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Covid-19: FCTA enforcement team arrests pastor, closes churches, pharmacy
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA), Ministerial Enforcement Team on Covid-19 Restrictions, on Sunday arrested the General Overseer of Jesus Reign Family Church, Pastor U Uden for violating order on places of worship. READ ALSO: Syria reports first Covid-19 death as government limits movement The team also closed some churches for violating the restriction order…
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Syria reports first Covid-19 death as government limits movement
Syria’s Health Ministry on Sunday reported its first death due to Covid-19. The ministry added that a woman died immediately after she was admitted to hospital where a test confirmed she had been infected with the novel coronavirus. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Stop misleading faithfuls, Adamawa Muslim Council warn clerics Meanwhile, the Syrian Government banned movement between…
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COVID-19: Stop misleading faithfuls, Adamawa Muslim Council warn clerics
The Adamawa Muslim Council has warned some Islamic clerics in the state to stop misleading people over the dreaded COVID- 19 disease. The Chairman of the council, Malam Gambo Jika, gave the warning at the end of the council’s leadership extraordinary meeting held on Sunday in Yola. Jika urged Muslim faithfuls to disregard such clerics…
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President Buhari to make nationwide broadcast tonight at 7pm
President Muhammadu Buhari will finally broadcast to the nation on Sunday evening, his spokesman has said. The broadcast, scheduled for 7pm, will be on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), according to Femi Adesina. READ ALSO: Edo State Government, Group Team Up Against Coronavirus He asked all television, radio and other…
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BREAKING: Gov. El Rufai tests positive for coronavirus
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has tested positive for coronavirus. He is in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. He said, “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test. The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it…
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South Africa’s COVID-19 cases rises to 900
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa on Thursday rose to 900, President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the country prepares to institute a lockdown. READ ALSO: Covid-19: FCT minister tests negative “We now have more than 900 people who are infected and we fear that it might rise even much further than that. Earlier, the…
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Covid-19: FCT minister tests negative
FCT Minister of State Ramatu Aliyu, who had earlier gone on self-isolation in line with the protocols of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has tested negative to covid-19. Aliyu made this known on her verified personal Twitter handle, on Thursday in Abuja. READ ALSO: Court grants N50m post conviction bail to Abia ex-director of finance…
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Court grants N50m post conviction bail to Abia ex-director of finance
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, granted post-conviction bail to a former Abia State Director of Finance and Account , Jones Udeogu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in December 2019. Udeogu was convicted on Dec. 5, 2019 by Justice Mohammed Idris of N7.1 billion fraud and jailed alongside a former Abia…
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COVID-19: Zamfara Assembly shuts down
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of all activities including plenaries until further notice. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura. Magarya expressed deep concern over the…
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Coronavirus: Presidency begins fumigation of Buhari’s offices, others
Intensive fumigation of the State House has begun. Fumigation experts arrived at the Villa about 9.30 am to commence the exercise, which a source said would cover all the offices at the Presidential Villa. Findings indicated that as of 11.15 am, the experts were already in the main building housing the office of the President,…