Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 28th March 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Saturday 28th March 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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COVID-19: Shutting market, good but not many know about the virus, say traders
…ploy to relocate Mile 12 market The recent shutdown of markets and stores announced by the Lagos State government jolted not a few residents. But the closure was said to have become necessary as a way to curb the rapid spread of the deadly COVID-19 in the mega city. Isioma Madike, who went round some markets in the state, brought back the reactions of both traders and other stakeholders in the state The popular Mile 12 Market in Lagos State was thrown into confusion on…
Let laboratories test confirm COVID-19 cases, NMA tells FG
Disturbed over the increasing cases of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases in the country, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has urged the federal government to allow other laboratories test for the virus, in order to avoid losing probable cases to the community. This was part of the resolutions contained in a communique signed by the branch Chairman, executive council of the NMA Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, Dr. Philip Ekpe, and made available to newsmen at the end of the association’s emergency executive council meeting which held on Friday in…
We’ll change the way Edo is governed –Ize-Iyamu
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, has said that he is ready to change the way the state is being governed, just as he charged all party members to go and spread the message of change in their respective wards. The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2016 election in the state, gave the charge while thanking President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for bringing…
Oyetola, proactive gov, should be emulated –Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has applauded the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola over his response at nipping the coronavirus in the bud, just as he issued an ultimatum to the rampaging pandemic. Oba Akanbi, who thumbed up the governor’s ban on public and social gatherings, said the action has revealed the humanism in Oyetola even as he predicted that the epidemic would be over by April 10. Noting that the governor has proven that he knows his onion in times of emergency, the monarch recalled that…
REV LADI THOMPSON: Coronavirus offers Nigeria last opportunity to build new economic paradigm
Rev Ladi Thompson, a strategic thinking consultant and pastor of Living Waters Unlimited Church, Anthony, Lagos, spoke with ANDREW IRO OKUNGBOWA on Nigeria taking advantage of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to create a new narrative and economic paradigm if it ever hopes to build a virile and economically vibrant nation. Excerpts… What is your view on the Coronavirus which is ravaging the world, with no respite in view yet? The scientifically advantaged nations are dumbfounded and the global industrial concern is grinding to a halt. Nations have shut…
FCTA begins fumigation of markets, other public places
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced fumigation of major markets and other public places, as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the nation’s capital. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, who flagged off the exercise yesterday, also led other staff of the administration on a sensitization awareness campaign to Gwarinpa market. Aliyu said the fumigation has become necessary in view of the virus that is gradually spreading like wide fire. She appealed to traders to vacate the market for the period of the…
Centre conducts dialysis on 129 kidney patients in Hadejia
The Fatima Abubakar Dialysis Centre in Hadejia, Jigawa State, yesterday said it had conducted dialysis on 129 patients with kidney diseases from 2018 to 2020. Chairman, Management Committee of the privately owned facility, Alhaji Abbas Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Hadejia, Jigawa. He said the aim of dialysis was to remove impurities from the blood of patients suffering from renal impairment. Muhammad said each patient had undergone between one and three sessions of dialysis per week, adding that a session lasted for four hours.…
Poultry farmers may lose N3trn due to interstate vehicular restriction
•Lagos gov’t pays N1.8bn accrued pension rights The economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic on livestock investment took a dramatic twist yesterday, when the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), said it stood to lose about N3 trillion over Federal Government’s restriction order on interstate vehicular movements to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Elsewhere, the Lagos State Government yesterday said it had paid the sum of N1. 8 billion accrued pension rights into the Retirement Savings Account (RSA) of 418 retirees for the month of March. Speaking at…
Ondo LG polls postponed indefinitely
The local government elections earlier scheduled to hold on April 18, 2020 in Ondo State has been put on hold indefinitely following effort to contain the spread of coronavirus to the state. Addressing journalists yesterday over the development, the Chairman of the state’s Independent Electorial Commission (ODIEC), Prof. Yomi Dinakin, said the decision was taken alongside all the participating political parties in the election. Dinakin said the 10 political parties argued that they complied with the directives of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ban on political ralies and gatherings as they would…
Obaseki orders evacuation of patients, stops services at Stella Obasanjo Hospital
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered immediate evacuation of all patients and facilities at popular Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin to the new Edo Specialist Hospital all in the state capital. The move is to ensure that coronavirus does not spread in the state. The Stella Obasanjo Hospital located off the busy Sapele Road in the capital town will now serve as an isolation centre for victims of the coronavirus (Covid 19) disease now ravaging most countries of the world. This is as anxiety has continued to mount…
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