Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Governors of Bauchi, Benue, Kano and Plateau states of donating one billion naira (N1b) each to the All Progressive Congress, APC, party candidates in the state for the rigging of the re-run election held on 10th December, 2016.
The election which saw the killing of over five persons including a police DSP was riddled with brazen rigging and violence.
Wike gave the allegation during a state broadcast after the election.
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A hematologist, Dr Abdul-Aziz Hassan, on Tuesday said that Nigeria needed about 1.7 million units of donated blood per annum.
Hassan, the Head of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, made the assertion at a programme to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day in Zaria.
The consultant hematologist, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the programme, said 100 million units of blood are donated across the world annually.
According to him, more than 60 per cent of this figure is, however, collected in the developed countries.
“As we talk now, there are about 100 million units of blood that are being donated annually all over the world.
` Unfortunately, more than 60 per cent of that is being collected in the Western World.
“With the population of over 170 million people in Nigeria, we need at least 1.7 million units annually, but we only collect about 400,000 to 500,000 units per annum.
` This is very unfortunate,” he said.
According to Hassan, most of the blood donated in Nigeria is by family replacement donor.
“ This simply means donation by a person whose relative is in the hospital and requires blood transfusion.
“So you cannot call that one voluntary donation because he or she is donating to fulfil the requirement of his or her relations or parents,” he said.
Hassan, however, described blood donors as very important segment of the society hence the need for the celebration to appreciate their gigantic effort at saving lives.
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The 90-year-old Hajiya Fati Koko, popularly called ‘Mai Talle Tara,’ who suffered a stroke while returning from Abuja where she had gone to witness the swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, has returned to Nigeria from the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai where she received a government-sponsored medical treatment.
Mai Talle Tara, a popular businesswoman from Kebbi State, came to fame after she donated her N1million life’s earnings to support Buhari’s presidential campaign.
The Kebbi State government took the responsibility of her medical expenses and flew her to the Iranian Hospital in Dubai on October 4.
Mai Talle Tara returned on Sunday evening after spending two weeks at the Dubai hospital where she was treated for stroke.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday night, Mai Talle Tara thanked President Buhari and the Kebbi State government for their efforts toward giving her adequate medical care.
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