10 doctors who work with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus, after treating patients who came to the hospital with symptoms of Coronavirus. Chairman of the hospital’s branch of Association of Resident Doctors, Abubakar Nagoma confirmed this on Monday, May 4. He told Premium Times that the affected health professionals…
Some 101 vehicles have been impounded and their drivers prosecuted for flouting the border closure order in Zamfara State. The transporters were intercepted by a committee headed by the state Commissioner of Police Usman Nagoggo. They were found guilty by mobile courts sitting at the borders and heavily fined, Nagoggo said.
A 22-year old man, Cletus Chisom was on Monday stabbed to death by a security guard at a market in Onitsha, Anambra State. The suspect, Ibuchi Nwoju allegedly stabbed the deceased in the chest with a knife following an altercation. The deceased came to the market to fight the suspect who had confronted his sister for not…
The palace of Umar Farouk, Emir of Daura has reportedly been sealed after a Coronavirus case was recorded. Daily Trust reported that Mustapha Inuwa, secretary to Katsina state government said the closure was normal routine in places where a positive case has been recorded. He further revealed that samples were taken from the palace for…
Convent staff has been left devastated by the deaths, and say they are reflective of the incredible challenges that nursing homes and other aged care facilities face in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Lady of the Angels Convent suspended all communal activities and enforced social distancing protocols in early March long before it…
Some security personnel, on Monday, intercepted about 60 men hiding in a truck that was conveying cows to Lagos State at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the travelers, who reportedly came from Zamfara and neighboring states, were heading for the Agege area of Lagos. PUNCH Metro learned that some of…
Face mask vendors on Monday stormed the Federal Secretariat complex in Abuja on Monday as workers resumed their duties following the partial lifting of the lockdown by the Federal Government to curb the spread COVID-19. Our correspondent saw many of the vendors display different designs of the face masks at the secretariat. However, our correspondent…
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has rejected a query purportedly by its Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the Niger Delta Development Commission over allegations of an N5.5bn contract scam involving Signora Concepts Services Ltd. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Olusade Adesola, in a statement on Monday, said an internal probe had proved that…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has placed a ban on daily activities in major and community markets across the state, as part of the stricter and tighter measures to enforce social and physical distancing in vulnerable centres of crowd assembly. The measures became necessary after the government observed that the people have failed…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode Folorunso, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last week has regained his freedom from his abductors. He was released a few hours ago unhurt and has since rejoined his family. The government is grateful for the concern shown by members of the public during his period of incarceration….