Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 19th May 2020
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BREAKING COVID-19: More Than 6,000 Nigerians Infected As 216 New Cases Reported
More than 6,000 (6,175) Nigerians are now infected with COVID-19 after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night announced 216 new cases of the virus across the country. The NCDC, in its daily update via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, disclosed that Lagos now has 74 new cases, Katsina 33, Oyo 80 and …
JUST IN: Borno Community Rocked By Multiple Explosions
The Kondunga community in Borno State, one of the three states affected by insurgency since 2009, was on Monday night rocked by multiple explosions. Details are still sketchy about the cause of the explosions but according to news monitored on TVC News, residents of Kondunga community fled for safety as the explosions began. Details Later…
Nasarawa Govt Inaugurates Advisory Committee On Community Policing
Nasarawa Government on Monday inaugurated an advisory committee on community policing in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Sule during the inauguration in Lafia, said the committee was expected to form the fulcrum on which the recruitment and operation of special constabulary would be anchored. According to him, the full realisation of community policing will entrench a …
Erdogan Announces First Nationwide Lockdown In Turkey Before Eid
Turkey is to impose its first nationwide lockdown before Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The four-day lockdown is to start on Saturday, on the eve of Eid festivities, across all 81 provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Turkey has not …
Federal High Court Releases New Practice Direction, Adopts Cirtual Proceedings
The Federal High Court (FHC) on Monday directed judges of its various judicial divisions to adopt virtual proceedings for court cases.Chief Judge of the FHC, Justice John Tsoho, issued the directive in the new 2020 Practice Directions for the COVID-19 period dated May 18 and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …
U.S. Says China Must Pay $2bn WHO Pledge
The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the two billion dollars it committed to the World Health Organisation. It called the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijing’s failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak. China’s commitment “is a token to distract …
N338.94bn VAT Generated In Q1– NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says N338.94billion was generated as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. The NBS made this known in its latest Sectoral distribution of VAT data for Q1, 2020 released on Monday. It stated that the amount recorded in Q1 was more than the N308.48billion generated …
Brazil To Employ Cuban Doctors To Help Battle COVID-19
Brazil is set to employ 157 Cuban doctors to help it deal with its massive COVID-19 crisis, the government announced on Monday. Havana had ended a medical cooperation programme launched under leftist president Dilma Rousseff in 2013, after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro five years later criticised the terms of the doctors’ contracts and called Cuba …
COVID 19: Taraba Announces Resumption Of Religious Activities
The Taraba government has announced the resumption of religious activities in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu, made the announcement on Monday in a statewide broadcast in Jalingo, the state capital. Manu, however, said that observance of social distancing and other safety protocols must be strictly adhered to. He also announced a slight …
Lagos Assembly Confirms 2 Additional Nominees For State Audit Commission
The Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed two additional nominees submitted by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the state’s Audit Service Commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the confirmation of the duo was by voice votes at plenary on Monday. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, said that the nominees …
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