COVID-19: Seafarers attack one another over long stay onboard
FOLLOWING long stay onboard vessels occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic seafarers have turned on themselves.
Deputy President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Comrade Douglas Eromoboh, raised an alarm that two seafarers stabbed themselves onboard a vessel and that all over the oil platforms and rigs, seafarers are now attacking their captains because they want to go home.
COVID-19 patients protest poor quarantine conditions in Gombe
Some COVID-19 patients staged a protest at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe on Tuesday, destroying some equipment in their ward. The patients, who were in quarantine, were said to have complained of ill-treatment. A security source told TheCable that after 30 minutes, some officials in the hospital pacified them, promising that there would be […]
Don’t do this! Woman tests different facemasks on before buying in video
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We need Nigeria-made ventilators, PPE, others — NSE Chairman
By Elizabeth Osayande The Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, Apapa branch, Engr. Sunny Ejeje, has called for the support of massive production of locally-made ventilators, sanitisers and Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, to assist in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Reacting to a mechanical ventilator made by a former chairman of the NSE branch, […]
Police squadron commander dies in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the death of the Commanding Officer MOPOL 9 Command, Atiku M. Nagodi, Nagodi, aged 51, died on May 4, at his residence in Kano, after a protracted illness. The Command spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the officer’s death in a statement in Kano. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Police arrest 58 […]
COVID-19: Police arrest 58 for not wearing face mask in Lagos, 121 over curfew
By Evelyn Usman Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested 58 persons for not wearing face masks and 121 others for violating the curfew imposed by the Federal Government. The curfew was imposed on Monday, following a review of the lockdown aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the Command impounded 79 […]
Ogun refutes video of 25-year-old COVID-19 patient’s purported death
By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government has distanced itself from the video of a 25-year old young man who purportedly died in an isolation centre, condemning the reckless act of filming a dying person. In a statement released by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker said that there is no 25-year-old […]
Infectious diseases debate will go public – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Tuesday the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill would be put forward for a public hearing. He stated this while addressing members of the House and members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. According to him, the stakeholders’ contributions would be […]
COVID-19: Lebanese community supports Lagos with relief items, Ambulance worth N82.5M
…440,000 households got relief items so far- Commissioner By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lebanese Community in Lagos has donated eight truckloads of various food items and an ambulance worth N82.5 million to the Lagos State Government to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The items which include 43 various essential food and […]
Delta: APC Chieftain charges party to wrestle power from PDP come 2023
The Executive and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State have been charged to unite in order to wrestle power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2023. This call was made by a chieftain of the party and Governorship hopeful in the 2023 elections, Olorogun Jaro Egbo. According to him, “it […]
COVID-19: We’ve reached 440,000 households with Emergency Food Response palliatives — Lagos govt
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, disclosed that it had reached 440,000 Lagos households with its COVID-19 Emergency Food Response Initiative, a palliative scheme for the aged, vulnerable, low-income earners and people living with disabilities. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, said this when the Lebanese government donated eight […]
COVID-19: 34 Kano doctors test positive, one dies — NMA
The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr. Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the […]
COVID-19: Gov. Zulum grants amnesty to 93 inmates
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has pardoned 93 inmates serving various jail terms in Correctional Centres across the state, as part of measures to decongest the centres due to the COVID-19. The State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Kakashehu Lawan, who is also the Chairman, Borno State Advisory Council On Prerogative of Mercy, disclosed […]
Gunmen kidnap journalist in Umuahia
By Ugochukwu Alaribe Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a journalist with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Chinenye Iwuoha, in Umuahia. The incident, Vanguard learnt, happened near the Amakanma Estate in Umuahia South council area, at about 7 pm, as Iwuoha, another staff, Nnamdi Egwuagu and the General Manager of the station, Uche Ndukwu, were […]
COVID-19: Lagos discharges unprecedented 60 patients, total rises to 321
..As LASTMA arrests 100 motorists for flouting safety guidelines By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Tuesday discharged 60 patients from various Isolation Centres in the state after they tested negative twice for COVID-19 in a massive recovery breakthrough. Recall that the state government had on Monday, discharged 14 patients after they tested negative […]
Wada Campaign urges PTF/NCDC to compel Kogi government to abide by COVID-19 protocol
The Wada/Aro Campaign Council under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi State November 2019 governorship election is appealing to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to, as a matter of urgency, intervene by directing the governor of Kogi State to approve the collection of […]
