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China pledges $30m to WHO for coronavirus fight
China announced Thursday it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, days after Washington said it would freeze funding. “China has decided to donate another $30 million in cash to the WHO, in addition to the previous donation of $20 million, to …
Lebanon to prosecute citizen who put Nigerian woman up for sale on Facebook
Kayode Oyero Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said the Lebanese government would institute legal action against its citizen, Wael Jerro, who advertised a Nigerian woman for sale on Facebook. She stated this on Wednesday while giving an update on the case. The PUNCH had reported that Jerro, who resides in Beirut, Lebanon, …
BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll tops 22,000
Spain said Thursday 440 people died in the past 24 hours from the new coronavirus, a slight increase for the third day running, bringing the overall death toll to 22,157. The country has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world from the pandemic after the United States and Italy, with infections now more …
Two migrants shot for defying coronavirus quarantine in Greece
Two asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos were shot and injured after apparently violating coronavirus quarantine rules, officials said Thursday. The two men, an Iranian and an Afghan, reported to the camp’s infirmary with buckshot wounds late Wednesday, sources at the Moria camp said. They were taken to the local hospital but their condition …
CSO kicks as Lagos demolishes houses during lockdown
Kayode Oyero Civil Society Organisation, Enough is Enough Nigeria, has condemned the demolition of houses in the Ogba area of Lagos State amid the coronavirus lockdown. It said the demolition exercise carried out by the Lagos State Government negated the stay-at-home and social distancing order of the government. It stated, “Reports reaching us say, Lagos …
Oyo confirms first COVID-19 death as cases rise to 17
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said the state has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Makinde made the disclosure via a post on his Twitter handle on Wednesday evening just as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced one new case in the state bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the …
UNTH doctors abandoned my wife to die, grieving husband alleges
Raphael Ede, Enugu The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, in Enugu State, has approached the family of Mr Nwachukwu Alagbu, whose wife, Nkiru, reportedly died due to alleged negligence by doctors at the health facility. Nwachukwu, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said, “The Chief Medical Director of the UNTH called me on …
Evacuation: 72 Nigerians, 111 other Africans in China test positive
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The results of the tests conducted on 56 Nigerians, which were released on Tuesday, indicated that the affected individuals were asymptomatic, raising concern that they might have infected other people. It was learnt that …
Coronavirus’ll cause famine, UN warns Nigeria, others
The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. CNN reports that the executive director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, said famines could take hold in …
Coronavirus: Don’t extend lockdown, NLC tells FG
Olufemi Atoyebi Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and dater April …
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