Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Monday 27th April 2020
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FULL SPEECH: Buhari speaks on lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the …
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Live: Buhari addresses nation on Covid-19 lockdown
Buhari addresses nation on Covid-19 lockdown
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Windstorm kills 2, destroy 500 houses in Taraba
Two persons lost their lives when windstorm swept over five towns in Gassol local government area of Taraba State. Daily Trust gathered that over 500 houses, including schools and churches, were destroyed by the windstorm described as the worse in recent years. The windstorm, which occurred at about 5pm Sunday, affected Sabongida town, Tella, Takai, …
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Ilorin Aviation College cuts salary, sends staff on unpaid leave
The management of International Aviation College Ilorin, Kwara State, has announced the implementation of between 10-42 per cent pay cut for all members of staff across the entire organization for the month of April 2020. The pay cut, however, exempts staff on or below N80,000.00 per month, it was learnt. The management and the Governing …
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Atiku’s son tests negative for coronavirus after 40 days at Isolation centre
Mohammed Atiku-Abubakar, a son of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has now tested negative for coronavirus. This is coming on the same day that Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, the chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owner of AIT and Raypower, disclosed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Mohammed said he will soon be discharged from Gwagwalada …
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COVID-19: FG palliative not good for consumption – Gov Emmanuel
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has said the Federal Government’s palliatives of 1,800 bags of rice sent to the state is not good for consumption. Governor Emmanuel, who stated this on Monday in Uyo during a press conference, said the government could not reject the palliatives from the FG because it was …
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AIT chairman’s Dokpesi Jnr tests positive for coronavirus
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, The chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owner of AIT and Raypower, has tested positive for coronavirus. Dokpesi Jnr informed members of staff in Abuja via a short message on Monday. “I got a call this morning confirming the result is COVID-19 positive. I am leaving now to the Gwagwalada Isolation Centre for …
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Benue extends COVID-19 lockdown indefinitely
The Benue State Government, on Monday, extended its partial lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 indefinitely. Governor Samuel Ortom, who announced the indefinite extension of the dusk-to-dawn curfew after an expanded executive meeting with members of his cabinet and the State Action Committee on COVID-19, appealed to residents to comply with the directive. He said the first …
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LUTH delivers COVID-19 patient, 40, of baby girl
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says its medical team on Monday delivered a 40-year-old COVID-19 patient, of a baby girl. The LUTH management made this known in its verified official twitter handle, @LUTHofficial, on Monday. According to the tweet, the team comprises: doctors, anaesthetists and nurses. It said: “A team of LUTH …
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Coronavirus kills 151 Italian doctors
…White House cancels media briefing as Trump rails against ‘enemy’ More than 150 Italian doctors have died of the novel coronavirus since February, the FNOMCeO health association said Monday. The toll among doctors had reached 100 on April 9. The health association said it now stood at 151. Italy’s official death toll rose by 333 …
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COVID-19: Akinlade raises alarm over Ogun porous borders, advises Gov Abiodun
The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Hon. Adekunle Akinlade in the 2019 election in Ogun State has raised the alarm over the porous nature of the international borders in Ogun, describing them as potential windows to the importation and spread of coronavirus pandemic within local communities. DAILY POST reports that Ogun, also …
COVID-19: Akinlade raises alarm over Ogun porous borders, advises Gov Abiodun
COVID-19: El-Rufai slashes salary of appointees by 50 per cent
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered 50 per cent salary slash for political appointees in the state. El-Rufai directed all Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries, Special Advisers, Head of Agencies and all senior government appointees to donate 50 percent of their salaries to the fight against COVID-19 in the state. He said political appointees in …
COVID-19: El-Rufai slashes salary of appointees by 50 per cent
COVID-19: FG breaks silence on ‘expired rice’ sent to states
The Federal Government on Monday assured that all the rice distributed to states, were certified fit for human consumption. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Social Development and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja today. Farouq claimed that the rice was accessed by the National Agency for Food Drug Administration …
COVID-19: FG breaks silence on ‘expired rice’ sent to states
Court remands suspected oil thief in Port Harcourt
A suspected oil thief, Mallam Julius Obi, has been remanded in the Port Harcourt Custodial Centre pending the perfection of a N10 million bail granted him by the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt. Obi was arraigned on April 24 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal office. DAILY POST gathered that …
Court remands suspected oil thief in Port Harcourt
Borno gives update on missing coronavirus patients
Two Borno State residents declared missing after testing positive for coronavirus have been found. the state’s Commissioner for Information, Babakura Abba Jato, confirmed this on Monday during the COVID-19 Response Team daily briefing at the Government House in Maiduguri. Jato assured that all patients are now at the Isolation Centre. He recalled that Abbas Kaka …
Borno gives update on missing coronavirus patients
COVID-19: There will be no total lockdown during distribution of palliatives in Oyo – Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, said the state will not be locked down totally during the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effects of the stay-at-home order necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. Makinde made this declaration while speaking during a telephone interview on a radio station in Ibadan, Fresh FM, while giving …
COVID-19: There will be no total lockdown during distribution of palliatives in Oyo – Makinde
Lagos discharges 15 COVID-19 patients
Lagos State Government has discharged 15 COVID-19 patients in the state. The State Ministry of Health made the disclosure in a tweet on Monday. It said the total number of patients who have so recovered in the state is now 138. It said, “15 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 11 females & 4 males including a foreign …
Lagos discharges 15 COVID-19 patients
COVID-19: Niger extends partial lockdown by two weeks
The Niger State Government has ordered the extension of a partial lockdown of the state for the next two weeks with effect from on Tuesday, April 28. Bello made the announcement while briefing journalists after an extensive meeting with the State Task Force on COVID-19 at the Government House, Minna. This was after the state’s …
COVID-19: Niger extends partial lockdown by two weeks
COVID-19: ‘Your men are frustrating our efforts’ – Akeredolu tells IGP, Service Chiefs
The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Abubakar, as well as other security chiefs in the country to streamline and monitor the movement and operations of their men to prevent needless, avoidable and unfortunate occurrences of COVID -19 spread. The governor, who spoke on Monday during …
COVID-19: ‘Your men are frustrating our efforts’ – Akeredolu tells IGP, Service Chiefs
BREAKING: Kyari Ibrahim El-Kanemi is dead
Borno State first-class monarch, Shehu of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibrahim El-Kanemi is dead. He died on Monday afternoon at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). This was disclosed by the Borno State, Commissioner for Information, Babakura Jatto. The commissioner said, “We regret to announce to you that the Shehu of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibn …
BREAKING: Kyari Ibrahim El-Kanemi is dead
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