Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Friday 3rd April 2020
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Lockdown: CAN tasks faithful on diligent prayers
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo state chapter, has urged faithful to be deligent and pray daily for God’s intervention following lockdown order by the government. The CAN state Chairman, Pastor Benjamin Akanmu, made the call when he spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan. Akanmu said that the lockdown order
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Indonesian Muslim council forbids travelling home for Eid
Indonesian Islamic scholars are seeking to avoid the usual mass homecoming for Eid-al-Fitr, forbidding people from travelling home during the coronavirus pandemic. The fatwa was issued on Friday by the Indonesian Council of Ulema a day after President Joko Widodo, decided to allow millions of Muslims to travel to celebrate Eid in their hometowns next
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No more admission of inmate into Kaduna Custodial Centre, says Controller
The Controller, National Correctional Centre, Kaduna State Command, Sanusi Danmusa, says the command is no longer admitting new inmates into the center. In an interview with the news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna, the controller said it was part of measures put in place to avert the spread of COVID-19 pandemic at the
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COVID-19 lockdown: Women decry hike in prices of food items in Ekiti
Some women in Federal Housing, Ado-Ekiti, on Friday said that the lockdown order, occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, is taking its toll on them. They decried the sudden hike in prices of some food items and disruption of their petty trading. Speaking to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti, Mrs Ilori Abodunde, a
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COVID-19: Red Cross plans door-to-door sensitisation in Kaduna
Kaduna State Red Cross Society on Friday said it would begin a door-to-door sensitisation as a measure to tackle the spread of Coronavirus in the state. The State Communication coordinator, Mr Peter Ochu, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Kaduna. Ochu explained that the state branch had identified lack of proper
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COVID-19: Bayelsa residents laud Gov. Diri’s food items distribution
Residents of Yenagoa have commended Gov. Douye Diri for distribution of food items to Eight local government areas of the state, to cushion the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the people. A cross section of residents gave the commendation in separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday, against the backdrop
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Covid-19: Benue index case moved to Abuja – health commissioner
Rose Ejembi, Makurdi The Benue State Action Committee on coronavirus has disclosed that over 23 persons who had closed contact with the Benue index case of COVID-19, Susan Okpe, have been traced and are now self isolating in their homes with close monitoring by the committee. Benue State Commissioner for Health and Secretary of the
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Covid-19: Order NNPC To Reopen Refineries Now – IPMAN Begs Buhari
Ben Dunno, Warri The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately direct Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), to reopen all refineries in the country, as a way of sustaining the economy at this critical period of global meltdown due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Chairman Delta state chapter
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LASEPA backtracks, unseals Jumia’s Ikeja warehouse
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) on Thursday reopened Jumia’s warehouse situated at Surulere Industrial road, off Allen, Ikeja, which was sealed on Wednesday for contravening the lockdown order by the Federal Government in the state. Putting up the update on its Twitter handle, @LasepaInfo, the agency said the warehouse was opened “having established
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Man killed in Ebonyi allegedly wanted his money back for s*x services not rendered
Chijioke Agwu,Abakaliki The entire people of Umuabara Mgbede in Akaeze community of Ivo local government area of Ebonyi state have been in mourning and confusion following the tragic death of one of their sons, Mr. Okoro Ezeoke, by his alleged lover, Chinenye Okoro and her mother, Mrs.Erima Okoro. Daily Sun gathered that the deceased was
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Push ups: Buratai drills Special Forces
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Buratai,has led troops to special forces push ups so as to further demonstrate the importance of physical fitness to the military. Butatai was at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji near Kaduna on a one day working visit where he assessed the level of a tailor made Special Forces training. This was contained in a statement signed by Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director Army Public Relations, issued on Friday. The Special Forces comprised of elements of 81 Battalion…
COVID-19: Bayelsa starts distribution of food stuff
In order to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic the Bayelsa State government on Friday distributed some food stuff across the eight local government areas in the state for onward distribution to the less privileged. Distributing the food items at the state’s Emergency Management Agency’s office in Igbogene, the Chairman of the agency Zidekaih Isu, who supervised the distribution, said the governor decided that the items be shared to those who are under privileged at least to cushion the effects of the economic consequences of…
JUST IN: US nationals in flight hitch, stranded over airspace flight pact
Wole Shadare Hundreds of Americans scheduled to be evacuated from Lagos were left stranded Friday morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The US nationals, who had already check-in by the airport authorities, were seen collecting their baggage from through arrival baggage belts with plans to go back home. A top official of one of the aviation agencies told New Telegraph that the flight that was supposed to evacuate them was ‘cancelled due to the inability of the airplane to over-fly some countries’. Over flight permits are authorisations…
COVID-19: Retired doctors, nurses volunteer services, says Mohammed
Retired Doctors, Nurses and Laboratory Scientists across the country have volunteered their services to the cause of fighting the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic spreading across States in Nigeria.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known in Abuja, when he appeared as guest on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum.Mohammed said that the decision was reached when the Minister of Health, Dr. Osage Ehanire, met with the Nigerian Medical Association and other umbrella associations of the other health workers.The minister, who was giving an update on…
Nigeria’s Covid-19 infections rise to 190
Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Osun State, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 190.The announcement came hours after Lagos health commissioner Akin Abayomi announced Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his family and aides tested negative for coronavirus.Information from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control indicates Covid-19 has been reported in 13 states Lagos, with 98 cases reported, has the highest burden. Abuja is second, with 38 cases reported. The others are Osun- 20 Oyo- 8 Akwa Ibom- 5 Ogun- 4 Edo- 4 Kaduna- 4…
*-workers-stranded-in-germany-as-coronavirus-shuts-brothels-3/ S** workers stranded in Germany as coronavirus shuts brothels
Thousands of foreign prostitutes working in Germany have been made homeless after brothels closed due to the coronavirus outbreak and borders snapped shut, making it difficult for them to return home.Authorities in the country, where prostitution has been legal for almost two decades, shut brothels last month along with other non-essential businesses like restaurants and nightclubs to slow the spread of the virus, reports Reuters.“The coronavirus has been a disaster for me,” said a Polish prostitute in the western city of Bochum known to her clients as Nicole. “I have…
Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises
Mosques were allowed to remain open in Pakistan on Friday, the Muslim sabbath when adherents gather for weekly prayers, even as the coronavirus pandemic spread and much of the country had shut down.Prime Minister Imran Khan is relying on restricting the size of congregations attending mosques and advice to stay at home from religious groups like the country’s Islamic Ideology Council.However, some provinces have issued their own lockdown orders to prevent Muslims from gathering for Friday prayers. In southern Sindh province, a complete lockdown is being enforced from noon until…
COVID-19: I can’t do giveaway now – Davido tells followers
Renowned Nigerian entertainer, David Adeleke, popularly known as “Davido”, has told his followers that he has no money to do ‘giveaway’ amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown, due to lack of show.The singer stated this while responding to a follower (fan)@cythianthebread on his Twitter page, who tweeted, asking him “to do giveaway” just like other celebrities.The ace singer responded by telling the fan that there were no shows insight, adding that his source of income is limited.“No money for now,.., no show insight abeg..we all dey here together!,” he wrote.The…
Kenyan lockdown: ‘Most people prefer coronavirus then beatings of police’
Since November, Emily Nyambura had been running a thriving mobile coffee business in Mathare, a densely populated settlement in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.With a growing customer base, she would earn on good days up to 1,500 Kenyan shillings ($15) – but all that changed last week. On the evening of March 27, Nyambura was, as usual, walking the streets of Mathare, selling to her customers who drink tea in the morning and coffee after work, reports al-Jazeera. But at 7pm, police descended on the area to enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew announced by the government as part…
India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for rural poor
For farm worker Manisha Uke, being able to survive is contingent on two factors – one, getting a daily wage of 100 Indian rupees ($1.3) a day and two, receiving a widow’s monthly pension of 1,000 rupees ($13.1) from the government. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in India at the beginning of March, both sources of income have dried up, reports al-Jazeera. Just days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an unprecedented three-week lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Uke, 30, who lives in a village in Maharashtra in western India ran…
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