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Four soldiers, 63 ‘terrorists’ killed in Niger clash
Four Nigerien soldiers and 63 “terrorists were killed in fighting between the army and “heavily armed” men in western Niger, a government statement said on Friday. “After a fierce fight” on Thursday in the Tillaberi region near the border with Mali, the soldiers who had been on an anti-terrorist operation put the attackers “on the
Chinese medical team arrives in Nigeria soon — Health minister
Olufemi Atoyebi, Tobi Aworinde, Daud Olatunji and Wale Oyewale The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, said that Chinese doctors, nurses and medical experts would arrive in Nigeria in a few days to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The minister said this during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19
COVID-19: Foreigners leaving Nigeria to use their health facilities – Minister
Kayode Oyero Foreign citizens are being evacuated from Nigeria because they are more familiar with the health systems in their countries, says Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. The PUNCH reports that countries including the US, the UK, Israel and member States of the European Union have started evacuating their nationals from Nigeria amid the coronavirus pandemic.
I’m not a smuggler, I don’t know why customs men killed my daughter –Dad of Ogun slain girl
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Parents of 15-year-old Sekina shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service at Agosasa, in the lpokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, appeared dejected and hopeless. They however said they had accepted their fate by leaving all to God as they had no power to deal with their child’s killers.
COVID-19: Nigeria should prioritise power supply to health care facilities
Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje, University College Cork Nigeria may have to implement a nationwide lock down to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases. Such a drastic measure would alter the country’s energy consumption pattern. This would further burden an already dilapidated power supply system. In an attempt to contain the virus, the country’s economic capital Lagos
COVID-19: UN donates medical equipment to Nigeria
Kayode Oyero The United Nations has donated €80,000 (N32.5m) worth of medical equipment and supplies to Nigeria to assist in the fight against coronavirus. The materials include diagnostic machines and kits, reagents and laboratory consumables, biosafety supplies, such as personal protection equipment and laboratory cabinets, amongst others. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this disclosure
Army arrests soldiers threatening to rape women in viral video
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Army has arrested two soldiers seen in a viral video threatening to molest women in the Warri area of Delta State and using uncouth and uncivilised language. The two soldiers were arrested by 9 Brigade, Ikeja Military Cantonment, Lagos State. In the video, the soldiers had threatened to carry out
Lockdown may increase domestic violence, activists warn
Tobi Aworinde, Abuja Women rights groups, including 283 organisations, have urged the Federal Government to prepare for the likely surge in cases of sexual and gender-based violence resulting from the coronavirus lockdown. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had, on March 29, ordered the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory for
FG asks INEC for 100 pick-up vans to trace contacts
Success Nwogu, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said the Presidential Task Force had requested about 100 pick-up vans from the commission’s fleet to be deployed for contact tracing, surveillance/laboratory and infection prevention/control in six states and the Federal Capital Territory. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr
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