Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Friday 1st May 2020
These are Breaking Evening News from popular Evening Newspapers in Nigeria Today .
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MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO NIGERIAN WORKERS ON MAY DAY, 2020
Greetings Nigerian Workers! It is 1st May – May Day today but we know that something is not right not just in our nation but globally. Today is a day set aside for workers to celebrate the success of their historical struggles to have a “voice” in the world of work. It is equally a …
Daily Trust.
COVID-19: BUK fabricates ventilator
Bayero University Kano (BUK), has invented a prototype ventilator machine to enhance the management of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Kano state. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Muhammad Yahuza Bello, while unveiling the machine on Friday said it was part of the contribution of the university to combating coronavirus pandemic. He said an emergency team was constituted …
Daily Trust.
Premier League re-states commitment to finish season
Premier League clubs on Friday reconfirmed their commitment to finish the 2019/20 season subject to coronavirus restrictions being lifted in Britain despite fears expressed by players. The English top flight faces an eye-watering estimated loss of around £1 billion ($1.25 billion) if no more football is played due to the global pandemic. Playing the 92 …
Daily Trust.
Kannywood loses actor
A Kannywood actor, Ibrahim Ubale popularly known among Hausa movie fans as ‘Wanke wanke’ has died. He died on Thursday evening after a brief illness and has since been buried according to Islamic injunction in Kano. His colleague in the movie industry and childhood friend, Sani Danja who confirmed the death said the deceased was …
Daily Trust.
Buhari mourns Prof. Owodunni Teriba
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, academia and friends of renowned economist, Professor Owodunni Teriba, who passed away recently at 82. In a condolence message in Abuja on Friday by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, the President lauded the can-do spirit of the departed, who studied privately for his advance level education and …
Daily Trust.
I am alive, hale and hearty—Na’Abba
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, has debunked reports insinuating that he died of COVID-19 pandemic. Na’Abba, who spoke in a video sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kano, dismissed the report as misleading and rumour. He said he is still alive and in good health …
Daily Trust.
Virus cases leap in Nigeria’s Kano
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria’s northern Kano state have almost tripled in a few days after the government ramped up measures following a spate of “mysterious deaths”, figures showed Friday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the number of recorded infections across Kano rose to 219, up from 77 at the start of the …
Daily Trust.
Emir of Rano hospitalised
The Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila ll, one of the four emirs of the newly created emirates in Kano state has been hospitalized, Daily Trust has learnt. But it is uncertain whether the emir’s illness is related or not to Covid-19. A source at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) confided in Daily …
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Police confirms release of woman kidnapped with Ekiti commissioner
The Police Command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the release of a woman kidnapped on April 26,along with the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olabode Folorunsho. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, ASP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen, in Ado Ekiti that whereas that the woman (name withheld) was freed on Thursday, the commissioner was …
Daily Trust.
Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus
Donald Trump claimed he has seen evidence the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab, as he threatened tariffs on Beijing over its role in the global pandemic. The US president’s assertion was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and by his top diplomat, who said: “We don’t know precisely where it began.” Lockdowns that …
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Kwara govt confirms three new cases of coronavirus
Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Friday, confirmed three new cases of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor and Chairman Technical Committee on COVID-19, Kayode Alabi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Ilorin. This brings the total numbers of confirmed cases in the state to fourteen. He said: “Out of the 12 active cases, two have …
Kwara govt confirms three new cases of coronavirus
Lagos govt announces discharge of another 26 coronavirus patients
The Lagos State Government has announced that 26 more coronavirus patients have been discharged from the isolation facilities at Yaba and Onikan to reunite with the society The Lagos State Ministry of Health made the announcement on a tweet via its Twitter account shortly after announcing the discharge of the patients . The tweet read …
Lagos govt announces discharge of another 26 coronavirus patients
Collapsed storey building claims more lives in Imo
15 more people have died from the eight storey building that collapsed along Yar’Adua Drive in Owerri on Thursday. DAILY POST had reported that two lives have been lost with seven seriously Injured as an eight storey building under construction in Owerri collapsed on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Head …
Collapsed storey building claims more lives in Imo
Saraki cries out, says Nigerian workers are unsettled
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has lamented that Nigerian workers are unsettled by the economic consequences caused by coronavirus pandemic. Saraki, however, assured workers that Nigeria would overcome the challenges posed by the virus. The former Senate President in a post on his Facebook page, made the remark in commemoration of Intentional Workers Day celebration. …
Saraki cries out, says Nigerian workers are unsettled
May Day: Buhari sends message to Nigerian workers (Full Text)
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that no employer would retrench workers without going through due process. Buhari said his government will ensure that no employer would retrench or lay off workers without going through due process of social dialogue, which include consultations with workers and with the Competent Authority, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. …
May Day: Buhari sends message to Nigerian workers (Full Text)
Atiku’s company sacks 46 staff on Workers’ Day
Gotel Communications, a media outfit owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has sacked 46 of its staff. Gotel Communications, located in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, is a television and radio broadcast conglomerate. The affected staff received their sack letters on Friday (today). Some expatriate workers had earlier accused the company of …
Atiku’s company sacks 46 staff on Workers’ Day
Popular Nollywood actor, ‘Wanke Wanke’ is dead
Kannywood actor, Ibrahim Ubale, popularly known among Hausa movie fans as ‘Wanke wanke’ is dead. He died on Thursday evening after a brief illness and has since been buried according to Islamic rights in Kano, Daily Trust reports. His death was confirmed by one of his colleagues, Sani Danja. He said the deceased died on …
Popular Nollywood actor, ‘Wanke Wanke’ is dead
May Day: Gov Abiodun betrayed us – Ogun workers lament
The Ogun State Chapter of Trade Union Congress (TUC) said Governor Dapo Abiodun has betrayed the trust they had in his by reneging on his promise to implement the new minimum wage from March this year, saying it was a “feeling of betrayal.” The TUC Chairman in Ogun, Comrade Akeem Lasisi, disclosed this, Friday, while …
May Day: Gov Abiodun betrayed us – Ogun workers lament
Return palliative food not fit for consumption – FCT Minister tells Nigerians
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, on Friday, told residents to return any food item unfit for consumption distributed to them as palliative. Aliyu said this when she inspected the palliatives for Kabusa, Garki, Wuse and City Centre wards in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in Abuja. She …
Return palliative food not fit for consumption – FCT Minister tells Nigerians
Your demand for BVN as condition for payment of salaries against CBN act – ASUU blasts AGF
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday, described the request of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as condition for payment of salaries of university teachers by the Accountant-General of the federation, Ahmed Idris, as an action that against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) act. ASUU described the request as an act of illegality …
Your demand for BVN as condition for payment of salaries against CBN act – ASUU blasts AGF
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