July 2020 – Page 2 – Platformsafrica

Lagos releases details, Justifies N1m daily spending on each severe COVID-19 patient

July 25, 2020July 27, 2020 Damola Oyede

Only 200 patients, being about 8 per cent of the 2490 cases admitted on our facilities got from between N500, 000 and N1 million each daily spending on drugs and maintenance, Lagos information commissioner The Lagos State, Nigeria’s COVID-19 epicenter, has released more details on its up to N1million daily spending pattern for treatment and managment of each severe COVID-19 petient. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has on Thursday, declared during a briefing aired live on Television that the state spends about N100,00 daily for mild…

I rape grandmothers because I can’t resist their jiggling ‘bum bum’ – serial rapist

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Aliyu Aliyu

A 32-year old Nigerian serial rapist, Sani Garba, has confessed that he easily get attracted to the jiggling ‘bum bum’ (buttocks) of grandmothers who are majorly the victims of his escapades. Garba who was apprehended by the Niger State’s command of the Nigerian Police Force for allegedly raping a 60-year-old grandmother, pleaded for forgiveness. Like his experience with all his victims, the accused said that he was attracted by the victim’s jiggling buttocks. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) at the comand, Mr. Wasiu Abiodun, said that the suspect was…

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases hit 31,057, deaths 161 + DATA from regions

July 25, 2020 Aoko Benjamin

The COVID-19 total case count on Ghana is now 31,057 after 691 new cases were confirmed. Latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on the country’s coronavirus situation, which shows this as at Friday, July 24, 2020, noted that the Greater Accra Region remains the epicentre of the infection with 16,068 cases. The update also indicated that eight more persons have died from the virus, bringing the total death toll to 161. However, 27,801 persons have recovered from the virus. Active cases, therefore, stands at 3,095. The GHS…

Nigeria’s Kwara State cancels Sallah prayers over COVID-19

July 25, 2020 Aliyu Aliyu

Muslim, Christian clerics laud cancellation of Eid prayers in Kwara, declare support for government Nigeria’s Kwara State Government has announced the cancellation of Eid-ul-adha (Sallah) congregational prayers across the state, citing the steep rise in the state’s Covid-19 cases and the danger of such a large gathering worsening the situation. The government, which announced this in a statement, also declared a ban on vigils in churches and mosques while restating the ban on concert, clubbing, beer parlour, and bar in hotels. Kayode Alabi, Deputy Governor and Chairman of the…

How First Lawyer from Nigeria’s Northern region, AGF AbdulRazaq, died at 93

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Aliyu Aliyu

First lawyer in the history of Nigeria’s northern region, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho (AGF) Abdul-Razaq, is dead. The family, which announced the death in a statement sent to Platforms Africa, gave details of how Abdul-Razaq, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) – father of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara State, breathed his last at the age of 93 in Abuja. He was born in 1927. Announcing his demise in a statement issued by Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq on July 25th 2020, the family said that the accomplished legal luminary died peacefully…

We spend N1million daily on each severe COVID-19 patient – Lagos

July 24, 2020July 25, 2020 Damilola Olonade

The commissioner for health in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Professor Akin Abayomi, has said the state government spends an average of N1 million daily on each patient with severe coronavirus. The state has recorded 14,009 cases as at Thursday, July 23, 2020. Abayomi who said this during a press briefing on COVID-19 Infection in the state, maintained that the state also spends an average of N100,000 daily on each patient with mild or moderate infections. Fielding questions on the cost of managing COVID-19 patients in the state, the commissioner emphasised…

NO WAY! WAEC rejects Nigeria’s plea for Exam shift

July 24, 2020 Tim Bauer

. Northern states consider GCE, Southwestern states in race to meet up with WASSCE The West African Council Examinations Council (WAEC) has rejected a plea by Nigeria for a shift in the date and timetable for its West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who said this, maintained that students in some states may be forced to sit for the General Certificate Examinations (GCE) holding in November, if their states fail to meet up with this year’s timetable…

South Africa Shuts Schools Again As COVID-19 deaths soar to 6,000

July 24, 2020 Aoko Benjamin

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the shutdown of public schools again barely two months after the schools were opened for academic activities. The closure which, according to him, is for a month from Monday, July 27, to limit the spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with surging infections. The country has now recorded 408,052 coronavirus cases, the fifth-highest in the world. More than 6,000 people have died from the virus. Rising infections have, according to a report by AFP, caused concern among teaching staff, with unions…

How Gunmen stormed Nigerian Court, whisked away 4 alleged hardened criminals

July 24, 2020 Aliyu Aliyu

More details have emerged on how five daredevil gunmen stormed a Nigerian Court, shot sporadically and whisked away four alleged hardened criminals. The four suspects who were standing trial for kidnapping and robbery, were to be arraigned before the Plateau High Court in Barkin Ladi Local Government of the state. The suspects, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), namely; Umar Adamu, Bashir Mohammed, Musa Usman and Abdul Haruna, were to appear before Justice Nanpon Dadi when the incident occurred. “A visibly shaken Prosecutor from…

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