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Kwara governor promises to use every weapon to fight COVID-19
Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq at the weekend said his administration will use every weapon in its arsenal to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Governor Abdulrazaq added that the state would annex its resources and stamp out the pandemic. The governor said this in Ilorin, the state capital, at …
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COVID-19: AbdulRazaq promises to use every weapon to fight disease
LAYI OLANREWAJU, Ilorin Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said his administration will use every weapon in its arsenal to combat the COVID-19 disease in the state. Malam AbdulRazaq added that the state would annex its resources and stamp out the pandemic. The governor said this in Ilorin, the state capital at a …
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Chief Diana Chen donates ambulance, face masks, N20 million to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria
Rita Okoye, Lagos The affordable luxury automobile brand GAC Motors is among several businesses that have donated to the cause of combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Chief Diana Chen, the Chair of CIG Motors Co. Ltd, the Promoters of the GAC Motor Brand in Nigeria, joins the list of notable Nigerian heroes who are …
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There’s a need to intensify fight against COVID-19 in UK, other affected countries – Daisy Raffan
Rita Okoye, Lagos Daisy Raffan does not need much introduction, as her fashion brand, Beach City AE, speaks volumes for her. The 29-year-old quite creative boss of Beach City AE – a fashion brand based in Dubai – is concerned about the rate of COVID-19 related deaths in her home country, the United Kingdom (UK). …
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COVID-19: Only one of 27 samples tested positive – Benue Health Commissioner
Rose Ejembi, Makurdi The Benue State COVID-19 Action Committee disclosed on Sunday, April 19th, that 27 samples of suspected cases of the virus in the state had been collected and dispatched for laboratory tests, with all but the state’s index case returning negative. Secretary of the Committee and Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr …
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Kyari Burial: Why aides were turned back from Aso Rock – Presidency
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday explained that standard protocol was behind the decision by security officials stopping attendees of the burial ceremony of the late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, from entering the State House. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, made this known …
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Coronavirus: Oyetola grants amnesty to 34 inmates
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has granted amnesty to 34 inmates in the state. This was confirmed in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan. The amnesty is in line with the decision of the Federal Government to decongest custodial centres in the country as part of measures to contain …
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Abba Kyari lived a fulfilled life — Gov Masari
Agaju Madugba, Katsina Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has expressed profound sadness over the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari, lamenting that the nation has lost a great patriot. Masari in a condolence message to President Muhammadu Buhari and Kyari’s immediate family said that, “with Abba …
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COVID-19: Chinese Consulate, community boost Lagos gov’t’s fight with cash, items
Cosmas Omegoh The Chinese community in Lagos has risen in support of the Lagos State government in its avowed fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese Consulate in Lagos in collaboration with Chinese companies in the state recently joined in the fight against coronavirus with donation cash and various sums of money running into …
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UK’s coronavirus death toll rises by 596 to 16,060 in 24 hours
The UK’s coronavirus death toll has risen by 596 to 16,060, the Department from Health confirmed today. The heartbreaking news comes as the government faces calls to explain itself over long delays in the early days of the crisis, reports mirror.co.uk. Scientists are desperately scrambling to produce a vaccine that can protect against Covid-19 – which has killed more than 160,000 people worldwide. But that could be some way off, experts warned today. The news comes after the UK’s coronavirus death toll yesterday soared to 15,464 – an increase of 888…
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COVID-19: Another suspected case identified, quarantined in Benue
*NCDC collects victim’s sample for testing From: Cephas Iorhemen, Makurdi Another suspected case of coronavirus has reportedly been identified and isolated in Lessel, headquarters of Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State. Findings by New Telegraph revealed at the weekend that the suspect hails from Mbayegh Council Ward in Ushongo town. It was learnt that all family members of the suspect have also been isolated in a separate place. President-General of the Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO), Comrade Timothy Hembaor, who raised the alarm of fresh the case, said when…
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COVID-19: Diri imposes dusk to dawn curfew on Bayelsa
Pauline Onyibe, Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has approved the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. The curfew, which takes effect from Sunday, April 19 will restrict movements between seven o’clock in the evening to six o’clock in the morning. The statement, signed by Freston Akpor, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Information and Orientation and member Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19, says the five-day curfew is part proactive measures initiated to further…
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Rivers releases 22 ExxonMobil workers
Rivers State Government on Sunday released the 22 workers of Exxon Mobil, who were arrested for allegedly violating the State Executive Order restricting movement in the state. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor, said that the ExxonMobil staff were released without charges. Adangor said the state government would no longer press charges against them. The state government announced this shortly after the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria asked its members to shut operations and all activities at the nation’s oil rigs…
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Coronavirus mum who did not show any symptoms infects 17 of her 18 children
A mum-of-eighteen accidentally infected 17 of her children with coronavirus after contracting at first ‘silent’ infection. Brittany Jencik, of Penfield, New York says she was asymptomatic and only realised she had caught the deadly bug when her children began falling ill, reports mirror.co.uk. The US mum of eighteen kids, some of whom are adopted, said she only began feeling really unwell later into the illness. When the virus finally hit her – it hit hard, she told local ABC13 news affiliate WHAM. Seventeen of her children live with her at…
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Shipping company defends voyage cancellation at port
Bayo Akomolafe A n indigenous company, Vewat Shipping Limited, has defended why its vessel, MT Chloe was redirected from berthing at Tincan Island. The company noted that after completing all the necessary documentations prior to berthing, the vessel developed a technical fault which was taking too long to rectify thus forcing the charterer, Messrs JoJu oil and Gas, to cancel the contract, he said his company had no choice other than to seek the approval of NPA to cancel the vessel’s voyage, a request that was rightfully granted. The Managing…
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COVID-19: S’African Airways to fire all 4,700 staff as airline nears collapse
AMIDST the COVID-19 pandemic, South African Airways has concluded plans to lay off its entire 4,700- workforce by April ending after failing to persuade the government to provide more financial help. This is as the 86-year-old state-owned airline is set to start selling its assets to pay off creditors. SAA has offered severance deals to all staff from the end of this month after administrators concluded that a successful turnaround is now unlikely, according to a proposal to eight labor groups seen by Bloomberg News. The basic value of…
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Police officer shoots 14-year-old boy in head
An off-duty Louisiana police officer shot a 14-year-old boy in the head after he woke up to a noise outside his home, authorities said. The shooting happened just after 3 a.m. on Friday at a home in Metairie, about seven miles northwest of New Orleans, reports NBC News. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto identified the homeowner as an officer with another police agency. Lopinto said the homeowner was asleep when he heard noises outside his home near his car. The man saw several juveniles in his front yard and…
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COVID-19: US death toll nears 40,000 as more than 1,900 die in 24 hours
*South Korea’s new cases fall The coronavirus death toll in the United States climbed by 1,903 in 24 hours to reach 39,115 on Saturday, latest statistics show. Confirmed cases of the highly infectious illness also soared to a total of 741,866 as of early Sunday morning, up 28,486 from the day before. The US has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths of any country in the world. Despite the ominous statistics, President Trump cited ‘positive signs’ in the fight against the pandemic on Saturday, believing the worst is now over, reports the dailymail.co.uk.…
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Covid-19: China emerges as campaign issue as US protests held
The deadly pandemic has turned China, where experts believe the coronavirus originated, into a powerful election-year issue, with “Beijing Biden” ads by President Donald Trump’s super PAC prompting an immediate counterattack by the campaign for Joe Biden, the apparent Democratic nominee. Meanwhile, U.S. protesters demanding an end to shutdown orders gathered in streets and outside several states’ capitol buildings on Saturday, a day after the president posted a series of tweets calling for demonstrators to “LIBERATE” certain states, reports NBC News. Some governors have sought to temper expectations about the…
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