now?”

He replied
“For some days?

More questions,
“Do you have cough, breathlessness or palpitations?”

Alhaji BZ replied,
“No”, I don’t have any of that.”

Many other medical questions were asked and documented.

Furthermore,
“Did you travel recently?”

He denied,
“No.”

He was further evaluated, examined and admitted into a private room upstairs on Friday evening.

He had contact with two doctors (my boss and I), three nurses and one non-medical staff.

It was unknown to us that he had travelled to Germany, the US before returning to my resident state.

Via Abuja travelling by road.

While travelling by road he stayed briefly in Kaduna before arriving to my resident state on the 25th March, 2020.

He lied about all these travel history to us.

He also lied about the pertinent Coronavirus symptoms, ..breathlessness and cough.

He also hid the fact that he had been to several medical outlets since his return to the state.

And importantly, he hid the fact that that his samples were taken by NCDC for COVID-19 testing.

Ofcourse he denied and lied about all the above in order for him to have our medical care.

Putting us all and many others at high risk of the novel pandemic.

We also learnt that during his illness before coming to us, he was attending Friday Mosque prayers, naming ceremonies and other gatherings.

While on admission in our facility, a day after admission being a Saturday, we had a Nollywood-like dramatic entrance into our facilityby health officials with massive Police presence.

The major road our hospital was was blocked and made a Security Restricted area.

He was the index case in the state.

The officials told us that we had a man in our facility that just tested positive for COVID-19.

Luckily, my boss, a reknown Neurosurgeon, who was still in theatre while rounding up a delicate Spinal Cord Pedicle Screw Fixation+Laminectomy had to be told.

He derobed.

And met the officials.

There was an order from the Governor of the state to lock down the hospital immediately.

The former Ambassador was whisked away to an quarantine centre outskirt of the state.

We were placed on isolation too in our hospital facility.

Samples were taken from our staff for covid-19 testing.

For many days, we could not physically reach our families or anyone.

Isolated up in the hospital.

The waiting began.

Days rolled by.

Anxiety.

All thoughts crept in.

At some point, my boss and I told ourselves that if it’s either positive or negative, we will beat the disease.

Infact we told ourselves that “eventhough its death, we will be dying while in service to humanity.”

When the days rolled by, we began to have some peace.

IInfact we were playing Fela Anipolakuti’s music loudly.

For many days.

Then the tension began.

The result of our COVID-19 will be released in a few more days.

The music volume daily increases. ?

Phones call and prayers from family and friends.

At last the result came out yesterday afternoon.

And it was NEGATIVE for all is us.

We are still waiting to be released from isolation.

Two Police vehicles have been in our gate since all these started.

They were excited yesterday when our result was released and found to be negative.

They are waiting for directives to let us go home.

We thank Almighty God for everything.

We will keep saving lives.

No matter the cost.

Please observe…
#StayingAtHome
#SocialDistancing
#Wash Your Hands Regularly
#Seek Medical Care When Sick

A 75-year-old grandmother has been arrested by the Ebonyi State Police Command, for flogging and pouring pepper into the eyes and genitals of her 11-year-old house help.

Mrs Comfort Obi was arrested by police officers from Ekumenyi Police Station on Tuesday April 14, after a neighbour, Mr Osita Ezechukwu reported the abuse.

The victim whose body was covered with scars from previous abuses, has been living with the elderly woman since her father who has an eye impairment cannot take care of her and her four siblings. It was further gathered that the abuse victim’s mother is late.

Recounting her ordeal, the 11-year-old househelp said she was recently abused because she took the old woman’s juice and biscuit.

She said;

“My Madam usually invites outsiders to flog me whenever I offend her. She also pours grinded pepper into my private part and eyes. This one she did to me now was because I was hungry and I took her biscuit and juice to eat”

The 75-year-old woman however said she sought for permission from the girl’s aunt before pouring pepper into her eyes and genitals.

The suspect said;

“Although I regret my actions, I sought the permission of the girl’s auntie before I poured pepper into her private part and eyes.”

Ebonyi state’s police spokesperson, Loveth Odah, confirmed the arrest of the woman on Wednesday April 15.

Odah told journalists;

“The child had been treated and reunited with her family members. The suspect will be arraigned after the fight against COVID-19, is over”

The government of Niger State, yesterday, April 15, turned back a trailer filled with over fifty people who were Lagos returnees, ordering them to go back to whence they came.

The Niger state Task Force Team for coronavirus intercepted the trailer at Gbaganu junction Bida road Minna coming from Lagos with people going to Kano state. The truck was covered with a trampoline with some people underneath and others on it.

The driver had reportedly explained that they were coming from Lagos and going to Kano, pleading that they should be allowed to pass through as they pledged not to stop in the state.

But the security at the point called the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), who is also the Chairman of the state Task force on COVID-19, Ibrahim Ahmed Matane, to seek permission to allow them to pass through the state.

The SSG, on arrival at the point where the truck was stopped, ordered the security personnel to escort the trailer through the road it came into the state, insisting that there was no waiver for any truck that is not carrying food items, fuel or other essential products to enter into the state.

Video below ;