Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 10th May 2020
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Don Tasks Researchers On Viral Species Jump
A Microbiologist, Prof. Olatunji Kolawole of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has urged researchers to intensify research on ‘Viral Specie Jump’, causing danger to humans. According to him, viral specie jumps often occur when a virus gains the capacity to infect and spread among individuals of a new host species. Kolawole, who teaches at the …
COVID-19: Lagos To Introduce Community Management Of Cases
Lagos State Government says it will introduce the management of COVID-19 patients at community levels, so as to enhance the management of cases in the state. The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the disclosure while giving an update on the management of COVID-19 and review of the lockdown easing in the state on Saturday. Sanwo-Olu …
Myanmar Military Declares Ceasefire For COVID-19 Fight
Myanmar military on Saturday declared a nearly four-month ceasefire period to help fight against the COVID-19. The ceasefire will be applied to the areas except for those where armed organisations named as terrorists by the government are based, a statement from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services said. The military’s ceasefire period is …
BREAKING COVID-19: Nigeria’s Total Reaches 4,151 As NCDC Reports 239 New Cases
The number of Nigerians infected by COVID-19 has reached the 4,151 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 239 new cases on Saturday night. The NCDC, giving its daily update via its twitter handle, @NCDCgov, reported that details showed that Lagos reported 97 new cases, Bauchi 44, Kano 29 and Katsina 19. The reports …
COVID-19: Lawyer Urges Wike To Ease Lockdown On Essential Services
Mr Sogbeye Eli, a Rivers-based legal practitioner, Mr Sogbeye Eli, has called on Gov. Nyesom Wike to ease lockdown on essential services like markets, petrol stations, healthcare service providers and pharmacies.Eli, in a memo to the governor in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said that relaxing the restriction on essential services was necessary to reduce the …
Osinbajo Gives Update On Whereabout
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, has urged Nigerians to ignore fake claims regarding the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Akande in a reaction on Saturday in Abuja, said he made an Instagram post in which he gave an …
Police Warn Oyedepo Over Decision To Reopen Church
The police in Ogun State have sent strong warning to Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) over his plan to reopen his church. Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church is headquartered in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of Ogun State. In a veiled reference to Oyedepo, the police said they have information that …
Pandemonium As Man Hangs Self In Ekpoma
There was pandemonium in Ekpoma, headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State yesterday morning, when the dangling body of a man identified as Peter Uche, was found through the window of his room. The video of the incident which has gone viral on Instagram, revealed the lifeless body of the deceased said …
Sierra Leone President Accuses Main opposition Party Of Inciting Violence
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio has accused the main opposition party of orchestrating a spate of violent incidents, deepening a political standoff that risks undermining the country’s efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak. At least 18 people have died in three riots in separate parts of the country in recent weeks, including a disturbance at …
COVID-19 Recoveries Top 100,000 In Italy
The number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Italy has exceeded 100,000, according to the latest tally posted by the country’s Civil Protection Department on Saturday. Recoveries jumped by 4,008 compared with 99,023 recoveries on Friday, bringing the nationwide total to 103,031. Meanwhile, the number of active infections fell by 3,119 from 87,961 on Friday to …
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