Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 28th March 2020
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Mexico President To Continue Travel, Asks Fans To Stay Away
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday he will maintain his busy travel schedule dedicating infrastructure projects around the country in spite of growing restrictions prompted by the coronavirus epidemic, including a shutdown of most federal government operations. López Obrador was scheduled to take commercial flights Friday to the western state of Nayarit and
UK To Convert Two More Convention Centers Into Temporary Hospitals
UK will convert two further conference centers into temporary hospitals, NHS Chief Medical Officer Simon Stevens said at a news conference on Friday. London’s Excel Centre is already in the process of being turned into a field hospital. “And today — because this is a problem not just confined to London, but across the whole country —
COVID-19: 25,035 Have Died In 176 Countries Worldwide
550,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 worldwide, and more than 25,000 have died, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The exact number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection is 553,224. The deaths are 25,035. The dangerous infection has spread to 176 countries around the world. In Bulgaria the number of patients with COVID-19 is 293, 3 of
Five Biggest Challenges Facing Delayed 2020 Olympics
By agreeing to the first postponement in 124-year history of the modern Olympics, Tokyo 2020 organizers, sponsors, athletes and fans now face a whole new set of questions and logistical challenges. There’s a reason it takes many years and several billions of dollars to host the games: the two-week event is built on a Jenga-tower
Iran Condemns US Baseless Accusation Against Venezuelan President
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has slammed Washington’s groundless accusations against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “No international law allows the US to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries and prepare the ground for a coup, overthrow or aggression against an independent state by abusing its judicial mechanisms,” said Mousavi on Friday condemning the
Frustrated Nurse Urges People To Stop Stealing Supplies From Hospital
Sonja Reinert, a labor and delivery nurse at Emory Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, posted an emotional video on Facebook Friday, urging people to stay home and stop stealing their supplies. She said they don’t have enough personal protective equipment or other supplies. They’ve had to hide, gloves hats and even hand sanitizer because people have
Why We’re Evacuating French, European Nationals – Air France
LAGOS – Air France has explained why it commenced evacuation of French and European nationals from Nigeria with its maiden flight out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Thursday. The airline, in a reply to Saturday INDEPENDENT enquiry said that it was doing everything possible to ensure the return of French and
Football Is Not Important While People Are Dying Everyday – Defoe
Rangers striker Jermain Defoe insists football has to take a back seat as Scotland deals with the coronavirus pandemic. The game has been suspended since March 13 due to the health crisis, with no firm date set for its return. And at 37 years of age, Defoe knows time is not on his side in
Final Year Undergraduate Drowns In Ebonyi Hotel
ABAKALIKI – A final year student of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), simply identified as Christian, has mysteriously drowned at Sandiego Hotel, located along old Enugu road, Abakaliki. Saturday INDEPENDENT gathered that the deceased was swimming with his friends inside the hotel’s pool when the incident happened. He was rushed to Alex Ekwueme
UPDATE COVID-19: Nigeria Records 81 Cases
•As Eight New Persons Test Positive In Lagos; Two Others From Enugu, One In Edo Lagos – Nigeria has recorded eleven new cases of COVID-19 as eight persons have tested positive to Coronavirus in Lagos, two others in Enugu and one in Edo, the Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) said around midnight Friday.
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