Kano State has continued to witness a rise in unusual deaths as over 12 persons were confirmed dead on Saturday. The deceased include professors, a newspaper editor, and other professionals. They were buried at different cemeteries within and outside the metropolis. Within the past eight days of lockdown in the state, no fewer than 20…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, on Saturday, lamented that the COVID-19 lockdown was already affecting youths and the unemployed. Mrs. Tinubu spoke while distributing food items to her constituents as palliatives to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the food parcels of 5kg…
A woman who allegedly escaped from an isolation center in Abuja has been intercepted in Nasarawa State. A source said, “I received a call from security personnel in Abuja, that they tracked the contact of a lady who escaped isolation from Abuja to Akwanga. “Immediately I got the call, I swung into action by calling…
Ahead of the imminent review of the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nigerian Medical Association has advised the Federal Government to again extend the lockdown, which ends on Monday (tomorrow). This, the association said, would help to contain the rapid…
A suspected coronavirus patient Covid-19 has absconded from the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex (UNIMEDTHC), Ondo city. The patient who came to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the facility on Saturday reportedly absconded and he is nowhere to be found. The Precision NG in a text message to a senior consultant at…
The All Progressives Congress and the Nigerian Customs Services, Oyo/Osun Area Command, on Saturday described as untrue claims by the Oyo State Government that the 1,800 bags of rice distributed to the state as a palliative by the Federal Government were infested with weevils and not good for human consumption. They said the bags of…
The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has relaxed the lockdown on the state and has asked churches to commence full activities. The governor stated this in a broadcast to the people of the state on Saturday evening. Before the Saturday broadcast, church activities had been restricted for 14 days as one of the measures to…
Three Islamic clerics will face the full wrath of the law for defying lockdown orders of Borno State government The three clerics allegedly held Friday prayers after congregational worship was banned to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in the state. It is not clear what will be the specific penalty for thee clerics but…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has said that the government will be left with a singular option of mass burial, if mortuaries in the state are not decongested within the next two weeks. He spoke at a press briefing on Saturday, while giving updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. According to him, residents…
General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has appealed to the federal government to permit faith healers to go to isolation centers all over the country to pray for the sick and those who are bound by a coronavirus. He said in an online broadcast that the embarrassment on the church is becoming…