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Togo declares ‘state of emergency’ over virus
President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo has declared a three-month “state of emergency” and curfew aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The tiny West African nation of eight million has so far recorded 36 confirmed infections and two deaths from the disease. Gnassingbe said in a televised address late Wednesday that the unprecedented move was
COVID-19: Stay at home, says LASEMA after truck kills six
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has urged Lagos residents to obey the lockdown order to curb coronavirus transmission. He said this while confirming that six persons died after a truck fell on a commercial taxi on Epe Expressway. Oke-Osanyintolu told News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that six out of
COVID-19: UK will ‘massively increase testing’, says Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would “massively increase testing” amid a growing wave of criticism on Thursday about his government’s failure to provide widespread coronavirus screening. In a video message posted online on Wednesday night from Downing Street, where he has been in self-isolation since announcing on March 27 that he had contracted the
Kaduna threatens clampdown on clerics harbouring Almajiri
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State, Hafsat Baba, has warned quranic teachers against harbouring almajiri in the state. The commissioner said anyone caught would be made to face the full wrath of the law. She spoke in an interview on Kaduna based local radio – Nagarta Radio
Why I don’t like Taye Taiwo – Isabey
Ebenezer Bajela Ex- Super Eagles defender, Taye Taiwo, has been branded a very fast and strong player by former Sochaux midfielder, Michaël Isabey. He added that he hated coming face to face with the Nigerian during their playing days in the French Ligue 1. Often regarded as one of the best left-backs to have worn
Coronavirus: Why you should stay at home
Niran Adedokun Hard as it is, the lockdown order on Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory is government’s most proactive step towards curtailing the COVID-19 disease so far. Arguments that government should have ordered the closure of Nigeria’s border as soon as the Italian index case presented do not sit well with
Lockdown: DHQ disowns torture videos
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has dismissed some videos currently circulating on the social media of soldiers torturing civilians for violating the Presidential directive to stay at home over the Coronavirus pandemic. The DHQ said on Wednesday that such videos were a calculated attempt to blackmail the military. In a release, it noted
I’ve fears COVID-19 funds will be looted –Olaniyan
In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, Legal Adviser at Amnesty International Secretariat, London, Dr Kolawole Olaniyan, speaks about Nigeria’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the right of Nigerians to quality health care What is your thought about the handling of the COVID-19 crisis by the Nigerian government? President Muhammadu Buhari government’s handling of COVID-19
COVID-19: No mask, no movement in Cross River – Ayade
Ada Wodu, Calabar The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has imposed new restrictions on residents of the state just as its neighbour, Akwa Ibom State, recorded its first set of cases. According to a statement signed by Ayade’s media aide, Christian Ita, no resident of the state would be allowed to move without a
COVID-19 lockdown: Write play on pandemic later, Presidency replies Soyinka
Kayode Oyero The Presidency has reacted to the comments of the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, faulting the lockdown order of the Federal Government that Nigeria is not in a “war emergency”. It said the playwright had no specialty in medicine but may choose to write a play on the pandemic after the emergency was
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