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BREAKING: PENGASSAN orders strike over arrest of ExxonMobil staff
Sodiq Oyeleke Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has asked its members to shut operations and all activities at the nation’s oil rigs and export terminals from Sunday midnight. It also ordered its members to withdraw all forms of services relating to crude oil production, refining, distribution and supplies. PENGASSAN said this …
COVID-19: Panama holds 1,700 migrants in jungle
Around 1,700 illegal migrants heading to the United States are being held in a jungle camp by Panama authorities after several cases of the new coronavirus were detected among them, an official source said. They are being kept in La Penita, close to the Colombian border, in facilities designed to accommodate around 200 people. “Seventeen …
COVID-19: Europe records over 100,000 deaths
Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in Europe as the world’s top musicians joined forces for a virtual concert, hoping to spread cheer to billions stuck at home under lockdown. A-listers including the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder and teen superstar Billie Eilish entertained fans with a six-hour online extravaganza celebrating healthcare workers. The event, …
UCH doctor tests positive for coronavirus
Sodiq Oyeleke The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, says a medical doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan, has tested positive for coronavirus. Makinde made this known on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday night. He said, “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case; a doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan came back …
Our family is important to us — Pat and Ifeoma Utomi
A former Delta State governorship and presidential candidate, Pat Utomi, and his wife, a Consultant Orthodontist at LUTH, Dr Ifeoma, tell TOFARATI IGE about their careers and family How would you assess the impact of COVID-19 on the polity? Firstly, the fact that we can have a healthcare system that is in the state it’s …
Coronavirus’ll force ruling class to see rot in health sector –Obi, Reps health committee chair
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions, Dr Paschal Obi, tells LEKE BAIYEWU the lessons Nigeria should learn during the ongoing fight against COVID-19 pandemic How prepared was Nigeria for the coronavirus pandemic before the disease spread to the country, as many Nigerians believe the government was not adequately prepared for it? …
Full list: Lagos, Abuja, Kano top as COVID-19 cases hit 542 in Nigeria
Sodiq Oyeleke Nigeria recorded 49 new cases of coronavirus in Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Kano, Ogun, Oyo, and Ekiti states on Saturday. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 542, The PUNCH reports. of the 49 new cases, 45 were recorded in Lagos, FCT, and Kano, while four were reported …
No evidence of FG’s cash transfer to my constituents –Fadeyi, Oyo Assembly Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Abiodun Fadeyi, representing Ona Ara State Constituency, tells WALE OYEWALE his reservations about the alleged shoddy distribution of Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer which recently led to a protest in his area, lockdown orders in some states, and the invitation of Chinese doctors into the country in the …
We’ve developed ventilator, other gadgets to reduce doctors’ risk of contracting COVID-19 — Bala, Bauchi varsity lecturer who led innovation team
Faisal Sani Bala, an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mechatronics and Systems Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, led a team of eight experts to invent an automatic ventilator, aerosol box, disinfection chamber and an application that helps detect people with COVID-19, Lassa fever and other diseases. He tells ARMSTRONG BAKAM how the machines …
Gunmen kidnap Edo commissioner, kill orderly
SOLA SHITTU Edo State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Emmanuel Agbale, has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen who also killed his orderly. The incident occurred on Friday along Benin-Ekpoma Road by Oil Palm Estate in Edo State. The commissioner was on his way to Ekpoma when the gunmen reportedly opened fire on his vehicle. …
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