Court Sentences Six Internet Fraudsters To Jail In Lagos
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced six Internet fraudsters to six and three months jail terms for possessing fraudulent documents.
The convicts are Oyeyemi Toheeb Abiodun, Kareem Abimbola, Omolade Mayowa Solomon, Ogunmefun Fatai, Asiagwa Victory and Oguntimilehin Mayowa.
They were arraigned separately by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a one-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, contrary to Section 318 & 320 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011 and 2015.
Upon arraignment, they pleaded guilty to the charge upon which prosecution counsel, Idris A. Mohammed tendered documents that were admitted as evidence while reviewing the facts.
Delivering judgment, Justice Taiwo found them guilty and sentenced Oyeyemi Toheeb Abiodun, Kareem Abimbola, Omolade Mayowa Solomon, Ogunmefun Fatai, Asiagwa Victory to six months imprisonment with options of fine while Oguntimilehin Mayowa was sentenced to three months imprisonment and N50,000 option of fine.
The judge also ordered that their phones be forfeited to the Federal Government.
The Lagos State Government has discharged 42 persons after recovering from Coronavirus.
The 42 persons were released from three isolation centres in the state.
This takes the number of the total persons discharged in the state to 448, according to the state ministry of health.
“42 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females and 22 males; all Nigerians have been discharged from our Isolation facilities at Onikan, Eti-Osa (LandMark) and Lekki to reunite with the society.
“The patients; 2 from Onikan, 32 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) & 8 from Lekki Isolation Centres have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19.
“With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos has risen to 448,” the state health ministry tweeted.
Lagos remains the epicenter of the virus in Nigeria with 1,491 cases recorded so far.
The Presidency on Friday announced the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Muritala Dauda.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has consoled the members of his extended family and Daura community at large following the death of his nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda, Mallam Mamman Daura’s younger brother.
“May Allah forgive his gentle soul and reward his goods deeds with aljanna.”
Italian researchers claim to have ‘first vaccine in the world’ that kills coronavirus
Italian researchers claim to have ‘first vaccine in the world’ that kills coronavirus
Italian researchers claim to have ‘first vaccine in the world’ that kills coronavirus
Italian researchers have revealed plans to test a vaccine on humans after claiming their jab is the ‘first in the world’ to neutralise the virus.
According to Daily Mail, scientists gave mice the jab – which is being developed by Rome-based Takis Biotech – and took the antibodies they made in response.
Antibodies are substances produced by the immune system to remember how to fight off a specific infection, and are vital for immunity.
Preliminary results from lab tests showed the antibodies created in test mice were able to stop human cells being infected with the coronavirus.
Takis chief executive Luigi Aurisicchio revealed the Italian team plans to start trials in the autumn, as scientists race to halt the pandemic.
He said: ‘As far as we know we are the first in the world so far to have demonstrated neutralisation of the coronavirus by a vaccine.’
But leading scientists today said they would be amazed if none of the other vaccines in development hadn’t shown a similar response in mice.
Oxford University is one of several teams around the world already trailling a jab on humans – and plans to have millions of doses ready by September.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today, however, that there is no guarantee an antidote for the coronavirus will ever be found.
The Italian team compared a single dose of five different vaccine candidates on mice at Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.
All are DNA based vaccines; the method involved injecting a tiny amount of cloned genetic code from the virus into the body.
DNA or RNA based vaccines are not made with a weakened or deactivated virus, nor elements of the virus, which means they can be produced on a huge scale in the lab without needing any fresh samples. The DNA in the vaccine gets taken up into the recipient’s cells and the body reacts in a similar way as it would if it were infected with the real virus, triggering an immune response. The virus’s absence, however, means their health is not put at risk.
‘According to Spallanzani Hospital, as far as we know we are the first in the world so far to have demonstrated a neutralisation of the coronavirus by a vaccine.
‘We expect this to happen in humans too.’ He added that human tests are expected ‘after this summer’, implying they would begin in the autumn.
Mr Aurisicchio added that the process could be sped up if international institutions helped to fund the work.
Takis said the results were ‘extremely positive’ in a statement on April 10. The findings are not publicly available.
Infectious disease experts today described the findings as promising, as scientists around the world continue to hunt down an effective vaccine.
But Dr Andrew Preston, who specialises in microbial pathogenesis and vaccines at the University of Bath, added they had a ‘long way to go’.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today, however, that there is no guarantee an antidote for the coronavirus will ever be found.
The Italian team compared a single dose of five different vaccine candidates on mice at Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.
All are DNA based vaccines; the method involved injecting a tiny amount of cloned genetic code from the virus into the body.
DNA or RNA based vaccines are not made with a weakened or deactivated virus, nor elements of the virus, which means they can be produced on a huge scale in the lab without needing any fresh samples.
The DNA in the vaccine gets taken up into the recipient’s cells and the body reacts in a similar way as it would if it were infected with the real virus, triggering an immune response. The virus’s absence, however, means their health is not put at risk.
Each candidate produced a ‘strong antibody response’ against the virus in 14 days, the researchers said.
Two, in particular, were considered to be ‘the best candidates for a future clinical study’, Takis said.
Antibodies, substances created in response to a virus, were taken from the blood of the mice and added to human cells that had been grown in a petri dish.
They worked against the infection and successfully prevented the SARS-CoV-2 virus from binding to, and infecting, the human cells.
According to Italian news agency ANSA, Mr Aurisicchio said this week: ‘This is the most advanced stage of testing of a candidate vaccine created in Italy.
‘According to Spallanzani Hospital, as far as we know we are the first in the world so far to have demonstrated a neutralisation of the coronavirus by a vaccine.
‘We expect this to happen in humans too.’ He added that human tests are expected ‘after this summer’, implying they would begin in the autumn.
Mr Aurisicchio added that the process could be sped up if international institutions helped to fund the work.
Takis said the results were ‘extremely positive’ in a statement on April 10. The findings are not publicly available.
Infectious disease experts today described the findings as promising, as scientists around the world continue to hunt down an effective vaccine.
But Dr Andrew Preston, who specialises in microbial pathogenesis and vaccines at the University of Bath, added they had a ‘long way to go’.
He told MailOnline: ‘Any vaccine that has reached development would have shown a response in mice. It would be amazing if they didn’t.
‘I’m sure that a vast majority of those projects would have produced the same effect. They have gone one step further to see if the antibodies have a function.
‘It appears they’ve taken antibodies from the mice, gone into the lab, grown human cells in dishes, added the virus with and without the antibodies and what they are claiming is that the antibodies stopped the virus from infecting the human cells.
‘Chances are that is going to happen. But it’s a huge extrapolation to say that is what will happen in the course of infection [in a human].’
He told MailOnline: ‘Any vaccine that has reached development would have shown a response in mice. It would be amazing if they didn’t.
‘I’m sure that a vast majority of those projects would have produced the same effect. They have gone one step further to see if the antibodies have a function.
‘It appears they’ve taken antibodies from the mice, gone into the lab, grown human cells in dishes, added the virus with and without the antibodies and what they are claiming is that the antibodies stopped the virus from infecting the human cells.
‘Chances are that is going to happen. But it’s a huge extrapolation to say that is what will happen in the course of infection [in a human].’
Dr Preston added that the Italian researchers tested an immune response, not a vaccine itself.
Professor Adam Finn, of Bristol Children’s Vaccine Centre, said: ‘They have a way to go before they get into human trials – they are about in the same place as most vaccines.
‘Vaccines already in human trials had already done the groundwork with other versions of the same vaccine or just didn’t bother.’
There are at least eight vaccines in clinical evaluation, according to the World Health Organisation. It means their effectiveness for preventing COVID-19 is being tested.
This includes ChAdOx1, developed by Oxford University, who started a trial on April 23. It is a type of immunisation known as a recombinant viral vector vaccine.
Today, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared that the state discharged 48 covid19 patients.
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Dear Lagosians, We will continue to celebrate and acknowledge our wins, as well as reflect on our losses. These will help us stay on course, prevent us from being distracted, help us stay focused as we face this pandemic head on. Though we have been recording recovered patients, we need to also be careful, remain guarded, and show commitment and cooperation with authorities as we are all in this together. Our wins are your wins, our losses, your losses. Therefore, I’m pleased to announce to you the discharge of 48 more patients; 32 males and 16 females, all Nigerians who were discharged from our Yaba, Lekki, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society. The patients, 28 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 6 from Lekki, 1 from Onikan and 13 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to
COVID19 in two consecutive readings.
With this new development, the number of # COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos stands at 406. Thank you all and God bless.”
Emiola was a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, until his death. Monsuru Emiola, a senior lecturer of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), is dead.
The Osun State-born professor died at the university clinic following an undisclosed illness.
Emiola was a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, until his death.
Kano State has witnessed an alarming number of deaths since the outbreak of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Recall that another lecturer from the same university, Prof Balarabe Maikaba, of the Faculty of Communication, died on April 26.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that it recorded another five COVID-19 deaths.
The state made this known in a tweet, adding that 30 fresh cases of the Coronavirus disease were recorded on Wednesday, May 6 in the state.
COVID-19: 256 Nigerians Evacuated From Dubai Arrive Lagos
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has received 256 Nigerians, who were evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The returnees arrived at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, had announced that the evacuation was being carried out in accordance with NCDC guidelines.An image of Nigerians arriving in Lagos from Dubai on May 6, 2020.ChannelsTV
In a tweet on Wednesday night, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the returnees would be taken in for isolation despite testing negative to Coronavirus.
“They will be proceeding to a location for compulsory isolation. All 256 tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding from Dubai,” she tweeted.
They will be proceeding to a location for compulsory isolation . All 256 tested negative for Covid 19 before boarding from Dubai.
One of the returnees had earlier given birth to a baby mid-air.
Over 4,000 Nigerians are waiting to be evacuated across the world with British Airways billed to evacuate 300 Nigerians from London, United Kingdom, on Friday.
Also, Ethiopian Airlines would evacuate another set of Nigerians from New York, United States, to Abuja on Monday.
Manchester United tell ‘overseas players to make their way back to England in the next seven days’
Manchester United have told their players that are as of now abroad to advance back to the club in the following seven days, as indicated by reports.
Some of United’s first-group unexpected fled the UK following the episode of the coronavirus in March in an offer to be with their friends and family while proceeding with singular preparing schedules in hotter atmospheres.
While there is no arranged date for the resumption of preparing, United have asked Fred, Victor Lindelof and Sergio Romero to advance back to Manchester, as indicated by The Times.
Bruno Fernandes additionally left the nation at the hour of the episode in the UK yet it is comprehended that the Portuguese playmaker is as of now back in the north west of England.
Fred is right now in Brazil while Lindelof is in Sweden and Romero is back in his local Argentina with his family.
Joined have likewise apparently affirmed that they don’t expect those coming back from aborad to require isolating once they show up back in England.
A few clubs in the Premier League have just come back to preparing yet United are as yet uncertain when they will be back at their Carrington base in front of the present crusade’s profoundly foreseen return.
Be that as it may, as uncovered by Sportsmail on Tuesday evening, various clubs have deferred their exceptionally foreseen come back to preparing by seven days, making another barrier in plans bring back football.
Given the Government loosens up lockdown leads on Sunday, a few clubs were because of come back to their preparation grounds next Monday to begin little gathering preparing.
This has no been pushed back until May 18 at the most punctual with club’s developing worries over player government assistance.
Temporary plans would see the Premier League recommence on June 12. There is still expectation among clubs that they can meet that date, yet returning their arrival to preparing could yet have an effect.
Head administrator Boris Johnson was set to uncover the following period of the UK’s lockdown rules on Thursday, with the Premier League because of hold chats on Friday focused on launching Project Restart.
In any case, Johnson has pushed his preparation back to Sunday, constraining top-flight boss to defer Friday’s gathering until the beginning of one week from now — another factor in clubs’ choice to postpone their arrival to preparing.
Joined have said that their preparation ground would stay shut until the legislature exhorted them it was sheltered to return.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this know today :
It gives me great pleasure to tell you that today, 37 more # COVID19 patients have been discharged from our isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa (LandMark) to reunite with the society. The discharged patients are 19 females and 18 males including 1 Indian. The patients, 5 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 25 from Onikan and 7 from Eti-Osa Isolation Centres were discharged today having fully recovered and tested negative to # COVID19 in two consecutive test readings. With this, the total number of cases successfully managed and discharged from our isolation facilities has risen to 358. What this indicates is that while our numbers of confirmed cases are rising, we are also maintaining a significant discharge rate of our active cases. While we are encouraged by this, I will like to remind residents that the
EaseOfLockdown is not an excuse for us to rush out. We must remain safe by following the advice of our health experts.
Wash your hands, # MaskUpLagos and strictly observe the principle of physical distancing. Together we can break the chain of community transmission. Let’s stay safe!
BREAKING: 155 Persons Die In Yobe State Within Six Days Over Suspected Coronavirus Symptoms, State Governor Coordinates Affairs From Abuja
No less than 155 persons have died in Gashua and Potiskum areas of Yobe State over the last six days after exhibiting symptoms related with Coronavirus, SaharaReporters can confirm.
The deaths, which have caused panic among residents of the state, is similar to the situation experienced in Kano recently where people in large numbers died consistently for several days to what had now been confirmed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to be the virus.
Between April 30 and May 5, 98 people died in Potiskum, a source told SaharaReporters on Wednesday.
“Cemeteries are now the busiest places in these towns.
“In Gashua town, at least 57 have died. Those dying are mostly elders, yet the state Committee on COVID-19 is sleeping in Damaturu as if nothing is happening,” another source familiar with the situation, said.
SaharaReporters also gathered that instead of addressing the challenges his state was facing, Governor Mai Mala Buni has been away in Abuja where he spends more than 80 per cent of his time since being elected into office.
Recall that Buni recently gifted 14 Emirs luxury Sports Utility Vehicles worth over N600m despite the poverty rate in the state.
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