The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Monday 18th May 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 18/05/20
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COVID-19: NCDC records 338 new cases, total infections now 5959
Agency Reporter The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5959. The NCDC also said that six new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to …
No to FRSC, Nigeria Police merger
Jide Owatunmise As fallout to the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari and echoed by the Minister for Finance, Budget and Planning that some ministries, departments and agencies be scrapped or merged, so many news have appeared in the print, electronic and social media. Among the news going round is that the Federal Road Safety …
Lagos lists conditions to reopen businesses, worship centres
THE CONDITIONS Register-to-Open must be filled Inspection of business facilities Visitation to religious centres to determine compliance Hospitality, Events, Entertainment, Malls to re-register LASEPA and LSSC to communicate with all businesses Banks to give the elderly preference between 9am and 10:30am Oziegbe Okoeki LAGOS State, the nation’s commercial city, will soon be reopened for …
Buhari to address Nigerians today
Adeyinka Akintunde President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday 18th May, 2020 address the nation in a broadcast as the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown comes to an end. This was disclosed by Aliyu Sani, national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 when he appeared as a guest on …
Kaduna to relax restriction on movement
AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna KADUNA State Government has re-adjusted the two-day window of the restriction of movement order. This is to allow residents to purchase food and other essentials from markets. A statement by the Managing Director of Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company (KMDMC), Muhammad Hafiz Bayero on Sunday, said, Wednesdays and Thursdays are …
COVID-19: Madagascar demands 170,000 Euros from Fed Govt for herbal drugs
Yusuf Alli, Abuja REPUBLIC of Madagascar has asked Nigeria to pay 170,000 Euros for the quantity of its COVID-19 cure drugs sent to the Federal Government, it was learnt at the weekend. The quantity of the consignment sent to Nigeria through Guinea Bissau could not be ascertained yesterday. Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, …
Electricity workers threaten strike
Our Reporter Electricity workers under the umbrella of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), has threatened to embark on strike. This followed what it described as the unlawful sack of its President, Dr. Chris Okonkwo, and other anti-labour activities of the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The Managing Director, …
Madagascar records first death
Our Reporter MADAGASCAR has registered its first coronavirus death, a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, the national COVID-19 taskforce said on Sunday. Taskforce spokeswoman Hanta Danielle Vololontiana said in a televised statement that the man died on Saturday night. “A man died from COVID-19 in Madagascar … he …
Obama blasts Coronavirus response in rare public rebuke
Our Reporter Former United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama has again attacked officials handling the coronavirus pandemic in a rare public rebuke of the President Donald Trump administration. “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re …
Fed Govt impounds UK aircraft for running commercial flights into Nigeria
Kelvin Osa Okunbor A FOREIGN chartered aircraft belonging to Flair Aviation from the United Kingdom (UK) has been impounded by the Federal Government. Flair Aviation, an aviation company with ties to Germany and the UK, was caught operating commercial flights into Nigeria. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said the aircraft had been seized and the …
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