Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Sunday 17th May 2020
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Court didn’t halt consideration of Control of Infectious Diseases Bill – Reps
Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja The House of Representatives has said the consideration of the contentious Control of Infectious Diseases Bill has not been stopped by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, said in a statement on Sunday, that a section of the media had …
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Lawmaker against parliamentary system in Osun local councils
Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja A member of the House of Representatives representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Oluwole Oke, has faulted the introduction of a parliamentary system of government in local government councils in the state. Oke, in a statement on Sunday, said the practice of a parliamentary system of government in Osun local government …
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COVID-19: We won’t flout FG’s directive on school closure – EKSU VC
The Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun, says the institution will not flout the Federal Government’s directive on the nationwide shutting down of universities to contain the spread of COVID-19. Olanipekun stated this in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Sunday by the institution’s Public Relations …
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Apologise to Wike, Rivers, or ‘face the music’, PDP group warns Uwazuruike
Tony John, Port Harcourt A pro-People’s Democratic Party group in Rivers State, Grassroots Development Initiative Worldwide (GDI), has told the leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, to apologise to Governor Nyesom Wike and the people of Rivers for insulting statements. The group warned that unless Uwazuruike …
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Niger State records first COVID-19 death
John Adams, Minna Niger State has recorded its first COVID-19 death out of the 22 positive cases recorded in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Vice-Chairman of the state Task Force on COVID-19 and State Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr Muhammad Makusidi, disclosed the news in Minna, saying that the …
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COVID-19: Imo discharges 3 patients
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, on Sunday, announced that three patients, who tested positive to COVID-19 in the state, had been discharged after treatment. The governor made the announcement through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, in Owerri. The governor said that of the six cases undergoing treatment in the …
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Cross River approves regulation of State Lottery Board, Scrap Agency
Judex Okoro, Calabar The Cross River House of Assembly has approved the regulation of the State Lottery Board as well as Scrap Regulatory Agency. The House adopted the resolution following the report of the Committee on Finance and Appropriation presented at a plenary session by the Chairman, Hon Sunday Achunekang. Presenting the report, Achunekang, representing …
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Kebbi NLC lauds govt on hazard allowances for frontline health workers
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) under the leadership of Umar Halidu Alhassan has commended Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu for approving new hazard allowances for frontline health workers in the state. Alhassan, in a statement issued on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, stated that the NLC ‘extends warm appreciation …
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Eid-el-fitr: Bauchi gov orders payment of May salaries by 20th
Paul Orude, Bauchi The Governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed has approved the payment of May salaries for state civil servants ahead of the Eid-el Fitr celebrations. Governor Mohammed directed the State Accountant-General to ensure that the salaries are paid on or no later than the 20th of May. A press release issued by the …
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COVID-I9: FG distributes lockdown relief to elderly
Okwe Obi, Abuja The Federal Government on Saturday flagged-off the distribution of palliatives to the elderly in Karshi, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The relief materials consisted of food items including half bags of rice, 5kg bags garri, packets of milk, salt, packets of macaroni, 4 litres of vegetable oil, …
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Three Dubai returnees test positive to Covid-19, says Lagos Commissioner
Muritala Ayinla The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that three of the Nigerians evacuated from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by the Federal Government have tested positive to coronavirus in the state. New Telegraph learnt that the three returnees, who were among the stranded Nigerians in Dubai before their evacuation, have been placed under isolation to prevent further spread of the deadly disease. Abayomi, who disclosed this on Sunday in a statement on its official social media handle, said that efforts had been intensified…
Wanted Benue criminal suspect wounded in combat – Military
…as troops arrest 7 militiamen Emmanuel Onani, Abuja The Nigerian military is on the trail of suspected criminal kingpin in Benue State, Terwase Akwaza (a.k.a Gana), who “narrowly escaped death with gunshot wounds” during a special operation conducted by troops on the hideout of the wanted man in Mtan village, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state, on 16 May 2020. Gana was declared wanted by the Benue State government, over allegations of kidnapping and other violent crimes within the general area. According to a statement by the coordinator,…
Brazil registers more than 15,000 Covid-19 deaths
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed 15,000 on Saturday, official data showed, while its number of infections topped 230,000, making it the country with the fourth-highest number of cases in the world. With 15,633 deaths and 233,142 confirmed cases, Brazil – whose president Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the disease as a “little flu” – is at the epicenter of infections in Latin America, reports France24. Experts say under-testing means the real figures could be 15 times higher or more, and warn the worst is yet to come. The sprawling South American country registered 816…
Obama suggests Trump has handled US coronavirus response like a ‘little kid’
Barack Obama has taken aim at President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a video message. In a rare public criticism, the former US President gave a thinly veiled assessment of his successor’s record, suggesting that he is not “even pretending” to be in charge. In a speech broadcast to high school and college graduates across the nation, Obama said the pandemic has “pulled back the curtain” on a “hard truth”. “All those adults we used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing – it…
Coronavirus: Cafe turns away New Zealand’s Prime Minister
Hailed for her leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner were turned away from a cafe on Saturday because it was too full under the physical distancing guidelines. Ardern’s government relaxed many social distancing rules on Thursday, reopening cafes, cinemas and malls after two months of some of the tightest restrictions in the world to stop the spread of the coronavirus, reports Reuters. Ardern and Clarke Gayford walked for a brunch to a cafe in the country’s capital, Wellington, where they were initially…
New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home – Gov
New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialize, rather than from essential workers, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday. “That person got infected and went to the hospital or that person got infected and went home and infected the other people at home,” Cuomo said during his daily news conference on the coronavirus outbreak. State data showed the number of new cases statewide has fluctuated between 2,100 and 2,500 per day. On Saturday, the number of new…
A’Ibom set to establish e-Labour Data Bank
As part of efforts to set Akwa Ibom State at an vantage for a robust post COVID-19 economy, the state government has approved the establishment of an e-Labour Data Bank to aid strategic manpower planning. The Commissioner of Information, Mr. Charles Udoh, announced this Friday, while briefing Government House Correspondents at the end of the State Executive Council Meeting presided over by Governor Udom Emmanuel at the Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Uyo. He said that the Council has resolved to make available relevant information on indigenous manpower composition…
COVID-19: Nigeria records more deaths, 176 new cases
*Patient delivers baby boy *31 staff of Oyo firm test positive Nigeria on Saturday recorded five more deaths from coronavirus. So also did the country record 176 new cases of the COVID-19. These were part of the figures released late on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its Twitter handle. According to the NCDC, Lagos accounted for 95 of the new infections, while Oyo State recorded 31 of them. According to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, the 31 infections were from one company in Ibadan,…
Gambari should draw Buhari’s attention to issues causing disunity, says Prof. Adeniran
Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Education Minister and one time Ambassador to Germany, is the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). A former Head of Department of Political Science at the University of Ibadan and erstwhile staff of the United Nations, in this interview with BIYI ADEGOROYE, he speaks on various challenges before the recently appointed Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the need for good governance and Nigeria after the COVID-19 pandemic How is your party, the Social Democratic Party…
Imo Permanent Secretary under fire for alleged influence peddling
A Permanent Secretary in the Imo State Ministry of Works, Engr. Egbuka E.C has come under criticisms for allegedly taking sides in a dispute involving two rival hoteliers. The senior civil servant, who was expected to have fairly mediated in the dispute, was rather found attempting to intimidate and wield the influence of the Ministry of Works against a hotelier and Managing Director of Aify Global Queeneth Hotel, Owerri. Though Egbuka has denied the allegations, his actions seem to suggest that he made himself a willing…
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