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BREAKING: Lagos patient dies of COVID-19 complications in private hospital
Kayode Oyero A patient has died of COVID-19 complication in a private hospital in Lagos, says the state Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi on Saturday. Details later…
Nigeria: A ‘sleeping giant’ exposed by deadly virus
In this piece, FEMI MAKINDE examines the effects of low budgetary allocations to the health sector by successive governments on the preparedness of the nation for the dreaded coronavirus Nigerian doctors and other health workers are the frontline ‘soldiers’ leading the nation’s war against the invisible but rampaging enemy called COVID-19. The virus, which started
IMF grants Tunisia $745m loan to combat coronavirus
The International Monetary Fund on Friday announced the approval of a 745-million-dollar loan to help Tunisia cope with the economic crisis arising from coronavirus pandemic. According to the IMF, the North African country’s economy is expected to contract by 4.3 per cent in 2020, in what is speculated to be the worst recession since the
Coronavirus: Self-isolation violators to wear electronic wristbands in South Korea
South Korea said on Saturday that it would use electronic wristbands on people who violated self-isolation rules to better contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the country would make self-isolation violators wear electronic wristbands since the number of cases of people breaching the self-quarantine in recent weeks has raised
How I lost my wife, two children in fire incident — Tukur, Bauchi civil servant
Umar Tukur recently lost his 26-year-old housewife and two children in a fire incident in their home in Sabon Gida, Yelwa, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi State. He tells ARMSTRONG BAKAM what happened from his hospital bed You lost your wife and two children in a fire incident in your house, how did
COVID-19: Apple, Google develop tool that alerts phone users when in contact with infected persons
Google and Apple unveiled a joint initiative Friday to develop a coronavirus smartphone “contact tracing” tool that could potentially alert people when they have crossed paths with an infected person. The move brings together the largest mobile operating systems in an effort to use smartphone location technology to track and potentially contain the global COVID-19
My ex jilted me over my hearing problem, invited me to his wedding —Osobase, graduate blogger
Emily Osobase, a blogger, writer and banking and finance graduate from the University of Benin, Edo State, shares her life experiences due to her hearing impairment with SIMON UTEBOR When did you lose your hearing ability? It happened between December 19, 1999 and January 3, 2000. It was a gradual thing. How did it happen?
Tyson disagrees with Joshua on Ali’s predictions comments
Mike Tyson has insisted that he would have lost a hypothetical fantasy fight against Muhammad Ali if they’d both met in their primes. During the current period in which all sport has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic, boxing’s age-old debate has resurfaced on a couple of occasions. First, current heavyweight champion Anthony
Fayemi, APC running cult-like govt in Ekiti –Oni’s group
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The Director General, Atunse Ekiti Movement, Dr Ife Arowosoge, has taken a swipe at the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Paul Omotoso, for describing a former governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, as a nominal member even when he occupied the position of the party’s deputy
Lockdown: Hoodlums invade police checkpoint in Ogun, rob residents
Afeez Hanafi A notorious gang leader, identified simply as Felix aka Confidence, is on the run after unleashing terror on residents of Dalemo community, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. Felix, an ex-convict, had reportedly led his gang members numbering about 200 to invade the community around 9pm on Tuesday and rob
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