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By; Prince Bawa Joe This morning I shed tears watching Daniel Goldman (the lead counsel in President Trump's impeachment trail) speaking from his house on self isolation with his entire family after testing positive to Corona virus. He is not just alone, a host of prominent world personalities and celebrities are not left out A quick reminder to us that life and all that is in it is nothing but vanity. Just one virus... Washington the seat of world power is on lockdown and self quarantine... Just one virus!...Italy, the home of mafioso's... The seat of Vatican is now a ghost town, people falling like packs of cards on the streets, with hundreds of deaths everyday. Just one virus!! China.. The economic capital of the world with its hustle and bustle finally quieted down, the restless society finally calmed down, and the restless teaming population gradually going down and world economy crumbling. Just one virus! Humans and world powers finally lowered their pro...

By Prince Bawa Joe The Bauchi State Government has ordered the shut down of Government house indefinitely. Chief of Staff to the Governor, Ladan Salihu conveyed the directive. Salihu says all Government House staff including journalists are to vacate the premises.

By Prince Bawa Joe As the cases of coronavirus continue to sour across the world, Bauchi state governor Bala Mohammed has announced the closure of all public and private schools across the 20 LGAs of the state. Governor Bala Mohammed said the closure of the schools takes effect from Monday, March 23, 2020. The governor made the announcement at the end of an emergency stakeholders’ meeting that houses religious and traditional leaders as well as heads of all security agencies in the state. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Governor Bala said “as you can see, we have a new style of governance in Bauchi state, these are the natural leaders in the state and we have convened a meeting to look at the economic and medical implication of coronavirus and the implication of some of the pronouncements globally, nationally and by our neighbors especially the states of north west pertaining to public gatherings, prayer grounds, and so on. “And we agreed that an announcement will be ...

by Prince Bawa Joe The Plateau Government has threatened to sanction any person or group of persons who deliberately violate its ban on crowd gathering in the state in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The State Commissioner of Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manjang,  gave the warning in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. Manjang said that the warning became imperative in view of the flagrant violation of the order issued by the State Government. He said that the decision was arrived at during a critical stakeholders meeting of the state comprising Traditional Rulers led by Da Jacob Gyang Buba, the Gbong Gwom Jos, religious leaders, CAN and JNI leadership, various women and youth groups and Professional bodies. Others, he said, were the Chief Medical Director of Jos University Teaching Hospital, Professor Edmund Banwat and his Plateau State Specialist Hospital counterpart, Dr Philemon Golwa Elders, among others. “The gather...

Prince Bawa Joe Kogi State Government has directed civil servants on Grade Level 1 – 13 to stay off offices for 14 days as from Monday,  March 23 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus to the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on Monday in Lokoja. Fanwo said: “Only workers from GL 1 to 13 are affected by the directive to stay at home while GL 14 and above are to report at their offices. “Those rendering essential services are to continue to go to their work places as they are not affected by the work from home directive,” Fanwo said. According to Fanwo, the decision, a preventive measure is subject to review after the first week beginning from March 23. The state is yet to record a single case of the deadly  disease. Fanwo, however, said that civil servants on critical duties will be communicated by the state Head of Service on how to keep the system running...

By Prince Bawa Joe Mr Abubakar Suleiman, Speaker, Bauchi State  House of Assembly has disbursed N5 million to 500 unemployed youths to enable them to engage in productive activities. Sulieman, distributed monies to indigent constituents as part of comprehensive youths and women empowerment initiative. Mr Abdul Burra, the Spokesman of the speaker made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Bauchi. Burra said the beneficiaries were carefully selected in the eleven wards in the area,  adding that the scope of the programme would be expanded to mobilise participation. He said that 200 females received N5, 000 each while 300 their male  counter part got N10, 000 each, respectively. Burra said the disbursement committee set up by the speaker would monitor the beneficiaries to ensure effective utilisation of the monies to achieve the expected positive impact on them. According to him, about 100 youth will be train on v...

By Prince Bawa Joe Some journalists in Bauchi have called for the intensification of collaboration by stakeholders as a proactive measure in tackling the increasing threat of coronavirus in the country. The journalists, under the aegis of Bauchi State Public Health Media Network (BSPHMN), made the call in Bauchi on Wednesday when they toured media establishments in the state. They, in particular, solicited for the cooperation of heads of media organizations in the onerous task of enlightening the people on the scope of the threat, as well as the recommended practice to reduce such threat. In her remarks, Miss Elizabeth Carr, Focal Person of DevCom, a non-governmental organisation in Bauchi, explained that BSPHMN was inaugurated few weeks ago as a result of a training conducted for journalists on public health issues by the NGO. She said that the crop of journalists were drawn from Print and Broadcast media organizations working in the state, who had volunteered to reach o...

                       Government officials meet with ASUU leaders over strike action 💅by Prince Bawa Joe The Federal Government (FG) and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) did not reach an agreement yesterday over the ongoing two-week warning strike embarked on by the union .     The meeting, which lasted till late night, was the second as the two parties seek to resolve issues raised by ASUU. Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, stated that the Federal Government had tabled a new proposal regarding the impasse over the Integrated Payroll Personal Information System (IPPIS) enrollment for members of the union. Both the FG and ASUU did not reveal to journalists what the proposal was. Ngige said that the issues under consideration ranged from funding, revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances to salaries shortfalls. Ngi...

     FILE: Batch ‘B’ Stream Two 2019 corps members during their swearing-in ceremony at the      NYSC Orientation Camp in Kaduna By Prince Bawa Joe The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)’s management has shut down all orientation camps nationwide as a result of the spread of coronavirus. The directive came from the NYSC headquarters in Abuja Wednesday morning, according to a source. The orientation camp of the 2020 Batch A Stream 1, was ongoing across the 37 centres in the country with the Stream 2 corps members expected to resume camp on April 2. The coronavirus has killed over 7000 persons globally while three cases of the virus have been confirmed in Nigeria as at Tuesday. NYSC had, last Thursday 12 March, performed the swearing-in ceremony for the 2020 Batch A, Stream 1 corps members, who came into the orientation camps on Tuesday 10 and were expected to leave on March 30. Daily Trust gathered that despite the closure of camps, all corps m...

By Prince Bawa National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday resumed office after being away for about two weeks, saying he has learnt his lesson. An Abuja High Court had on March 4 ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole. Reprieve came his way on Monday when an appeal court ruled in his favour. Oshiomhole chaired the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting at its national secretariat in Abuja yesterday. At the end of the meeting that lasted for about five hours, Oshiomhole announced the lifting of the suspension on the party’s National Deputy Chairman (North), Senator Lawal Shuaibu and the National Vice Chairman (North West), Inuwa Abdulkadir. The suspension of Shuaibu and Abdulkadir by the Oshiomhole-led NWC was part of the issues that fuelled the crisis rocking the party. Members of the NWC who were perceived as anti- Oshiomhole at the meeting include the acting National Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, National Vice Chair...

By Prince Bawa Joe Katsina State Ministry of Health has recorded a first suspected case of coronavirus, the permanent secretary Dr Kabir Musptapha has said. Briefing news men this morning, Mustapha said the patient, who is presently in self isolation, returned from Malaysia and developed symptoms that warrant further investigations. “Already, his samples have been taken and results being expected tomorrow. The contact tracing will commence as soon as results are out,” he said. He noted that the ministry is taking all precautionary measures and closely working with National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on the matter. The permanent secretary advised people of the host community of Dutsinma town to be cautious of movements and gatherings. He added that people should feel free to seek medical attention as all precautionary measures were in place to provide support. The virus has tolled to three confirmed cases after the Federal Ministry of Health Tuesday confirmed the...

The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed another case of Coronavirus disease (( COVID-19) in the country. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to three. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire made the disclosure Tuesday while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He said the latest case was a Nigerian national in her 30s, who returned from a short visit to the United Kingdom on March 13th . The minister said the patient decided, to go on a 14-day self-isolation when she returned to the country but subsequently developed symptoms of fever and cough on March 16th , at which point she voluntarily called the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) toll free call line, to report her condition. He said officials from the Lagos State Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) were immediately dispatched to her home to collect samples, which upon testing came out positive for the coronavirus. ” The lady is currently at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Yaba, where she has ...

A TO Z OF COMPUTER DICTIONARY A TO Z OF COMPUTER DICTIONARY A ABACUS: One of the earliest known calculating devices on which rows of beads on wires are used to perform mathematical operations Actuator: A device used to carry out the physical requirement of computer. Algorithm: A sequence of instructions used to solve a given problem. Alphanumeric Data Field: A unit of information in a record which may contain any kind of data – numbers , letters, or special symbols. ANALOGUE: A way of representing data as a continuous , smoothly varying signal wave. Contrast with digital. Analogue to Digital Converter(A/D Converter): A device that changes analogue data to digital data so that it can be stored and processed in a computer system. ANALYTICAL ENGINE: An invention by Charles Babbage that incorporated several ideas used by computers today such as memory and punched cards. AND gate: The AND gate will only output a high signal if it receives both input signals as high. Application Soft...

The exterior and interior pictures of the ambulance and pilot ambulance stationed at New Jos Township Stadium before the match between Plateau United and Nasarawa United on Sunday, March 15. Photo: LMC Media . Some star players in the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, have expressed satisfaction with the immediate response to the directive by the League Management Company, LMC, that clubs should ensure that the required medical equipment and personnel were available at venues before matches are played. It will be recalled that the LMC handed down the directive to the clubs following the unfortunate death of 22-year old Nasarawa United defender, Chineme Martins in a recent league match in Lafia. On Sunday, it was observed that most of the centres responded positively to the order from the LMC as ambulances and qualified medics were on standby during matches. Two minutes into the match between Kwara United and Wikki Tourists, Abdulsalam Abdulsalam of Kwara United had his...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano State chapter, yesterday asked Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State to create a new emirate for the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. El-Rufai had last week appointed Sanusi as the chancellor of the Kaduna State University. Before then, he had hours after the dethronement of the emir, appointed him as vice chairman of the board of the state investment promotion agency (KADIP). The governor crowned his support for Sanusi with a visit to Awe in Nasarawa state where the deposed emir was banished. His visit coincided with a court order that freed the former emir from banishment. In a statement signed by the deputy state party chairman, Alhaji Shehu Maigari, the party asked the governor to appoint the deposed emir as the traditional ruler of the new emirate. “Your Excellency, Governor Nasir el-Rufai, this is somebody who worked against the success of APC, your dear party, coming out openly to criticise your mentor (Mr. President...

Three more bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the Sunday morning explosion which occurred at Abule-Ado, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos. The figure brings the number of those who died at the scene to 18, while many more injured persons have been admitted at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Navy Town, Ojo. The Public Relations Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the recovery of the three bodies, adding that a child was rescued alive. The Command Information Officer, Western Naval Command, Navy Commander Thomas Otuji, said that a total of 55 persons were rushed to the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital by rescuers led by the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command. Otuji said, “Those brought to the hospital are made up of 36 school children and 19 adults. One of the adults had about 35 per cent mixed degree burns, with inhalation injuries and pulmonary edema. He has been admitted into the Intensive Car...