US coronavirus death toll soars to more than 4,000 – doubling within three days
The US coronavirus death toll soared to more than 4,000 last night, doubling within three days, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths on Tuesday was 4,076 – more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday – and more than 40 percent of the fatalities were in New York state. […]
Japan ‘cannot’ impose lockdown even with spike in virus infections – Prime Minister
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he “cannot” declare a nationwide lockdown even in the face of a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus infections.
‘Congestion looms at Lagos Ports’
THE Seaport TerminalOperators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, has warned that a massive congestion is looming at the Lagos ports following the inability of consignees and their agents to take delivery of their cargo.
SOAN chief challenges NIMASA on shipbuilding capacity this period
THE new management team at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, led by Dr. Bashir Jamoa, has been advised to use this period of Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic to develop capacity for shipbuilding in the country.
NCDC launches COVID-19 WhatsApp service to engage Nigerians
By Sola Ogundipe The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has launched a WhatsApp service to engage Nigerians on how to curtail the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country. Announcing the development in a tweet on Sunday, the health agency explained that the new platform allows for a two-way engagement on the WhatsApp platform […]
Nigerian pathologists lament inadequacy of COVID-19 testing centres
By Chioma Obinna Nigerian Pathologists, weekend expressed concern over the inadequacy of COVID-19 testing centres across the country even as they urged the Federal government to substantially decentralise the testing centres as a strategy to accelerate the control of the outbreak. The Pathologists also frowned at a lack of laboratory testing in tertiary health institutions […]
COVID-19 lockdown: Fallen truck crushes 6 to death in Lagos
…Survivor in critical condition By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy occurred on Tuesday in Lagos when a Dangote Cement silo truck with unknown registration number, while on top speed suddenly, fell on a commercial car, OPEL brand, along Epe-Expressway, crushing six of the seven occupants to death on the spot. The victims whose identities were yet to […]
Emir of Jere is dead
The Emir of Jere in Kaduna state, Dr.Sa’ad Usman is dead. The deceased was the husband of Senator Esther Nenadi Usman who was the Minister of Finance during the Obasanjo administration.
Maritime community must develop action plan — NCMDLCA
AS the Coronavirus,COVID-19, pandemic continues to spread across the country, customs agents have called for the development of an action plan by stakeholders in the maritime sector of the nation’s economy
Nigeria adopts standards on low sulphur in turbine, marine fuel
THE Nigerian National Technical Committee on Petroleum and Petrochemicals has reached consensus on the adoption of the International Organisation for Standardisation, ISO, standards for Turbine and Marine Fuel as Nigeria Industrial Standard, NIS. This is in conformity with international safety regulations, limiting the sulphur content in heavy fuel oils, in order to reduce the negative effect of sulphur oxide emission from ships into the environment.
Stranded ships begin transiting Panama Canal
THE Panama Canal Authority said Sunday that two cruise ships carrying more than 1,800 passengers and crew — some infected with COVID-19 — stranded off the Central American country and hoping to reach port in Florida had begun the process of transiting the canal.
