Covid-19: Niger govt. relaxes curfew
The Niger State Government has relaxed the curfew imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus disease in the state. The new curfew take effect from from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. beginning from April 5 as against the earlier order of 10 a.m. to 12 midnight. Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the […]
Osun missing coronavirus patient found
Shina Abubakar Osogbo The missing COVID – 19 patient from Osun State Isolation Centre in Ejigbo has been apprehended and returned to the centre. The patient, a woman, was apprehended in Ejigbo town and returned to the facility by the police on Saturday afternoon . She escaped from the centre early Saturday morning after she […]
LOCKDOWN: Gunmen kill man, dispossess civil servant N295,000, three phones in Delta
By Festus Ahon Suspected armed robbers, Thursday night, killed a yet to be identified young man at Okotomi area of Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, carting away from the home of a civil servant, Mr. Aaron Edafeikpema, the sum of N295,000.00. It was learned that the hoodlums, numbering seven, had invaded the […]
COVID-19 death: LUTH begins trace, follow-up of contacts
As LASG describes incident as unfortunate By Chioma Obinna The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has began tracing and follow-up of staff of the hospital who managed the COVID-19 patient that died Friday in the hospital. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has described the incident as unfortunate. In a press […]
UK boxer Anthony Yarde’s grandmother dies of coronavirus, few days after father dies
British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde says his grandmother has died from the coronavirus just a few days after his father’s death as a result of the pandemic. The 28-year-old fighter appealed to people to just stay home as he announced that his grandmother had died yesterday. ‘It’s serious!’ Yarde wrote on social media. ‘People are still […]
COVID-19 Lockdown: Ministry of Agric complies, releases 70,000mt of grains, garri
Says bagging of food items ongoing By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Friday, complied with President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to release 70, 000 metric tonnes of grains and garri to vulnerable Nigerians over lockdown measures to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. This was made […]
