Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Lagos further extends deadline for filing annual tax returns
The Lagos State Government has further extended the deadline for filing of Annual Tax Returns to June 30, 2020. With the extension, annual returns for individuals including employees and self-employed persons that were initially due on May 31, 2020 can now be filed on or before June 30, 2020. The Executive Chairman of Lagos State …
Katsina evacuates IDPs to Niger Republic, local councils
Katsina State government said it has commenced the evacuation and returning of all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge across the state capital including those from the Niger Republic. The state commissioner of sports and social development, Sani Danlami, who revealed this on Tuesday, said most of the IDPs are not real IDPs but people …
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity reopens
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, reopened on Tuesday more than two months after closing in the face of the coronavirus. A handful of priests from different Christian denominations stood watch as the door to the church in the West Bank was opened, an AFP photographer …
I have no contract with NDDC – Reps committee chair
The chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Committee (NDDC), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has denied having any contract with the commission. Speaking after a meeting held by the Committee on Tuesday over allegations by Dr Cairo Ojuegbo, a member of the NDDC Interim Management Committee (IMC), Tunji-Ojo said no contract was awarded by the …
COVID-19 cure: Clinical trials of Russian Favipiravir reaches final stage
The clinical trials being conducted on a Russian-made drug, Favipiravir, believed to be capable of treating COVID-19, has reached final stage, the testing firms have announced. In a statement on Thursday, 22 May, 2020, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced that the trial of Favipiravir, which is being facilitated by Russian pharmaceutical investment firm ChemRar, …
Algeria ignores WHO directive, backs hydroxychloroquine trials
Algeria will continue to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the novel coronavirus, a member of its scientific committee said, despite the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of such treatments. “We’ve treated thousands of cases with this medicine, very successfully so far,” said Mohamed Bekkat, a member of the scientific committee on the North African …
Gravediggers arrested with five human heads
Four men, who were allegedly found in possession of five human heads, have been arrested by men of the Ondo State police command. The spokesman for the command, Tee Leo Ikoro, told Daily Trust that investigation is going on and that the police are after the suspects’ accomplices. The suspects said to be gravediggers were …
Coronavirus outbreak at German church service leaves 112 persons infected
An outbreak linked to a church in Frankfurt has so far led to 112 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, as numerous other chains of infection are being investigated, a local official said on Tuesday. According to Rene Gottschalk, head of the German city’s local health authority, another 150 people are being assessed after they …
COVID 19: Katsina, Sahel lab enters MoU for testing
Katsina State government will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a private laboratory, Sahel Diagnostic Centre, for the testing of COVID-19 in the state, Governor Aminu Masari has revealed. Masari, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday, said collection of samples from suspected persons will commence this week. Daily Trust reports …
Housewife in police net for allegedly stabbing husband to death
A housewife, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death in his sleep, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command. The deceased, Mr. Uzougbo Iwebunor, was killed on May 15, in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North LGA of the state. The spokesperson of the police command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told journalists in Asaba, the state capital, …
Anxiety in Ekiti over rumoured failing health condition of prominent Ado monarch
The rumoured failing health condition of a prominent monarch and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has been causing serious anxiety in Ado Ekiti metropolis. In the last few days, the rumour has been rife about the failing health condition of the revered monarch, which has sparked up anxiety that all might not be …
Anxiety in Ekiti over rumoured failing health condition of prominent Ado monarch
Resident doctors demand 24-month salary arrears, improved working condition from Makinde
Doctors under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, on Tuesday, demanded for the payment of their 24 months’ salary arrears owed its members by the Oyo State Government under the leadership of Engineer Seyi Makinde. The doctors in a statement jointly signed by its President, Dr. Abraham …
Resident doctors demand 24-month salary arrears, improved working condition from Makinde
Zamfara: Matawalle appoints Sanusi as new Emir of Kaura
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has presented letter of appointment to the newly-appointed Emir of Kaura-Namoda, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad. The appointment was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary to the governor. The letter was presented at a brief ceremony attended by other Emirs in the state, a few government officials …
Zamfara: Matawalle appoints Sanusi as new Emir of Kaura
COVID-19: Nigeria to continue Chloroquine trial despite WHO’s warning
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has insisted it will continue Chloroquine clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment, despite the suspension of the drug test by the World Health Organisation (WHO). NAFDAC director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this while speaking on TVC on Tuesday. Adeyeye said there is data to prove that …
COVID-19: Nigeria to continue Chloroquine trial despite WHO’s warning
COVID-19: Wike cancels total lockdown
Businesses in Rivers State can now open passively as Governor Nyesom Wike has cancelled the planned total lockdown on Obio-Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government areas of the state. Governor Wike in a broadcast said the decision was reached by the Security Council after far-reaching review of the COVID-19 situation in the state. Though, no …
COVID-19: Wike cancels total lockdown
‘Bobosky’ planning to unleash mayhem on Rivers State – Wike
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Bobosky, who was declared wanted by the Rivers State Government, last year has been said to have a grand plan to unleash mayhem in parts of Ogoni. Governor Wike while speaking on the cancelled planned lockdown said the state has uncovered a dangerous plan by Bobosky to cause security breaches in the …
‘Bobosky’ planning to unleash mayhem on Rivers State – Wike
Abia North youths want Orji Kalu’s seat declared vacant, give reason
Abia North Youths Vanguard (ANYV), has called on the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, to immediately declare vacant, the seat of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, following the expiration of the constitutional one third legislative days of absence from sitting. The group in a statement, argued that since the embattled senator, who has been in prison …
Abia North youths want Orji Kalu’s seat declared vacant, give reason
America: Coronavirus death toll hits 100,000, cases now 1.7million
The coronavirus death toll in the United States hit 100,000 on Tuesday. According to renowned data website Worldmeters, the toll hit the mark around 6:00pm Nigerian time. On May 17, the figure reached 90,000; half of the number died in just one month. As at April 19, John Hopkins University and Worldometers, put their individual …
America: Coronavirus death toll hits 100,000, cases now 1.7million
Nigerians lucky to have President like Buhari – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Mhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigerians were lucky to have a leader like his principal. Adesina made the remark while dismissing attempts to pitch him against his principal. The presidential spokesman maintained that Buhari was leading Nigeria well. In a post on his Facebook, …
Nigerians lucky to have President like Buhari – Femi Adesina
Police arrest three suspected ritualists, robbers terrorizing Kogi
Three suspected ritualists have been arrest by the Kogi State Command of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS. According to a statement forwarded to DAILY POST by the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP William Aya on Tuesday, the three suspects were arrested were in Ajaokuta Local Government of the state. DSP Aya said …
Police arrest three suspected ritualists, robbers terrorizing Kogi
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