Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 17th April 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 17th April 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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COVID-19: Politics on sabbatical
Politics and political activities have been relegated to the background since the advent of novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, ONYEKACHI EZE reports Politics has taken the back seat in Nigeria for about three weeks now and political stories rarely find spaces in the media. Except for occasional press statements by their spokespersons, political parties in the country are more or less in limbo. Every news report is now centred on the novel coronavirus pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China December last year. Indications that Nigerians might be seeing…
New Telegraph.
Dangote flood committee donates N1.5bn to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Bothered by the increasing trend and spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the Presidential Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee set up in 2012 by the Federal Government and led by the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced a donation of N1.5 billion, to further curtail the spread of the virus. Announcing the donation on Wednesday after an emergency meeting, Chairman of the committee, Dangote said it had become imperative for all well-meaning Nigerians to dip their hands into their pockets and help the Federal Government in fighting this deadly virus,…
New Telegraph.
Sanwo-Olu parleys OPS, business community on ease of doing business
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday assured members of the organised private sector (OPS) and the business community that his government would take proactive steps to address the challenges of businesses in Lagos State during the novel coronavirus pandemic to ensure uninterrupted ease of doing business. Particularly, the governor said that the supply and distribution of essential goods and products would continue to receive government’s support during this period of COVID-19 in the state and Nigeria at large. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this in his remarks at the second virtual meeting…
New Telegraph.
Nigeria receives more medical kits, PPE from UN
Barely 48 hours after delivering 50 ventilators and other medical and protective equipment to the Government of Nigeria, the United Nations has, again, delivered more supplies to support the Federal government in the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The new batch of supplies, made up of 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, and various personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, IEHK/PEP kits, and other vital health supplies, would also support the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) work with children and families within the country. UN, in a statement made available…
New Telegraph.
Peterside: Sates should localize strategies in line with peculiarities
Atedo Peterside is the Chairman of Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank We endorse President Muhammad Buhari’s extension of the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun state as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and his guidance on the urgent need the entire nation to embrace social distancing to an extent feasible. It is our submission that each state, LGA and community has to “localise” its own Lockdown and/or social distancing strategies, in relation to its unique circumstances and peculiarities; one size cannot fit all on this subject. Amongst…
New Telegraph.
Coronavirus threatens 150m jobs in Africa – McKinsey
35m employees to get reduction in wages The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could affect a third of the 440 million formal and informal jobs (150 million) in Africa as lockdowns across the continent deprive people in the world’s poorest continent of the means to make a living, McKinsey & Co has said. According to Bloomberg, in its Finding Africa’s Path report, between 9 million and 18 million of the continent’s 140 million formal jobs could be lost as a result of the crisis, adding that a further 30 million to…
New Telegraph.
CAN wants churches to open food banks for members
The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) Kaduna State chapter, yesterday called on churches across the state to open food banks for indigent members to enable them cushion the impact of the lockdown. A statement by Rev. John Joseph Hayab, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, stated that the “leadership of CAN in the state was not unmindful of what most members were going through during this time of COVID-19 lockdown”. Consequently, the statement said: “While we remain obedient to constituted authority, we strongly employ us all to truly…
New Telegraph.
NCDC boss: Shortage of reagents hindering large scale testing
The Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has blamed the inability of his agency to embark on massive testing of Nigerians for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the scarcity of reagents globally. Also, Ihekweazu debunked claims of discrepancies in the number of persons the NCDC sometimes listed as new cases, which conflicts with the number the states listed. In the case of Lagos State, he said some persons who tested positive lived in Ogun State and had to be re-allocated in the NCDC register to…
New Telegraph.
Fear grips residents as Kano records first COVID-19 death
Palpable fear has gripped residents of Kano as the State Ministry of Health confirmed that the most populous northern state had recorded its first death from Coronavirus. The announcement came through the ministry’s official Twitter handle @SMOH, but did not reveal the identity of the deceased and no much details about the death. The Kano ministry also confirmed 12 new cases, bringing the total to 21 within one week. The ministry made this known on its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH. “As at Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at 11:55p.m., one death…
New Telegraph.
Don tasks FG on increased testing capacity against coronavirus
Dr. Okezie Okamgba, a lecturer at the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Abia State University, Uturu, has urged the federal government to urgently increase coronavirus testing capacity to enable early reopening of the national space. He said that with rising reported cases of starvation of the poor in Nigeria following lockdowns, the poor, hungry population which lockdowns also exposed to malnutrition would record more COVID-19 fatalities if hit by it. Making the call yesterday during an interview with our reporter in Aba, Okamgba said that the procurement of more Polymerase…
New Telegraph.
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