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Post Date : March 11, 2021

REPORT: Hibiscus flowers mixed with cassava leaf juice won’t cure sickle cell disease

A mixture of cassava leaf juice and hibiscus flowers will cure sickle cell disease, claims a message posted on Facebook in Nigeria. It describes the preparation process and dosage, ending with “do this treatment for 2months”. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder in which red blood cells lack plasticity and can block small blood vessels and impair blood flow. It can result in poor blood oxygen levels, chronic and acute pain, severe bacterial infections, and necrosis or tissue death. Can drinking hibiscus flowers mixed into cassava leaf juice cure the disease? Sickle_Incorrect Visit specialist doctor for proper management “Sickle cell disease predominates in Africa, with over 300,000 babies with severe haemoglobin disorders being born every year,” says the World Health Organization. Africa Check asked Omolade Awodu, a professor of haematology at the University of Benin in southwestern Nigeria, if the remedy in the Facebook post would cure sickle cell disease. “I have not seen any research that supports this,” she said. “It is not in the treatment guidelines for sickle cell disease. Instead, people with sickle cell disease should see a specialist doctor. If they are younger than 16 they should ask to see a paediatrician, and if they are older they should see a haematologist.” Awodu said people with sickle cell should keep to regular appointments, and only take advice from the specialist managing their condition. She added that the outlook for sufferers was not as bad as it used to be. There are now plenty of medically proven measures that could help people with sickle cell disease. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives guidelines for people living with sickle cell disease, and their families. These include tips on preventing infection, and when to see a doctor. In a report on sickle cell disease in Nigeria, Africa Check found that the country had the highest burden of the disease in the world.

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

FG Rules Out Dialogue With Bandits, Vows To Crush Them

The Federal Government has ruled out the option of negotiating with bandits who are wreaking havoc across the country. Sheik Ahmad Gumi, respected Islamic Scholar, is one of the influential personalities who has recommended dialogue with bandits as a means of achieving peace. But speaking at a press briefing in Aso Rock on Thursday, National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), said negotiating with bandits will give the impression that the federal government is weak. “The government is tackling the problem of insecurity, we’ve said this many times that there are two phases in solving this problem –the soft approach: talking, negotiating, and so on and so forth. “While the government is not averse to talking to these entities, these human beings, I have to be very honest, the government has to apply its weight, that force that is required because you can’t even talk with people who are unreliable, who will turn out to do a different thing and people who will continue to hurt society. “So, basically, what the government wants to rely upon is to deal with this issue by using all the assets – military assets, intelligence assets to eliminate these people. “If along the line, some of them are ready to come out and talk and negotiate, when the time comes, we will do that but for now, we can’t keep on dwelling on ‘Let’s dialogue’. Psychologically, dialogue is not even good for us, it paints the picture of weakness, it paints the picture of incapacity and I, just like the governor of Kaduna State said, do not see any reason why we cannot, with what we have, deal with these elements.”

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

100 Miners Kidnapped, 10 Killed By Abductors In Zamfara

The Emir of Anka in Zamfara State, Attahiru Ahmad says more than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru LGAs in the state were abducted by bandits on March 2. Ahmad, chairman of the state council of chiefs, disclosed this in Gusau, the Zamfara capital, on Tuesday when Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), led service chiefs on an assessment visit to the state. The Emir explained that the incident took place when the state was focused on the rescue of the 279 students abducted on February 26, from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe. Ahmad also said the bandits killed 10 persons during an invasion of a mining site in Zamfara. “The bandits have been attacking those involved in artisanal mining and carting away their money and property,” he said. “There is a disconnect between miners and bandits in the state, so we were surprised when the declaration of ‘no-fly zone’ was recently slammed on our state over suspected arms supply and illegal mining when the state does not even have an airport. “We know that there are states with more security challenges than Zamfara, and we expected that if such order would be issued, it should also cover such states. “Our artisanal miners, who are licensed, have been very helpful to the state’s economic growth and they have played significant roles in ameliorating the hardship faced by IDPs in the state by supporting them.” The traditional ruler requested the deployment of more security operatives to the state and commended the peace initiative of the Zamfara government. “The peace and dialogue initiative of our governor has become necessary because, at the moment, we have less than 5,000 security men fighting over 30,000 bandits,” he said. He, therefore, called for synergy among security operatives to ensure success in the fight against insecurity in Zamfara

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

If I wasn’t president, you wouldn’t be getting the COVID jab, Trump tells Americans

Ex-President Donald Trump has taken credit for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in the US. In a statement on Tuesday, Trump said he hopes Americans remember that if it was not for him they would not be getting the “beautiful shot for five years”. “I hope everyone remembers when they’re getting the Covid-19 (often referred to as the China Virus) vaccine, that if I wasn’t president, you wouldn’t be getting that beautiful ‘shot’ for 5 years, at best, and probably wouldn’t be getting it at all. I hope everyone remembers,” he said. The US began its vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine on December 14. By January 10, the country, which is the worst-hit, had recorded at least 22,255,827 infections and about 373,463 deaths. The Trump administration was criticised for downplaying the threat of the infection and its slow response at the beginning of the pandemic. Trump’s government was also accused of slow adoption of widespread testing, which critics said could have slowed down the spread of the disease. The US, among others, had blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic, saying the country did not alert the rest of the world to the disease in time and that it mismanaged the spread of the virus, but China repeatedly denied these allegations. As of January 20, about 16.5 million vaccines had been administered in the US. Upon assumption of office, President Joe Biden had criticised the speed of the vaccine roll-out under Trump’s administration, describing it as “a dismal failure thus far”. Biden had said he wanted to see 100 million vaccinations administered in his first 100 days in office and that his administration will have enough vaccines for every adult American by the end of May. According to data obtained from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of daily vaccinations has soared past the 2 million mark. About 95.7 million people have also been vaccinated in the country. More than 29 million people in the US have been infected with the virus according to worldometers. A total of 542,191 patients have died from complications of the disease while 20,640,270 people have recovered.

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

Malaysia High Court Rules Christians Can Use ‘Allah’

Malaysia’s high court has overturned a policy banning Christians from using the word “Allah” to refer to God, the latest in a decades-long legal battle. It comes as part of a case brought by a Christian whose religious materials were seized as they contained the word, reports the BBC. The issue of non-Muslims using “Allah” has in the past sparked tension and violence in Malaysia. Muslims make up almost two-thirds of the population, but there are also large Christian communities. These Christian communities argue that they have used the word “Allah”, which entered Malay from Arabic, to refer to their God for centuries and that the ruling violates their rights. Malaysia’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion. But religious tensions have risen in recent years. ‘Illegal and unconstitutional’ In 2008, Malaysian authorities seized Malay-language compact discs from Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, a Christian, at an airport after they found the recordings used “Allah” in their titles. Ms Bill then launched a legal challenge against a 1986 ban on Christians using the word in publications. On Wednesday – after more than a decade – the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that she had the right not to face discrimination on the ground of her faith. In her decision, Justice Nor Bee ruled that the word “Allah” – along with three other words of Arabic origin “Kaabah” (Islam’s holiest shrine in Mecca), “Baitullah (House of God) and “Solat” (prayer) – could be used by Christians Justice Justice Nor Bee said the directive that banned the use of the four words was “illegal and unconstitutional”. “The freedom to profess and practice one’s religion should include the right to own religious materials,” she said. This is not the first time a Malaysian court has been divided over the use of the word “Allah”. In a separate case, a local Catholic newspaper – The Herald – sued the government after it said it could not use the word in its Malay-language edition to describe the Christian God. In 2009, a lower court ruled in favour of The Herald and allowed them to use the word, in a decision that prompted a spike in religious tensions between Muslims and Christians. Dozens of churches and a few Muslim prayer halls were attacked and burned. In 2013, the decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal, which reinstated the ban.

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

Niger Shuts All Public Secondary Schools Over Insecurity

Niger State government has ordered the closure of all public secondary schools in the state for two weeks. This decision was reached after an interface between the state government and officials from various security agencies. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, said the schools will, however, be closed from Friday, March 12th to Friday, March 26th, 2021. Though 22 secondary schools (11 Day and 11 Boarding Schools) had earlier been closed, Salihu said the two weeks closure of all secondary schools was necessary to give relevant security agencies the time and opportunity to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment. The exercise, when completed, will provide an all-inclusive mechanism and strategies that will restore and guarantee sustainable security and safety of students, school infrastructure, education managers and teachers in the State, she added. While commending education actors, parents and communities for their patience, understanding and support, she reiterated the government’s commitment to leave no stone unturned and ensure that all schools are safe for effective teaching and learning.

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

Amaechi: I Can’t Bring Myself Low To Wike’s Level

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, have renewed their hostility. Since 2014, the duo have been involved in heated exchanges and once clashed inside a police station in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Although there has been a calm from both camps in recent times, Wike fired the first salvo earlier in the week. He had said the infrastructural development being carried out by Amaechi’s ministry has political undertone. The Rivers governor said the current administration is developing the Eastern railway line because of the 2023 elections. In what could be described as a veiled attack on Wike, Amaechi had said he does not take alcohol before talking. Wike later responded by accusing the federal government of shielding Amaechi from being prosecuted for corruption. He alleged that Amaechi sold a property of Rivers for $308 million but only accounted for $208,000. Mocking the minister, Wike said although Amaechi overrated himself, he taught him a lesson in politics. When he featured on an ARISE Television programme on Thursday morning, Amaechi was asked to respond to Wike’s allegations but he said: “I don’t think I want to address the issue of the governor, I have made my point, I have moved on. He was my staff, I can’t bring myself low. I was a governor, I was also a speaker, I’m a minister. I was two-term chairman of governors’ forum. The same when I was a speaker. Why should I be discussing about him?” Amaechi governed Rivers between 2007 and 2015 and Wike was one of his allies. Wike had served as Amaechi’s chief of staff before he got appointed a minister of state for education. He fell out with Amaechi in the buildup to the 2015 election.

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Post Date : March 11, 2021

Okorocha meets Osinbajo over feud with Uzodinma

Former Governor of Imo State and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over the feud between him and his successor in office, Hope Uzodinma. The Vice President hosted Okorocha in his office at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday behind closed doors. However, after the meeting, Okorocha told correspondents that he does not want the disagreement between him and the Imo governor to escalate. While insisting that he wants peace to reign, the former governor said his tenure as governor was a sacrifice for him. He said: “The whole thing to me sounds like a movie, a joke, a dream that does not reflect any practical reality, but I am a father, I’m a leader of that state and I am trying to make sure things don’t escalate beyond control. But for what has been done to me, I am human; I can bear it just for the purpose of peace to reign.” Okorocha said he was waiting to know why he was being allegedly attacked, pointing out that the earlier allegations against him had been changed. The former governor added: “I am still waiting to understand the reason why all the attack because before, the allegation was that the money used in the building was government money. “Now it has changed; it is no longer the issue of government money, but that it is built on the green verge and allocation where government house was supposed to be built. I am still waiting and only time will tell. “But let it be known that I was Rochas Okorocha before the governor and I am still Rochas Okorocha after the governor. “Government House never made me. I was who I was before becoming governor. Rather, I would say that becoming governor was a sacrifice on my own part.” According to him, his foundation brought in charitable organizations in Imo State as investments in the state. He further stated: “But talking about the properties in question, the schools, the East High College, Rochas Foundation College, the Royal Spring Palm Hotel and the university, these outfits are all charitable outfits for the Rochas Foundation. “And I brought them back home as a sign of investment to encourage investment in my own state, where I come from. “So, the allegation that it is built on the green verge or built where Government House was supposed to be built is neither here nor there. It is rather trying to make excuses to carry out an already planned attack.” Asked about the possibility of the All Progressives Congress (APC), wading into the matter since both he and Governor Hope Uzodinma belong to the same party, Okorocha said “that’s what one would have naturally expected.” He further said: “The question is what wrong has Rochas done? Have I done any wrong bringing APC to the South East? “And when I built APC none of these people was there. They were all in PDP. “Was it wrong that I encouraged my family to invest in their state, rather than investing abroad? “I asked nothing of the government. I simply wanted to live my free life. But it is for he that accuses to prove. “What preoccupies my mind is to make sure that we don’t create tension in the state because already this country has a lot of insecurity. And police that ought to be busy doing something else should not be busy going to guide the sealing of a property with a white paper stronger than court judgment. “Can governor use a white paper to execute a judgment? Can you be a judge in your own case? These are the questions begging for an answer, and why the use of thugs to attack your immediate predecessor and a senator of the federal republic? “What are you trying to achieve? Now that you have arrested him, or forced him to a police station with thugs, what have you achieved? What is the case against him? Nothing. “That is why I described it as a very unusual situation. I think it is a script that is playing out and this script has been for too long. “When I won my election into the Senate, I was refused my certificate. Ugwumba Uche Nwosu won that election as governor of Imo State; they refused him. “Now I am in the senate and I’m being accused of many things, but no one has been able to establish any fact against me. “I have followed the due process of the law. I went to court; I got judgment, but the government does not want to obey the judgment. The same government went ahead and used white paper to seal the property.”

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Post Date : March 10, 2021

Umahi To Ebonyi Youths: Remove Your Minds From Politics, Succeed First

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has cautioned youths of the state against indulging in politics, telling them to be successful first. The governor gave this directive on Wednesday during an Ebonyi State #EndSARS Summit hosted by the state government in Abakaliki. Umahi said, “Remove your minds from politics and succeed first. Those who are manipulating politics are the wealthy men and women. “That man that made every one of us be a councillor, go and find out his situation. Has he made any progress? The answer is no. “I hear government should provide jobs. Let us even say jobs are provided, N30, 000 minimum wages. In one year, it is N360, 000. What are you doing with that?” The governor said he is under pressure by the people in his village, noting that his predecessors had employed people from their villages while being at the helms of affairs in the state. He told the youths that his decision not to follow the path of ex-governors of Ebonyi State was not impoverish the people who he said were the future leaders. Governor Umahi recalled that while he served as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, the executive members of the party were business people. “You can only give what you have. Some of you run after the politicians, some of them never went to school. Some of them have nothing to offer, they brainwash you. “You become their thugs, their families are overseas. It is our own, what are you doing at a party? A party you know in Ebonyi State is me,” he added. The governor also charged youths in the state to remain steadfast in the pursuit of their dreams. The event brought together youths from the 13 local government areas served as an avenue to inculcate right values that aim to make them better citizens.

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Post Date : March 10, 2021

Bandits Kill 13 In Zamfara Community As Students Flee

Some students who were studying at a secondary school in Damaga community, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, fled on Wednesday when armed bandits struck. Residents said dozens of unidentified armed men arrived on motorcycles and opened fire immediately. At least 13 people were reportedly killed in the attack while cows were also rsutled. “They arrived at the community around 1pm and started shooting people. Students were taking lessons at the Day Secondary School in the community but on sighting the armed criminals, they abandoned the classrooms and scampered for safety” “As I’m talking to you, the bodies of the victims are being recovered and we have concluded arrangements for their burials,” a resident identified as Musa Damaga told Daily Trust. When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, simply said: “Give me some time I will get back to you.” Zamfara is one of the states where bandits have made life a living hell for the people. Worried by the high rate of attacks, President Muhammadu Buhari had declared the state a no-fly zone and also banned mining activities. He had also ordered the deployment of 6000 troops in the state.

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