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S/African fines face mask distributor $0.6m for price gouging
A South African face mask distributor has been fined 11 million rands ($608,827) for inflating prices of essential products during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Competition Commission said on Thursday. The company, MATUS, which supplies and distributes masks, overalls, hand sanitisers and other protective gears agreed to pay the fine, after conceding that it hiked its …
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Jigawa records first COVID-19 related death
Jigawa has recorded its first COVID-19 related death in Dutse Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Abba Zakari, the state’s Commissioner for Health and Chairman, Task Force on COVID-19, announced this while speaking newsmen on Thursday in Dutse. Zakari said that the deceased was one of the five patients with confirmed cases of …
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TikTok pledges $10 million to Gavi to aid immunisation across Africa in response to COVID-19
Christian Agadibe TikTok will be donating US$10 million to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which will be matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, bringing the total package of support to US$ 20 million. The donation will go towards efforts to protect against existing infectious diseases and ensure equal access for future deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. …
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Tragedy as couple, 3 children die mysteriously in Enugu
Jude Chinedu, Enugu Tragedy struck in Amaokpo Nike village in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday as the decomposing bodies of a man, his pregnant wife and three of his four children were discovered inside their apartment. A resident who spoke to Daily Sun on the condition of anonymity said that …
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COVID-19: The Ansar-ud-Deen, Full Gospel donate to FG
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADSN) on Wednesday made donations to the Federal Government’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The items were received by the PTF COVID-19 Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, who was represented by the National Coordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu. The PTF …
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COVID-19: Using herbs to treat virus not discouraged – PTF
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the Presidential Task Force PTF on Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic said the use of herbs to treat the deadly virus is not discouraged. Ehanire who was responding to a question on the use of herbal remedies for the treatment/prevention of the …
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Buhari approves merger of agencies to save cost
Uche Usim, Abuja As the COVID-19 pandemic batters the Nigerian economy, the Federal Government has resuscitated the report of the presidential committee on restructuring and rationalization of federal government parastatals, commissions and agencies which recommended the scrapping and merging of many agencies to save cost. Already, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the implementation of the …
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Gombe: Governor express shock over death of PDP stalwart
Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Adamu Danjarida (Madakin Kwami) chairman of Gombe PDP elders forum, whose died on Wednesday night at the age of 78 years. Governor Yahaya in a condolence message issued by his senior media aide Ismaila Uba Misilli, described …
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COVID-19: Educationist advocates fumigation of schools before resumption
Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem, the Head of Political Science Department (HOD), Kwara State College of Education, Oro, has called for fumigation of schools in the country before re-opening, for safety purpose. Abdulkareem, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said fumigation of schools was necessary …
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COVID-19: EU begins distribution of food items to 2,157 vulnerable households
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja As part of its response to assist the Federal Government tackle the effect of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the European Union (EU) on Thursday began the distribution of basic food items to vulnerable households in the Federal Capital Territory, beginning with Karonmajiji community. The EU is targeting a total of 2,157 households …
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Kaduna confirms 16 new COVID-19 cases from Kano almajiris
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed the sad news that there are 16 new COVID-19 cases in the state. These new cases are almajiris who came from Kano. Their test results returned positive from a sample of 40 persons whose test results were released today. According to the statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni said: “These latest cases have raised the number of active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna State from nine to 25.” The statement added: “The high number of positive results…
Boeing to reduce workforce by 10 percent as Covid-19 batters airline industry
Boeing announced sweeping cost-cutting measures Wednesday as it reported a first-quarter loss of $641 million after suffering a damaging hit to the airline business from the coronavirus pandemic. The aerospace giant plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent through voluntary and involuntary layoffs, Chief Executive David Calhoun said in a message to employees that accompanied an earnings release, reports France24. Boeing also will slash production of its main commercial planes, including the 787 and 777. “The aviation industry will take years to return to the levels of traffic we saw just…
Three ministers test positive for Coronavirus
The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Nabiam and three ministers, on Wednesday tested positive for Coronavirus. Health Minister, Antonio Deuna, confirmed this, revealing that they were being quarantined presently at a hotel in the country’s capital, Bissau. It was learnt that some members of the cabinet: Interior Minister Botche Cande and two secretaries of state, Mario Fambe and Monica Buaro were also infected. So far, Guinea-Bissau has recorded 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with one death, and 18 recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. President…
Coronavirus: Up to 60 bodies found piled in New York trucks after ‘foul odour’ reported
Up to sixty decomposing bodies were reportedly found in the back of unrefrigerated trucks and on the floor of a funeral home after neighbours complained of a foul smell. Police officers allegedly found two U-Haul trucks piled high with rotting bodies outside Andrew Cleckley Funeral Services in Utica Avenue, Flatlands, Brooklyn, on Wednesday. It comes as official figures show 23,474 coronavirus deaths in New York, as well as 306,158 cases in the state, reports mirror.co.uk. A video shows bodies on top of each other without shelving in a truck’s trailer. While people…
Trump: China wants me to lose re-election race in November
…brushes off polls showing Biden leading presidential race President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. “China will do anything they can to have me lose this race,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with Reuters news agency at the White House. Trump said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for China over the virus, also known as COVID-19. “I can do a…
Lockdown: Residents’ battle against hunger, robbers, rapists
For about four weeks, residents of communities on the fringes of Lagos and Ogun states have to race against deadly coronavirus, made more potent by the combined forces of hunger, and groups of armed youths whose stock in trade is to rape, rob and maim, writes ABIODUN BELLO Waging endless war against lethal virus on empty stomach O n Monday April 27, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari, in one of his nationwide broadcasts, extended by one week the lockdown on Lagos and Ogun states as well as the…
Union Bank reports 19% profit growth in Q1 ’20
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (UBN) has announced its unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, recording 19 per cent growth in pretax profit. According to the Q1 report released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the lender’s profit before tax was up by 19 per cent to N6.2 billion from N5.2 billion reported in Q1’19. In the same vein, profit after tax from continued operations in Q1’20 stood at N6 billion, up from N4.9 billion during the comparable period in 2019. Gross earnings grew by 18 per…
Again, Buhari gives another dead Ebonyi man board appointment
Three months after his death, Tobias Chukwemeka Okwuru, was yesterday appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as one of the newly appointed members of Federal Character Commission (FCC). Chukwuemeka died in February this year. The Senate had on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Okwuru, a former House of Reps member and other members of the commission. Muheeda Dankaka was appointed the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission by the President. He also appointed 36 other members of the commission who included Henry Ogbulogo, Salihu Bello, Obonganwan Ebong, Ibeabuchi Uche, Mohammed Tijjani,…
NDPR: NITDA investigates 30 firms over breach
PROTECTION Country’s technology regulator says it will ensure Nigerians’ data are well protected T he National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it is currently investigating over 30 firms over a possible breach of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). The regulation, which came into force in April 2019, is aimed at protecting Nigerians’ data. While the agency did not mention the names of other companies being investigated, it specifically fingered an online news platform, which was alleged to have published data of some…
Sanwo-olu suspends okada operations, grants banks, firms, others six-hour operation
…gives banks, firms, others six-hour operation time Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu yesterday suspended the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okadas, across Lagos State, with the exception of those used for courier and logistics purposes. The suspension was part of the strict framework for movement and re-opening of businesses introduced by the governor ahead of the Monday expiration of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Sanwo-Olu also directed the drivers of tricycles…
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