The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 21st May 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 21/05/20
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Women’s Bundesliga to restart on May 29
The women’s Bundesliga will restart following the coronavirus stoppage on May 29, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Wednesday after a meeting with the clubs. The DFB said the competition was among the sports events which had been given the green light to resume by local health authorities who have the final say. “I …
Lagos to admit only severe cases at isolation centres
By Precious Igbonwelundu Patients with mild symptoms for home care State records 199 of 284 new cases Virus spread fear grips security agents Lagos State has intensified home treatment for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms as positive cases continue to rise. Wednesday night, out of the 284 new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for …
Senate Republicans issue subpoenas in probe of Biden’s son
A Republican-controlled committee in the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to subpoena documents related to Hunter Biden, the son of presidential candidate Joe Biden, in a case that President Donald Trump has used to bludgeon his rival ahead of the November elections. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to issue subpoenas …
BREAKING: Fatal accident on Otedola Bridge
By Precious Igbonwelundu Many people have been feared killed after a tanker collided with a fully loaded commercial bus on Otedola Bridge, Lagos. The accident which occurred about 20 minutes ago at the lane inwards Berger, is said to have caused heavy traffic that stretches beyond the state Secretariat in Alausa. Already, emergency workers …
Airstrike destroys Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists’ logistics base in Borno
Agency Reporter The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) on Monday, destroyed the logistics base of the Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Njimia on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday …
COVID-19: Nigeria records 284 new cases, total infections hit 6677
Agency Reporter The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 284 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 6677. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eight new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the …
Bolivia’s health minister sacked, arrested for coronavirus-related corruption
Bolivia’s health minister was sacked and arrested on Wednesday on corruption charges related to the alleged purchase of ventilators to fight COVID-19 at over-inflated prices, the national news agency, ABI reported. Marcelo Navas was removed from office to prevent him from interfering with an investigation into the purchase of 170 Spanish ventilators, government spokeswoman Isabel …
‘Nobody died of COVID-19 in NAUTH’
From Emma Elekwa, Onitsha The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State has refuted a report that the hospital recorded one coronavirus death last Sunday. The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Anthony Igwegbe who disclosed this in Nnewi in a chat with reporters, yesterday, described the report as false, saying the hospital had never …
Oyetola inaugurates 160-bed Isolation Centre
From Toba Adedeji, Osogbo Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated 160-bed isolation centre to combat the spread of Coronavirus. The state also has another 20-room single bed isolation centre, giving the Mercyland facility a 180-bed isolation capacity. The governor said, the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CA-COVID) renovated the health facility and donated equipment and consumables …
‘Lagos discharges 17 patients’
By Alao Abiodun Seventeen patients, all Nigerians were on Wednesday discharged from the various isolation centres in Lagos. The patients, six females and 11 males, were discharged from the Yaba, Gbagada and LUTH Isolation facilities to reunite with the society. The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this during his daily briefings. Read Also: …
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