Five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday. The fire reportedly broke out from a short-circuit in a ventilator and engulfed an area of 10 square meters, Russian news agencies reported. About 150 patients and staff were…
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) says its operatives intercepted a truck loaded with about 30 Almajiris at Joju area of Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of the state. The IVECO truck with Registration number -Kano XG172 KNG, was meant to be carrying only goods and was covered with a tarpaulin. The content…
The Lagos state police have paraded 29 worshippers arrested in the state for violating the Federal Government’s directive against congregational worship. The Christan and Islamic clerics arrested alongside their congregants at different locations in the state while holding congregational services were paraded on Monday, May 11 at the Command headquarters, Ikeja. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu said the Islamic…
In a bid to further combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Kano state government has announced a one-week extension of the lockdown imposed. Channels TV reports that Malam Muhammad Garba, the state commissioner for information, made the announcement in a statement. Garba said the decision to extend the lockdown in the state was…
This is sad! Abdurrazaq Tsiga, a member of Katsina State House of Assembly is dead. The lawmaker representing Bakori Local Government Area in Katsina State died at Malumfashi General Hospital after suffering a brief illness. Tsiga who has been in and out of hospital for various health conditions since he was sworn in on June…
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered all its 425 health facilities across the country as isolation centres for COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), who disclosed this at the presidential task force briefing on Monday said state governments can now take advantage of the facilities. The Nigeria…
With declining revenue, Nigeria’s debt position will be worsened as the government is set to embark on massive borrowing of over N4.43tn, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group has said. The NESG, a private sector-led think-tank, said the country needed at least N10.1tn worth of interventions to ameliorate the impact of COVID-19 and oil price decline…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, said the Federal Government and the World Health Organisation were carrying out COVID-19 drug trial in the Federal Capital Territory and fives states. Ehanire, who disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja, listed the states as Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto,…
[19:38, 5/11/2020] Deji Allen: The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has advised the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. Babalola, who said “only the Almighty God Himself can determine when the current coronavirus pandemic will be eradicated globally,”…
Some staff members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have tested positive for coronavirus. The four officials – of Grade Level 6, 7, 8 – have been moved to an isolation center in Abuja. ThisDay reports that the affected staff lives in one of EFCC’s safe houses’ in the Mabushi area. Safe Houses…