Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Saturday 2nd May 2020
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COVID-19: Lawmaker lauds Wike’s palliative measures, concern for Ogoni people
TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt The member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dumnamene Dekor, has applauded Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for keeping to his promise to reduce the hardship occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic and the sit-at-home measure to checkmate its spread in the state. Dekor made the declaration shortly after …
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Lockdown: Drama as okada rider injures passenger while evading security agents in Ekiti
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti It was like a stage scenery in Textile area of Ado-Ekiti, around 1:00pm on Saturday, when an okader rider suddenly injured the passenger he was conveying while trying to avoid security agents detailed along that axis. Daily Sun gathered that the motorcyclist wanted to play a fast one on the security agents …
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Promises FG made to secure $3.4bn IMF loan
Uche Usim, Abuja For the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve Nigeria’s $3.4 billion loan request meant to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government assured the global bank of tweaking several economic policies that would cut waste and boost efficiency. Top on the list is the total scrapping of fuel subsidy, which has been …
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Akobundu joins AU committee on COVID-19, other pandemics
Fred Ezeh, Abuja National Coordinator, African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development/African Peer Review Mechanism (AUDA-NEPAD/APRM) Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu, has joined African Union (AU- APRM) taskforce committee on governance response for COVID-19 and other pandemics. Akobundu, in a statement by her media aide, Abolade Ogundimu, explained that the AU-APRM taskforce committee has …
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COVID 19: Kebbi identifies 60yr old UDU,Sokoto patient as second death case
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Task Force on COVID 19 has identified a 60 years old patient, brought from Usman Dan Fodio Teaching Hospital(UDTH) as the second patients died of the novel Coronavirus(COVID 19 and 29 contacts linked to the patients have been traced. Chairman of the Task Force, Alhaji Muhammad …
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COVID-19: Gombe transfers 42 patients to Adamawa
Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe has called on residents in the State, not to panic overgrowing number of people with novel corona-virus (COVID-19) in the State, saying most cases being detected and confirmed in the State are from indigenes of Borno and Adamawa states as well as other north-eastern states. Gombe …
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Osun records second COVID-19 related death
Clement Adeyi, Osogbo Osun State, at the weekend, recorded second coronavirus fatality with the demise of a female patient in her late 60s. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said that the victim passed on at the Asubiaro isolation centre, Osogbo. “On a sad note, we …
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Ekiti PDP Forum of LG Chairmen disowns swearing in, inauguration of ward excos
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Conference of Ekiti PDP Local govt party Chairmen, has, disowned the purported factional swearing in and inauguration of 155 out of 177 Ward Executives in Ekiti State. The chairmen disclosed that the processes did not fulfill the constitution of the party, which stipulated four years tenure in office for executives. In a …
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Kwara: OPC seeks engagement in fighting insecurity
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Kwara has sought for engagement of its members by the Nigeria Police Force to help in fighting crime in the state. The State Chairman of the OPC, Mr Saka Jimoh, made call in Ilorin on Saturday while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said OPC …
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COVID-19: Withdraw old naira notes from circulation, group tells CBN
The Association of Progressive Nigerians has appealed to the Central Bank to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country is battling COVID- 19 pandemic. The group made the appeal in a statement it issued in Lagos on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the statement was jointly signed …
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Buffett’s Berkshire posts nearly $50bn loss on coronavirus, operating profit rises
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday posted a record net loss of nearly $50 billion as the coronavirus pandemic pummeled its common stock investments, but operating profit rose even as COVID-19 hurt its businesses. Berkshire’s first-quarter net loss totaled $49.75 billion, or $30,653 per Class A share, reflecting $54.52 billion of losses from investments, mainly common stocks. A year earlier, net earnings totaled $21.66 billion, or $13,209 per share, reports Reuters. Quarterly operating profit, which Buffett considers a better performance measure, rose 6% to $5.87 billion, or about…
Russia’s coronavirus cases hit new high, Moscow warns of clampdown
Russia reported 9,623 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, its highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total to 124,054, mostly in the capital Moscow, where the mayor threatened to cut the number of travel permits. The death toll nationwide rose to 1,222 after 57 people died in the last 24 hours, Russia’s coronavirus crisis response centre said, after revising the previous day’s tally, reports Reuters. Russia has been in partial lockdown, aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, since the end of…
Judge rules against US women’s football team in equal pay case
The US women’s football team’s claims for equal pay were dismissed by a court on Friday, handing a victory to the United States Soccer Federation. Judge R. Gary Klausner of the United States District Court for the Central District of California threw out players’ claims that they were under paid in comparison with the men’s national team but allowed complaints of unfair medical, travel and training to proceed to trial, reports Reuters. “The WNT (Women’s National Team) has been paid more on both a cumulative and an average per-game basis than the…
Nigerian medical student’s fight against COVID-19 in China
Mustapha Abdul Raheem has experienced two epidemics in the past six years: one was the Ebola in West Africa in 2014, during which he witnessed sufferings and aspired to study medicine; the other was the COVID-19. This time as a medical student in China, he was better prepared, both professionally and mentally. The 22-year-old Nigerian has a Chinese name — Shengli, which means victory. His original plan for the winter break was to finish his hospital internship and do some traveling. But the outbreak put a temporary pause to…
Three Bundesliga players test positive for Covid-19 as training continues
Cologne have announced three people at the club have tested positive for coronavirus – yet training will continue ahead of the Bundesliga’s return. The German top flight looks set to become the first major league to return to action as the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Clubs are back in training with a mid-May resumption on the cards, but Cologne’s arrangements have received a setback, reports PA Media. The club, 10th in the Bundesliga, said that “after three positive tests, three people at FC Köln are now in quarantine”,…
Viral video: My son sent message from isolation centre, says he’s proud of me
65 year Old Commander Femi Adeoye is the father of the boy that came to Ekiti from Lagos regardless of the pandemic lockdown. Adeoye refused to allow the child have access to his home, insisting the boy must undergo the required test to ascertain his health status. The scenario between the father and his son at Fajuyi Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti , capital city of Ekiti State, was recorded and the video went viral. The decision eventually earned Adeoye, recognition from Governor Kayode Fayemi. In this interview with ADEWUMI ADEMIJU, Adeoye…
We are investigating Professor Ezeibe’s HIV cure claims –NIMR DG
Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako is the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). A clinician of high repute, Salako has been involved in a number of clinical trials on drug development. He worked with Neimeth Pharmaceuticals International to formulate the drug Miniplus in 2003 following the disappearance of Minizide in the Nigerian market. Apart from Neimeth, he also did clinical trials on drugs marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, Olpharm Pharmaceuticals, May & Baker and Sanofil Synthelabo Nig, Ltd. Salako said in this telephone interview with ISIOMA MADIKE that the Nigerian…
Imo building collapse: Death toll rises to 15
The death toll in the building collapse along the Yar’Adua Drive in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has risen to 15 as at yesterday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Governor Hope Uzodin-ma in the meantime has released 36 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest the prison following the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. However, the latest casualty figure was given by the Head of the Imo/Abia State Operations Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Evans Ugoh, when he spoke in an interview with a NAN…
Wike drags FG to court over N11bn allocation to police
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has declared that the state will challenge in court the decision of the Federal Government to allocate the sum of N11 billion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the Nigerian Police without informing state governments. The governor, who said this yesterday, at a press conference on COVID-19 update in Government House, Port Harcourt, noted that the Federal Government acted unilaterally, rather than discuss with the states. He noted that since the said N11 billion was removed from the federation account, which also…
Labour, employers rally to save mass jobs losses
In commemoration of 2020 May Day celebration, the organised labour and employers of labour, under the banner of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), have called on government at all levels to explore measures to reinvigorate the economy after Covid-19 without laying off workers. Addressing workers amidst a low key celebration yesterday in Abuja, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, raised concerns over the possibility of mass loss of jobs both in the public and private sectors of the economy after the COVID-19 infections subside. According to him,…
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