Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Saturday 2nd May 2020
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Kano relaxes Covid-19 lockdown for 12 hours weekly
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has eased the two-week lockdown imposed on Kano state by President Muhammadu Buhari in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus among the residents by 12 hours a week. The initiative was meant to allow residents stock foodstuff especially during ongoing Ramadan fast. Ganduje said decision was reached after robust consultation …
Daily Trust.
Dangote gifts Kano 400-capacity Covid-19 test lab
Billionaire Aliko Dangote has donated a mobile laboratory able to handle 400 samples daily to augment the testing capacity in Kano state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje revealed this on Saturday during a press briefing organised by the state taskforce on covid-19 which took place at the Africa House in Kano. He disclosed that the test centre, …
Daily Trust.
COVID-19: Nigeria signs up for “solidarity trial” -WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Nigeria has expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity drug trial to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and that the process would soon start in the country. The Officer in charge, WHO Nigeria and member of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Fiona Braka, told …
Daily Trust.
COVID-19: Lagos releases 22 patients as 4 die
Lagos State has discharged 22 more COVID-19 patients to reunite with society, after they recovered and tested negative twice consecutively to the virus. Four additional deaths have also been recorded in the State; raising the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 25. The Lagos State Ministry of Health disclosed this on its official twitter …
Daily Trust.
Emir of Rano dies hours after hospitalisation, Buhari mourns
The Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila II, is dead. He died on Saturday at Nasarawa Specialist Hospital at about 4:45pm after a brief illness. His Rano emirate is one of four new emirates created in Kano in the wake of the balkanisation of the Kano emirate. He was reported to have been hospitalised …
Daily Trust.
Enugu confirms 4th Covid-19 infection
Enugu has confirmed a new infection of Covid-19 in the state, bringing its total to four on Friday evening. Two of them—the index cases, a couple who returned from the UK—have been discharged from hospital after treatment. Only two are still active. The state health commissioner Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu said the new case is a …
Daily Trust.
Youths pelt security agencies enforcing lockdown at Kaduna Market
There was pandemonium at Kasuwar Barci in Tudun Wada, Kaduna when some angry youth pelted security agencies who stormed the market to drive out non-essential traders who have been asked to stay away from the market throughout the lockdown against Covid-19. The incident happened along Ibrahim Taiwo road where second-hand clothes sellers (called Gwamjo) displayed …
Daily Trust.
4 killed, houses burnt in a clash between Tiv, Ichen in Taraba
Police in Taraba state confirmed four people were killed and many houses burnt in a communal clash between Tiv and the Ichen ethnic group in Donga local government area of the state. The police spokesperson DSP David Misal told Daily Trust that misunderstanding between the Tiv and Ichen people over ownership of land resulted in …
Daily Trust.
COVID-19: PDP queries Gbajabiamila, insists on public hearing of NCDC bill
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the alleged moves by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to pass the Infectious Disease Control Bill without recourse to the laid down procedure of public hearing to allow Nigerians participate in the process of making the law. The party in a statement Friday, by …
Daily Trust.
Kaduna records first COVID-19 fatality
Kaduna has announced its first Covid-19 casualty; a male retired civil servant who visited a public and private hospital in the state after his returned from Kano recently. The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni said the victim had underlying medical conditions, and had concealed his recent travel to Kano when he visited the …
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BREAKING: Kano Deaths: Buhari reacts to death of Abubakar Bawo, Emir of Rano
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Kano State Government and Council of Chiefs over the passing of Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila Auta Bawo. A statement to DAILY POST on Saturday by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Spokesman said the President joins the family and Rano Emirate in mourning the royal father. He described the …
BREAKING: Kano Deaths: Buhari reacts to death of Abubakar Bawo, Emir of Rano
PDP ward executives suspends state chairman in Cross River State
The Ward Three Executive Council Members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Calabar Municipality local government area of Cross River State have suspended the State Party Chairman, Ntufam Edim Inok Edim from office for one month. The EXCO, in a suspended letter, titled ‘Notification of suspension from the Party’ addressed to the National Chairman …
PDP ward executives suspends state chairman in Cross River State
Lockdown Ease: FCT Minister issues directive to schools, worship centers
The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello Musa has announced new guidelines for easing the COVID-19 lockdown. The Minister in a statement released on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Anthony Ogunleye, said that all schools in the FCT are to remain closed until further notice. The rules take effect from Monday, May 4, 2020. Part of …
Lockdown Ease: FCT Minister issues directive to schools, worship centers
Nigerians react as Ganduje relaxes lockdown in Kano, flouts Buhari’s order
Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State has come under attack for easing the lockdown order in the state despite a spike in cases of COVID-19. DAILY POST reported that Ganduje on Saturday relaxed the Presidential lockdown order imposed on the state despite a record of 92 new cases. The Governor announced that Mondays and Thursdays …
Nigerians react as Ganduje relaxes lockdown in Kano, flouts Buhari’s order
Lockdown Ease: FCT releases guidelines for civil servants, markets, others
Ahead of the lockdown ease on Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has released guidelines for the resumption of work, opening of markets and businesses FCTA in a statement released on Saturday by Anthony Ogunleye, Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello said there would be overnight curfews from 8:00 pm till …
Lockdown Ease: FCT releases guidelines for civil servants, markets, others
One COVID-19 patient escapes Taraba isolation centre
One patient who tested positive for COVID-19 in Taraba State has escaped the isolation centre. Chairman of the state COVID-19 technical committee and state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai announced this during a press briefing in Jalingo. The fleeing patient is identified as Talatu Idris. He declared the patient wanted and urged residents to …
One COVID-19 patient escapes Taraba isolation centre
Kaduna government to pay daily incentives to frontline health workers
The Commissioner of Health, Dr, Amina Mohammed-Baloni has announced details of the Occupational Safety Incentive approved for health workers by the Kaduna State Government. In a statement on Saturday, Dr. Amina also disclosed that the state government is providing additional insurance coverage for death and disability for all the frontline health workers. The Occupational Safety …
Kaduna government to pay daily incentives to frontline health workers
Chelsea coach, Lampard sympathises with Kante
Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard, has sympathised with midfielder, N’Golo Kante, whose four or five incredible seasons have had a damaging impact on his fitness. Kante has featured in over thirty-three top-flight games in each of the past four years in England. The 29-year-old has been one of the best midfielders in the world, winning two …
Chelsea coach, Lampard sympathises with Kante
Kebbi govt announces death of one coronavirus patient
Kebbi State has announced the death of one coronavirus patient in the State. The chairman of the state task force on COVID-19, Alhaji Muhammad Jafaar, told newsmen on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi that the second case, a 60-year-old patient was brought from Usmanu Dan Fodio Teaching Hospital (UDTH), Sokoto, into the state. Jafaar explained that …
Kebbi govt announces death of one coronavirus patient
BREAKING: Gov. Ganduje relaxes lockdown in Kano
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has announced the relaxation of the Presidential lockdown order imposed on the state. Ganduje on Saturday announced two free days for purchases during the lockdown period. He said that Mondays and Thursday would be lockdown free days from 10am to 4pm. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered total …
BREAKING: Gov. Ganduje relaxes lockdown in Kano
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