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COVID-19: Sokoto discharges 101 patients, records 14 deaths
The Sokoto State Taskforce Committee on COVID-19 has discharged all 101 quarantined coronavirus patients in the state, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The Committee’s Chairman, Ali Inname, who disclosed this, said there was no patient at the isolation centre in the state as of Friday, adding that 14 fatalities were recorded. Inname stated …
No physical service yet, MFM tells members
Tope Omogbolagun The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has told its members that the church services will still be transmitted live on selected broadcast stations as the church is yet to resume physical meetings. The Chairman, MFM Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, who disclosed this, said adequate notice would be given before the resumption …
Abuja discharges 30 COVID-19 patients
Kayode Oyero The Federal Capital Territory has recorded 30 coronavirus recoveries, The PUNCH reports. FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, made this known on Saturday, noting that the total number of discharged patients in the nation’s capital has risen to 245. “I bring you good news as we successfully treated and discharged an additional 30 COVID-19 patients …
George Floyd: South African police beat up protesters
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday said he “deeply regretted” the unjustified use of force by security forces enforcing lockdown rules during ant-racism rallies, drawing parallels to the killing of George Floyd in the United States last week. Dozens of people showed up at a small handful of anti-racism protests called across South Africa …
SDGs office denies inserting N33bn allocation in budget
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals on Friday refuted claims of inserting N33bn as additional allocation for the agency in the 2020 budget. It said in a statement issued in Abuja that the said amount or any other allocation aside from the duly appropriated …
Gunmen kidnap five siblings, one other in Kaduna
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some gunmen have abducted six people, including five siblings at the Gonin Gora area of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The siblings, all boys between the ages of eight and 18 years, were abducted while they were sleeping in their home on Thursday night. Their father, Mr Bamidele Awelewa, …
US sues Chinese firm over ‘fake’ N95 masks
The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half-million fake and substandard N95 masks to US buyers in April as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the department said Guangdong-based King Year Packaging and Printing shipped three batches of purported …
We’re ready for broadband deployment across Nigeria — NCC
Ife Ogunfuwa The Nigeria Communications Commission says all challenges that hindered the deployment of broadband infrastructure have been addressed and the roll out of telecoms infrastructure across the country will soon begin. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this on Thursday in a virtual conference themed ‘Socio-Economic and Political Impact …
Another set of 63 Zamfara miners intercepted in Osun
Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Another set of 63 northern youths heading to mining sites in Ilesha and Ile-Ife have been intercepted in Ikire, Osun State. Fifty-three of the youths, aged between 16 and 23 years hidden in a truck, were intercepted by men of Amotekun Corps on enforcement of border closure in Ikire town. Director-General of …
Parents, raise your sons not to be rapists
Temilolu Okeowo temiloluokeowo@gmail.com 07086620576 (sms only) Dear madam, This is to commend you for doing a great job modelling our young girls and ladies by teaching them the core values of respecting themselves, protecting their dignity and living wonderfully-well without being under the shadow of so-called boyfriends. May God reward you in Jesus name! Mr …
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