Month: April 2020
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Improvise at home to play golf, says No. 1 golfer
Andrew Oche, the Number One ranked golf player in Nigeria, on Wednesday advised upcoming players to improvise and continue to practise at home in order to hone their skills against the backdrop of the Coronavirus pandemic. Oche, who gave the advice while speaking withour correspondent in Lagos, added that just like every other thing that…
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BREAKING: Nigeria records 12 new cases of coronavirus
Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Nine were recorded in Osun State, two in Edo State and one in Ekiti State. “As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” said NCDC. ALSO READ:I-G, 11 other officers…
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Emir of Jere dies at 70
Dr Sa’ad Usman, The Emir of Jere in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has died at the age of 70. Our correspondent reports that the late Emir was the husband of Nenadi Usman, a former Minister of Finance and one time Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ALSO READ:COVID-19: Rivers govt. imposes…
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China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern
China on Wednesday said it has more than 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the first time it has released such data following public concern over people who have tested positive but are not showing symptoms. Health officials also reported the first imported case from abroad in Wuhan — the epicentre where the virus first emerged late…
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Marketers say cooking gas sales excluded from lockdown
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) says selling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, is exempted from the lockdown put in place by the government to contain the Coronavirus pandemic. NALPGAM made the clarification in a statement issued by its Executive Secretary, Mr Bassey Essien, in Lagos on Wednesday. Our…
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COVID-19: Banks, markets shut in Osun as state’s lockdown begins
Banks and major markets were shut in Osun on Wednesday following a total state lockdown ordered by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, in a bid to minimise the spread of coronavirus in the state. Our correspondent reports that the governor had, in a statewide broadcast on March 29, announced the total lockdown of the state for two…
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KTSTA negotiates with company to provide more vehicles
The General Manager of Katsina State Transport Authority (KTSTA), Alhaji Haruna Musa, says the State Government is negotiating with TATA Company to provide more vehicles to the authority. ALSO READ:Federer wows fans on Twitter with video of trick shots Musa disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Katsina on Wednesday. He said TATA…
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Senator donates N10m to fight coronavirus in Ekiti
Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has donated N10 million toward fighting the coronavirus in Ekiti. This is coming barely 24 hours after Gov. Kayode Fayemi announced an eight-man Support Account Committee to tackle the pandemic in the state ALSO READ:COVID-19: Ekiti’s index case recovers, discharged Bamidele,…
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Hungry residents demand food in protest, 20 arrested in Philippines
Residents of a slum area in the Philippine capital on Wednesday staged a protest to demand relief goods amid a month-long coronavirus lockdown that has left many of them without work. The protest forced the police to break the picket up and arrest 20 of the protesters. The residents of the district of San Roque…
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COVID-19: NEDC donates disinfectants to Borno IDPs camps
North East Development Commission (NEDC), on Wednesday donated essential disinfectant products worth millions of Naira to various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri to combat the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVIDID-19). Mr Mohammed Alkali, NEDC Managing Director, said this during a one-day COVID-19 sensitisation campaign at Bakkassi, Stadium and Muna IDPs camps in Maiduguri. Alkali…