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Boko Haram bombers kill seven in Cameroon
Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon on Sunday, police and a local official said. “Two Boko Haram bombers blew themselves up at around 8 pm” in the attack on Amchide, on the border with Nigeria, a policeman
COVID-19: NGF talking with World Bank to support states, says Fayemi
Success Nwogu, Abuja The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the forum is discussing with World Bank to mobilise support for states in order to mitigate the economic and social costs of the coronavirus pandemic. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the forum’s Head, Media and Public
Coronavirus vaccine: Bill Gates calls for global solution
Life can only fully return to normal once a vaccine to combat the new coronavirus is available globally, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. A vaccine against the virus is not expected to be available before next year. Work needed to be done quickly on the development of a new vaccine to enable
Our hospitals are stretched, US tells citizens leaving Nigeria
Kayode Oyero Hospitals back home are “overwhelmed”, the United States Mission has informed Americans leaving Nigeria amid the coronavirus pandemic. It said two evacuation flights scheduled to depart Lagos on Friday were cancelled due to flight clearance issues in some West African states. The PUNCH had reported that scores of Americans were stranded at the
COVID-19: DELSUTH doctors lament shortage of face masks, others
Matthew Ochei, Asaba The Association of Resident Doctors in Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, has raised the alarm over inadequate face masks, PPEs and lack of life insurance or compensatory measures for staff for the management of dreaded COVID-19 disease. The association stated this in a statement on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer,
COVID-19: Benue to conduct autopsy on suspected casualty
John Charles, Makurdi The Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 has concluded plans to conduct a post-mortem on the remains of an unnamed man who was suspected to have died of coronavirus. There had been apprehension in Okpoga community in the Okpokwu Local Government Area of the state when the man, who recently returned from
We’ve not started sharing relief package –Ogun
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta The Ogun State Government on Sunday denied sharing a bag of its stimulus relief package per street as being alleged on the social media. The government said it had yet to commence sharing and distribution of the packages in the affected areas. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,
Poly lecturers suspend planned strike over coronavirus
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has said it is suspending its planned nationwide strike because of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, recalled that the industrial action was decided after the 97th National Executive Council meeting of the
COVID-19: SERAP advises FG to transfer N5,000 electronically
Oladimeji Ramon Anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called on the Federal Government to use electronic transfer for the payment of N5,000 to the poor people, rather than making physical payment. The group said transferring the N5,000 electronically would be more cost-effective than the distribution of cash. It also demanded that the
Tiger tests positive for coronavirus
The US Department of Agriculture, on Sunday, announced that a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City tested positive for coronavirus. It said six other big cats are exhibiting symptoms consistent with the illness. The Malayan tiger, named Nadia, likely contracted the coronavirus from an infected—but unknown—asymptomatic zookeeper. Chief veterinarian at Bronx Zoo,
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