Month: March 2020
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COVID-19: Kwara announces immediate closure of its borders ·
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has announced the immediate closure of its local and external borders amid ramped up efforts to block entries of vehicles from outside and prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state. The government however said the border closure excludes all categories of movement sanctioned in the broadcast of…
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COVID-19: LG fumigates markets, public places in Lagos
Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area LCDA in Lagos State has commenced total fumigation of all markets and public places to sanitise and prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the area. Dr Augustine Arogundade, the LCDA Chairman in a statement on Tuesday, said that health centres and market places would not be left out in the…
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Lockdown: Kaduna residents complain of hunger, demand food
Some residents of Kaduna have expressed reservation over the stay-at-home order imposed on the state government, and alleged that starvation was setting in. A cross section of the residents, who spoke to our correspondent in separate interviews, said they could no longer go out in search of daily bread due to the lockdown. They also called…
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Thailand’s gov’t warns against April Fool’s coronavirus jokes
Thailand’s government issued a warning Tuesday that April Fool’s Day jokes about the novel coronavirus are punishable by a law which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. The government’s Public Relations Department posted an infographic on its Twitter account on Tuesday saying “it’s against the law to fake having Covid-19 this April Fools’ Day.”…
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COVID-19: Ekiti’s index case recovers, discharged
Ekiti State government, on Tuesday, announced that the only Coronavirus index case recorded in the state had recovered. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, while briefing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, said that the index case, who had been in isolation, was discharged after he had fully recovered. ALSO READ:COVID-19: Lawmaker sets up fund, donates…
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Federer wows fans on Twitter with video of trick shots
Roger Federer delighted fans by posting a video on Twitter on Tuesday, which shows him executing some trademark trick shots against a wall in the snow. The 20-times Grand Slam champion last played at the semi-finals of the Australian Open, where he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic, before undergoing keyhole surgery on his knee…
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COVID-19: NDDC donates N1bn to 9 N’Delta States
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the donation of N1.045 billion to the nine states of the Niger Delta region to fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director, NDDC, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, by the commission’s…
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Italy mourns its virus dead at end of fateful month
Italy marked a minute of silence and flew flags at half mast Tuesday to mourn the 11,591 people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic that has dramatically altered life in the Mediterranean country. The nation of 60 million people has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities caused by COVID-19 across the world. ALSO…
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COVID-19: ECWA declares 3-day fasting, prayers for God’s intervention
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has declared three-day fasting and prayers for God’s intervention to end the rampaging Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Church, in a statement by its General Secretary, Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, on Tuesday, said that the fasting and prayers would hold from April 6 to 8. ALSO READ:Taiwan warns annual tomb-sweeping ritual…
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COVID-19: Rivers govt. imposes 24hrs curfew in identified areas
The Rivers Government has imposed 24-hour curfew in identified key areas of the state with high human traffic. This is contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by Mr Soibi Max-Alalibo, Special Assistant on Media to the Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Paulinus Nsirim. ALSO READ:Covid-19: Nigeria Correctional Service provides…