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Just In: Another COVID-19 Loophole Bursted In Edo

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6 years ago

May 17, 2020

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A lady identified as Mercy Kemefa has narrated her ordeal in the hands of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and Edo government COVID-19 Committee on what she described as “keeping me in an isolation centre for nothing.”

Kemefa, in a video posted online revealed how she was first stigmatised by nurses when she went for a check up in a popular private hospital, Airport Road, Benin, because she had high temperature.

She said despite showing Doctors and Nurses in the hospital results of her previous tests and scannings that she’s a patient of abdominal pains, they insisted that COVID-19 test must be carried out on her, yet they abandoned and distanced themselves from her while she shivered and suffered helplessly on the ground until she was referred to Stella Obasanjo Hospital Isolation Centre, Benin.

“They taught I have COVID-19. They asked what’s wrong with me, I told them what’s wrong with me. I showed them all my scan and test results, yet they insisted that I go for COVID-19 test, and that they will not let me leave, yet, they refused to attend to me. My temperature was very high, I was shivering, they distanced themselves from me, I was highly stigmatized”, she revealed.

According to her, on getting to the Isolation Centre, though there was a little delay, test was carried out on her and her sample was taken to the laboratory with the assurance that the result would be out within three (3) days.

She further narrated that she was promised the next day but when the day came to no avail, lamenting that she had stayed in Stella Obasanjo Isolation Centre for good six (days) without any result from her test.

She said, “They brought me here on Sunday, they refused to do the test on that Sunday till Monday. They did the test and took my sample and said the result was going to come out within 3 days which was on Wednesday. Wednesday came, they told me there was delay in the result, and that it was going out on Thursday. I asked for my result on that Thursday and the guy who attended to me said the result was out, but they have not sent it yet, so, I waited till evening yet no result. And today is Friday, I am still here waiting for the result.”

Kemefa further lamented that the response she’s been given when she request for her test result now is that, the laboratory they earlier took her sample to had already full hence they had to take it to another laboratory. This she was not told earlier.

“Now, they are telling me that the laboratory they took my sample to was full, so they had to transfer my sample to another laboratory. I have been kept here for good six days and my result is not out. This is what is happening in Stella Obasanjo Hospital. They are just keeping me here for nothing and I don’t know why”, she lamented in the video.

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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court

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5 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.

Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.

The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.

They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.

The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.

In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.

The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.

The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.

According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.

However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.

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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru

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11 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.

Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.

La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.

The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.

He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses

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11 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.

A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.

“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.

“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.

“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.