COVID-19: Taraba overtakes FCT, others as NCDC reports 600 new cases, 11 deaths
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The total number of confirmed cases since February 2020 has jumped to 155,076.
The public health agency made the announcement on Friday night while giving the daily report on its official website.
NCDC also confirmed 11 deaths due to complications from the virus as total fatality now stands at 1,902.
According to the report, 522 patients have also been discharged from Lagos, Kwara, Rivers and Osun States isolation centres.
The report reads: “600 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-169
Today’s report include:
“204 community recoveries in Lagos State, 124 in Kwara State, 121 in Osun State and 73 in Rivers State managed in line with guidelines
Malam Muhammad Kiru, the state Commissioner for Education, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kano. According to him, the decision to close the schools followed the recent kidnapping of some female boarding school students in Niger and Zamfara States. He said, It was necessary for the Kano State Government to take proactive measures to prevent the occurrence of such incidents in our schools. As you know, the state government always takes proactive measures on issues related to security, especially that it affects students. Therefore, we are appealing to parents and guardians to immediately vacate their children from the schools, as the government will later announce the resumption day.
By Abbas Bamalli
Kano, Feb. 26, 2021 The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of 12 out of the over 50 boarding schools in the state to ensure the safety of the students.
Malam Muhammad Kiru, the state Commissioner for Education, confirmed this to newsmen on Friday in Kano.
According to him, the decision to close the schools followed the recent kidnapping of some female boarding school students in Niger and Zamfara States.
He said: “It was necessary for the Kano State Government to take proactive measures to prevent the occurrence of such incidents in our schools.
“As you know, the state government always takes proactive measures on issues related to security, especially that it affects students.
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described as extremely sad and disheartening, the abduction of 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara State. Saraki in a
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government has the capacity to deploy massive force against Fulani bandits in the villages where they operate but has to put into consideration the lives of innocent citizens.
Buhari said his government’s limitation is the fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages who might be used as human shields by the bandits.
Buhari said this in reaction to the abduction of over 300 Government Secondary Schoolgirls from Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara state on Friday.
In a statement signed on Friday and made available to newsmen by Garba Shehu, his spokesman, Buhari warned that no criminal group can be too strong for the government to defeat.