Nigerian Doctor in US dies of Coronavirus

<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YviL8euB3Cb-AEv8VW-H7qHbx1q2wdX4rUU5wptTLPorZro_z71uMdOINaJ3bsaDXhaig8q1yDm0GeU23pbxEYs4VdnnQxXGG9wPIBEpoRN8_sCQGAePO2ElCd-Dn6-sPnA5w9QmHo1l/s1600/e3ebeb71b14e659147deb98dd55ffab2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="597" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YviL8euB3Cb-AEv8VW-H7qHbx1q2wdX4rUU5wptTLPorZro_z71uMdOINaJ3bsaDXhaig8q1yDm0GeU23pbxEYs4VdnnQxXGG9wPIBEpoRN8_sCQGAePO2ElCd-Dn6-sPnA5w9QmHo1l/s1600/e3ebeb71b14e659147deb98dd55ffab2.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">The Abia State Government has expressed sadness over the death of a medical doctor from the state in the United States.</div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">Dr Caleb Anya is among three Nigerians confirmed to have died of Coronavirus in America.</div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">In a statement by Commissioner for Information in Abia on Sunday, John Kalu, the government said, “Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the government and entire people of our state mourn with the family, friends and relations of the late Dr Anya as well as the people of Ohafia where he hails from.</div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">“His loss reminds us of the risk health workers in our state and globally take daily to protect the rest of us and we use this opportunity to once more salute their courage and sense of sacrificial service to others.</div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">"Our prayer is that the Almighty God will continue to protect all of them even as we all work harder daily to provide those at the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases with necessary personal protective equipment to keep them safe.</div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left; clear: both;">"May the soul of Dr Caleb Anya and others who have lost their lives in this pandemic rest in the bosom of the Lord</div>

Nigerian Doctor in US dies of Coronavirus

The Abia State Government has expressed sadness over the death of a medical doctor from the state in the United States. Dr Caleb Anya is amo...

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UK Pledges £80M, US $41M To Assist Nigeria In The Fight Against Boko Haram

<div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpL9CotAvmQ5qX_5Tmx3EDQ_zsRv-ORef2SnYbLgghW8kbI-hDdNZPsGoUDdHrDv5WJtK5PdFY0Am8e6HTsk8aPo6Dgh9EyY74PCl-wAu7-6dD5fzExTy5pBkxwuB19PrDFM7jP7Fh7Qn/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpL9CotAvmQ5qX_5Tmx3EDQ_zsRv-ORef2SnYbLgghW8kbI-hDdNZPsGoUDdHrDv5WJtK5PdFY0Am8e6HTsk8aPo6Dgh9EyY74PCl-wAu7-6dD5fzExTy5pBkxwuB19PrDFM7jP7Fh7Qn/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p>The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States have yielded to President Muhammadu Buhari’s cry for more assistance to Boko Haram’s victim, as they pledged additional funds in support of those affected by Boko Haram in Lake Chad Basin.<br/> <br/>While the UK pledged additional 80 million pounds, the U.S pledged 41 million dollars, NAN reported.<br/> <br/>The pledge was made at the high level side event on humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, at the 71st UN General Assembly in New York.<br/> <br/>According to Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry on Saturday in Abuja, Tobias ELLwood, UK Minister for Africa, says “this is in addition to the 90 million pounds of humanitarian assistance we have already delivered in the region.’’<br/> <br/>“50 million pounds will go toward meeting the needs of work in the affected communities in Nigeria, including food assistance and access to essential household items and services.<br/><br/> <br/>“And 30 million pounds to support those affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroun, Chad and Niger.’’<br/> <br/>He said the UK was proud of its humanitarian contributions, but call on international partners to do the same.<br/> <br/>“It is imperative that the international community and governments in the affected region redouble the efforts,’’ ELLwood said.<br/> <br/>“Our message to those millions affected by Boko Haram brutality is the same with our message to the Chibok girls and many others taken by the Boko Haram and their families. </p></div><br/><div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWj8SP754KMiO3g6OMQHqkVHwBcJETuq2kbHwfS53Jl7dupQCVGhAPII72L5VSFn0VK1_co7u8At-eP4hBIY8ocn2D6Y2CscPi4zBtb_7qsK6-CKUfcBCvgAIVb8djJzMyGJhPjslkuLuF/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWj8SP754KMiO3g6OMQHqkVHwBcJETuq2kbHwfS53Jl7dupQCVGhAPII72L5VSFn0VK1_co7u8At-eP4hBIY8ocn2D6Y2CscPi4zBtb_7qsK6-CKUfcBCvgAIVb8djJzMyGJhPjslkuLuF/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p>“The world has not forgotten you ,we are doing what we can to help. UK support for the region is unwavering, ” he said.<br/> <br/>Ms Samantha Power, U. S Ambassador to the UN, announced an additional $41million in humanitarian assistance to the region.<br/> <br/>She said the U.S. Government has provided more than $380 million in humanitarian aid in the region since 2015, and “we would continue to do our part and we recognise that we have to do more”.<br/> <br/>“The region is desperately in need of support, the citizens and governments of the region cannot do it alone as they made it clear today , we need to dramatically increase the international assistance we are dedicating to this.<br/> <br/>Power quoted the UN as saying that it needed $542 million to meet the unilateral needs of the people in the region just between September and December 2016. She noted that the amount was more than three times what countries had given so far, this year.<br/> <br/>“To give a sense of the human stance according to the UN, in Nigeria’s Borno alone, an estimated 134 children will die every day of severe acute malnutrition unless they are treated.<br/> <br/>“At that rate over the course of this meeting, 12 boys and girls will die and that is just a slipper of the consequences when we come up short.<br/> <br/>She, therefore, called on every government here to find ways to step up the support.<br/> <br/>President Muhammadu Buhari had to the international community to help relieve the growing humanitarian disaster triggered by the Boko Haram insurgency in a plea for aid at the UN General Assembly.<br/> <br/>Warnings about food shortages caused by the conflict in the country’s northeast and the broader Lake Chad region have intensified in recent months, with humanitarian organisations cautioning of a looming famine.<br/> <br/>Speaking in New York, Buhari said that the devastation wrought by Boko Haram had been compounded by climate change.<br/> <br/>“We are renewing the call for re-dedicated international action to end the humanitarian needs of victims and address the root causes of terrorism itself,” Buhari said.<br/> <br/>“(The) complexities and severity of humanitarian crises across the world have increased in recent times, resulting in devastating repercussions.<br/> <br/>“The dual impact of climate change and terrorism-cum-insurgency has created deeper implications for peace and security.”<br/> <br/>Lake Chad, straddling the borders of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon in West Africa, is shrinking, leaving surrounding communities without freshwater.</p></div><br/><div style="text-align: center; padding: 5px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSIi-4cJtS8_dRo6nJ2Vb0Kc5lage7HV-nhvNZ2kvZ0PDHRtiJ05at_55jdaHIcmX_1bZFJgjoE1hTcC7kHfPMKX9HRqKHwPvAkvitwPmVMbOjFCH2iS78C6q7KaPT_0rAwhRscjuRZM_/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSIi-4cJtS8_dRo6nJ2Vb0Kc5lage7HV-nhvNZ2kvZ0PDHRtiJ05at_55jdaHIcmX_1bZFJgjoE1hTcC7kHfPMKX9HRqKHwPvAkvitwPmVMbOjFCH2iS78C6q7KaPT_0rAwhRscjuRZM_/ cursor: pointer;" style="border: 1px solid; border-radius: 2px;padding: 5px; max-width: 320px " width="320px" /></a></div><div class="blogaway-section"><p><b>Nigerian Tribune</b><br/> </p></div><br/>

UK Pledges £80M, US $41M To Assist Nigeria In The Fight Against Boko Haram

The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States have yielded to President Muhammadu Buhari’s cry for more assistance to Boko Har...

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U.S. Man Who Supports ISIS Sentence To 22 And Half Year In Prison.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXo7iWsmEkG9mSBYzzzenGldFAXjMHqgCfeANw4RwbcncufnMdiozxZsrjFQb8vLQSDQAwOj2SLOIXuI8uyHa0GaQr7SBJT_mZg0V2roq_u4pa2G4TbaisFsDzMV5cfLQGqcIHqCyVvGw/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXo7iWsmEkG9mSBYzzzenGldFAXjMHqgCfeANw4RwbcncufnMdiozxZsrjFQb8vLQSDQAwOj2SLOIXuI8uyHa0GaQr7SBJT_mZg0V2roq_u4pa2G4TbaisFsDzMV5cfLQGqcIHqCyVvGw/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>A New York court sentenced an ISIS supporter, 32 year old man Mufid Elfgeeh, to 22 and a half years in prison on Thursday for trying to recruit fighters to join the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria. Elfgeeh owned a pizza shop before he was arrested and convicted of providing material support to the group.<br/> <br/> Prosecutors said that rejected his support for ISIS before he was sentenced, showing that the group did not have the dedicated support that it attempts to project.<br/> <br/> He was arrested while he tried to buy firearms and silencers from an undercover FBI agents and authorities accused him of wishing to kill American soldiers with the handguns.<br/> <br/> "I think that, beyond any doubt, he was interested in not only getting individuals to join ISIS but he himself was interested in and made overt steps to actually engage in violence," Adam Cohen, the head of the western New York office of the FBI, told Democrat and Chronicle after Elfgeeh’s sentencing.<br/> <br/> Elfgeeh is the first American accused of recruiting for ISIS and this is the longest prison sentence given to an American for supporting ISIS</div>

U.S. Man Who Supports ISIS Sentence To 22 And Half Year In Prison.

A New York court sentenced an ISIS supporter, 32 year old man Mufid Elfgeeh, to 22 and a half years in prison on Thursday for trying to recr...

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BREAKING: Former US First Lady Passes.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiECssD2lM05jTiZLcLSvLlVCL3vjJNFE_LsQcUZV2OwKeJc6GyyQg2eS5bCOFBbOZH4a_ywfcF4rP7loHR9BqOUO4ezdHaOJewUygxyrYYHo1iO8vsvb4G7KkaAbDFe_1T-8FCFMOJsH/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiECssD2lM05jTiZLcLSvLlVCL3vjJNFE_LsQcUZV2OwKeJc6GyyQg2eS5bCOFBbOZH4a_ywfcF4rP7loHR9BqOUO4ezdHaOJewUygxyrYYHo1iO8vsvb4G7KkaAbDFe_1T-8FCFMOJsH/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>The Reagan Library reports that Mrs Reagan, who had been living in Bel Air, Los Angeles, died of congestive heart failure.<br/> <br/> Nancy was 94-years-old when she passed on.<br/> <br/> The former actress was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan, she stood firmly by him through his eight years in the White House. The ex-First Lady help Reagan who suffered Alzheimer’s disease manage his health crisis.<br/> <br/> Michael Reagan said on Twitter he was saddened by his stepmother’s death. “She is once again with the man she loved,” he wrote.<br/> <br/> Reagan became one of the most influential first ladies in US history during her Republican husband’s presidency from 1981 to 1989.<br/> <br/> Her husband, who affectionately called her “Mommy” while she called him “Ronnie,” died in 2004 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.<br/> <br/> She was initially criticised for an expensive renovation of the White House, but later became a much-loved figure.<br/> <br/> BBC reports that she will be buried next to her husband, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.</div>

BREAKING: Former US First Lady Passes.

The Reagan Library reports that Mrs Reagan, who had been living in Bel Air, Los Angeles, died of congestive heart failure. Nancy was 94-ye...

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The Nigerian Government Is Bound To Release Nnamdi Kanu.- John Campbell

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>US Radio Presenter John Campbell Writes On The Biafra Agitation<br/> <br/> <br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eDkIpdS-GvttL2P_Wss6K4G0WIp1c9ybmFUrNsG_jxw4CeyUTHrBLHMeWAxLU8LYWPrq5-KAZrptjIOtsPktBT9Kyyjz7sa3NhIztkCP0uFxm0QqquEgenzPvwFfjamEmGhVEaxS8Dvt/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eDkIpdS-GvttL2P_Wss6K4G0WIp1c9ybmFUrNsG_jxw4CeyUTHrBLHMeWAxLU8LYWPrq5-KAZrptjIOtsPktBT9Kyyjz7sa3NhIztkCP0uFxm0QqquEgenzPvwFfjamEmGhVEaxS8Dvt/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>John Campbell<br/> <br/> <br/> Nigeria’s old Biafra problem has reared its head again and with it, the specter of disintegration. For a thirty-month period between 1967 and 1970, Nigeria was embroiled in a bloody civil war as its eastern region unsuccessfully tried to secede from the country under the banner of the Republic of Biafra.<br/> <br/> The latest episode in the Biafra crisis revolves around the arrest on October 19, of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of a secession movement called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu is presently facing trial for sedition and treason. Since his arrest, protesters demanding both his release and an independent Biafra have repeatedly clashed violently with security forces with resulting deaths.<br/> <br/> <br/> On the international front, the European Union’s foreign policy chief recently weighed in on the matter with a policy statement and the controversy is on its way to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. To be sure, though the wider Igbo community do not support secession, the grievances about ethnic Ibo marginalization touted by the Pro-Biafra activists resonate highly with them.<br/> <br/> <br/> In context, Nigeria by character is fundamentally a tribal society with longstanding distrust among the various ethnic groups in addition to deep seated primordial loyalties. Rightly or wrongly, most ethnic Igbos believe that since the end of the civil war in 1970 and prior to the arrival of Goodluck Jonathan at the helm in 2010, Nigeria’s central government deliberately pursued a discriminatory policy aimed at marginalizing the Ibos. It is this tribal factor that largely explains the overwhelming Ibo support for Jonathan’s re-election despite the administration’s unfortunate record of high corruption and underperformance.<br/> <br/> <br/> By contrast, Muhammadu Buhari, a northern Muslim, is particularly viewed with suspicion and distrust in much of Igbo-land. Incidentally, separatist impulses and/or cries of marginalization in Nigeria are not limited to the Igbos in the Southeast. For example, after the mysterious death of Moshood Abiola as a political prisoner in 1998, separatist sentiments were heard among his Yoruba kinsmen in the Southwest around that period. Also, there was deep frustration and deadly violence in northern Nigeria after Jonathan defeated Buhari in 2011 amidst claims that the presidency should have been rotated to the north as allegedly promised a dispute that terribly aggravated the Boko Haram problem and deeply divided the north and the south. However, the surprising success of the National Conference of 2014 offers Nigeria a silver lining, namely, that Nigeria’s diverse constituent groups seemingly want to continue coexisting with one another if fair terms of coexistence can be arranged.<br/> <br/> Among the most valuable proposals adopted at the National Conference was the provision for power rotation among the regions in the country. Given the country’s tribal character with its unfortunate, albeit understandable, obsession with control of the national government, the power rotation option for all its rather wooden or inelegant character, seems particularly utilitarian. Quite simply, Nigerians need to take the pragmatic step of first forging a country prior to attempting to build or develop it. The notion of “power rotation” may seem crude to democratic purists, yet, each society being different, it does have genuine utility in the current Nigerian context, comparable to the archaic device of the electoral college in American presidential contests, which made the new constitution acceptable to the smaller states.<br/> <br/> In this regard, Nigeria’s National Conference of 2014 and the American Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia can be viewed as parallel events aimed at renegotiating and improving the terms of national coexistence. In the end, nothing short of proactive measures by Nigeria is needed.<br/> <br/> <br/> And there is genuine opportunity in this crisis for the Nigerian government to profoundly strengthen the country. Since the continued detention of Kanu in disobedience of court orders is simply incompatible with the rule of law in a democratic society, the government is bound to release him.<br/> <br/> However, the government can take the wind out of the sails of Kanu and other ethnic separatists around the country by publicly committing itself to a reasonable timeline in which to implement the National Conference recommendations. This path offers the Nigerian government a genuine opportunity for a positive outcome in the current crisis.<br/> <br/> <br/> <b>Source;</b> May30.org</div>

The Nigerian Government Is Bound To Release Nnamdi Kanu.- John Campbell

US Radio Presenter John Campbell Writes On The Biafra Agitation John Campbell Nigeria’s old Biafra problem has reared its head again a...

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