Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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COVID-19: Borno, Rivers record another death, 6 more positive cases
Borno State Committee on COVID-19 has announced the death of one more person as a result of the COVID-19 disease. It also disclosed that five more patients have been confirmed positive for the viral disease. This brings the number of those dead to three, including the index case. The state now has 9 positive cases …
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Borno residents react to lockdown order – VIDEO
Following the confirmation of the index case of coronavirus, Governor of Borno, Babagana Zulum ordered for lockdown of the state.
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Togo returnees heading to Sokoto, Plateau test positive for COVID-19 in Ogun
Three Nigerians who just returned from Togo, heading to Sokoto and Jos in Plateau States, have tested positive for coronavirus in Ogun State. The trio were part of the 10 returnees, including a driver and a conductor, accosted at Imeko, in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. Daily Trust reports that Ogun has …
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Virus ‘will be with us for a long time’: WHO
COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic. WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some countries that thought they had the new coronavirus under control were witnessing a resurgence in cases, while …
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FG expresses concern over Kano COVID-19 cases, starts door-to-door testing in Lagos, FCT
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has said that the Federal Government is worried over the rising cases of the virus in Kano State. This is as he commended the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic …
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COVID-19: Gombe govt declares curfew
The Gombe State government on Wednesday announced a dusk to dawn curfew across the state to contain further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya issued an executive order imposing curfew across the 11 LGAs of state from 6pm to 7am with effect from Thursday, April 23. He said during …
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‘Why Kano COVID-19 test centre suspended operation’
The COVID-19 test centre in Kano State has suspended its operation for two days to undergo routine fumigation. The Director of Infectious Disease Research Centre of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Professor Isa Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed that the suspension was temporary in order to fumigate the centre. “It is part of the routine maintenance. …
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Carpenter, 32, defiles six-year-old girl in Kaduna
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, Kaduna State command have arrested a 32-year-old carpenter for defiling a six-year-old girl. The suspect, Benjamin Jato, was arrested at Bayan-Dutse in Chikun Local Government Area ait about 2200hours on April 21, 2020 by members of Quick Response Unit of the command. It was gathered that the …
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If you have the pen, we have the koboko, Gov. Umahi threatens journalists
The Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, on Wednesday claimed that the state has the koboko (cane) to flog any member of the correspondents’ Chapel wing of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ebonyi state that publishes negative story against the state. The governor’s declaration came after he placed a life ban on two members of the …
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Trump instructs U.S. navy to destroy Iranian boats harassing it at sea
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted that he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships, a week after a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf. “I have instructed the U.S. Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump …
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COVID-19: lockdown: Mobile Court sentences six persons for curfew violation
Uselu Mobile Court in Benin, on Wednesday, sentenced six persons for violating the curfew imposed by the Edo State Government in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Edo Government had on Sunday imposed a statewide dusk-to-dawn curfew, which commenced on Monday. This was part of the state government’s strategy to curtail the spread of …
COVID-19: lockdown: Mobile Court sentences six persons for curfew violation
New Chief of Staff: Primate Ayodele advises Buhari on Abba Kayri’s successor, says President not healthy
The founder and General Overseer of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on who to replace Mallam Abba Kyari as his new Chief of Staff. In a new series of prophecies he released following the death and burial of Kyari, Ayodele also warned that the nation should pray …
New Chief of Staff: Primate Ayodele advises Buhari on Abba Kayri’s successor, says President not healthy
COVID-19: Morcas Agege suspends Ramadan lectures, other activities
In compliance with the lockdown order to curb the widespread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the higher Islamic school in Lagos, Morcas Agege, under the leadership of Mudeer-Ul- Morcas, Sheikh Habeebullah Adam Abdullah Al-Ilory, has officially announced that this year Ramadan lecture would be suspended. In a statement on Wednesday, Sheikh Habeebullah said the school, …
COVID-19: Morcas Agege suspends Ramadan lectures, other activities
Lagos pipeline explosion: Sanwo-Olu compensates 23 bereaved families
The Lagos State Government has compensated families of the 23 persons who died in a pipeline explosion in March. Recall that on Sunday, March 15, 2020 an explosion rocked the Abule-Ado Area of Lagos State. However, the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, on Wednesday, gave financial support to next-of-kins of the 23 deceased victims of Ado-Soba …
Lagos pipeline explosion: Sanwo-Olu compensates 23 bereaved families
COVID-19: ‘Coronavirus will be here for a long time’ – WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that COVID-19 will be around for a long time. WHO boss, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated this during a virtual press conference in Geneva on Wednesday. Ghebreyesus said some countries were witnessing a resurgence in cases, while there were troubling upward trends in Africa and the Americas. “Most countries …
COVID-19: ‘Coronavirus will be here for a long time’ – WHO warns
COVID-19: Gov Ayade warns against extension of lockdown, says it will spell doom for Nigeria
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has warned that any further extension of lockdown in the country in response to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic will spell doom for the nation. Ayade stated this in Calabar, the Cross River State capital that further extension of the lockdown will give rise to uncontrollable youth restiveness, adding …
COVID-19: Gov Ayade warns against extension of lockdown, says it will spell doom for Nigeria
Rivers Govt gives details of third COVID-19 patient
A 61-year-old hotel manager, who attended to his boss, the owner of Mingi Suites around Rumuomasi in Port Harcourt who returned from Abuja in February, 2020 is the 3rd COVID-19 case in Rivers State. The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Princewill Chike, who made this known during a media briefing in Port Harcourt, said …
Rivers Govt gives details of third COVID-19 patient
ASUU rejects condition for payment of withheld salaries given by FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has rejected the submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for payment of February and March withheld salaries of lectures in the federal universities. DAILY POST had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of the February and March withheld salaries of …
ASUU rejects condition for payment of withheld salaries given by FG
COVID-19: Gov Fayemi reveals how Ekiti coronavirus third patient died
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, said the third case of coronavirus in the state died of COVID-19 complications. Recall that State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, has said the woman died at the Intensive Care Unit of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, on Wednesday. The deceased, a pregnant health worker in …
COVID-19: Gov Fayemi reveals how Ekiti coronavirus third patient died
I’ve spent billions of naira on Coronavirus – Ogun Governor, Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said that his administration has spent billions of naira in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. DAILY POST reports that the governor did not declare the exact amount he has spent in waging war against the viral disease. Our correspondent reports that Ogun State …
I’ve spent billions of naira on Coronavirus – Ogun Governor, Abiodun
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