The Cross River state government has debunked rumors surrounding the death of a member of the state House of Assembly, Godwin Akwaji. There were reports that Akwaji died from COVID-19 related issues in an Isolation center. However, at a press conference held in Calabar, the state capital on Tuesday June 23, the state Commissioner for Health, Betta Edu, said the late Akwaji was not COVID-19 positive as many suspected him to be. In her words ”We lost …
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Godwin Akwaji, the lawmaker representing Obudu constituency at the Cross River state house of assembly has died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) isolation centre after showng symptoms of Coronavirus. Akwaji who died around 12:30 pm on Thursday June 18, was diabetic and also exhibited fatigue, fever, cough and breathlessness. Prior to his death, the lawmaker was treated for malaria and pneumonia with no improvement. The Cable reported that some persons who visited the lawmaker at the hospital …
The Imo State House of Assembly has been shut down for two weeks after one of the lawmakers tested positive for Coronavirus. Announcing this to newsmen, the chairman of the state’s task force on COVID-19, Professor Maurice Iwu, said samples of all other lawmakers and their aides have been taken to the laboratory for testing to ascertain if anyone of them has been infected with the virus. ”The House of Assembly will be shut for two weeks to enable …
A Gombe Commissioner and a member of the state state House of Assembly have tested positive for Coronavirus. Gombe State Task Force committee chairman on COVID-19, Professor Idris Muhammad made the announcement during the daily press briefing of the committee. He told journalists that out of the 3,668 people tested for the virus in the state, 410 turned out positive. Four commissioners, five members of state House of Assembly and a Special Adviser to the governor had earlier tested positive for Coronavirus. …
A Nigerian lady who is a product of rape has shared the sad story of how her mother was raped by her cousin and how she was also raped when she was 13. Speaking in an interview on TVC on Tuesday morning, the lady who spoke anonymously, recounted how her mother was raped by her cousin who is currently a lawmaker in Nigeria. My own story didn’t just start from me. It started from my mother. My mother had me …
Tukur Jekada, the lawmaker representing Bakura Constituency at the Zamfara House of Assembly has died at the age of 60. The lawmaker who was the Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, died on Sunday after a brief illness. Jekada has been buried in his hometown, Birnin Tudu in Bakura Local Government.