Category: News
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Greece takes measures to prevent virus outbreak at migrant camps
Greece, on Tuesday, introduced measures seeking to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 in overcrowded migrant camps on the Aegean islands. ALSO READ:COVID-19: ECOWAS sets up help desks, restricts missions, meetings Visits to the camps have been suspended for two weeks, all newcomers are being medically screened in detail and all facilities will be regularly disinfected,…
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Iran’s death toll from coronavirus climbs to 988: health official
Iran’s death toll from the pandemic coronavirus has increased to 988, with 135 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry spokesman told state TV on Tuesday. “The death toll is 988 … with 1,178 new infected people in the past 24 hours, now the total number of infected cases is 16,169 across…
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Fire raze Gusau LG Secretariat in Zamfara
An afternoon fire on Tuesday razed offices at Gusau Local Government Secretariat in Zamfara, but officials said no injuries were reported. Our correspondent reports that it took the combined efforts of the local council workers and the state fire service to bring the fire under control. ALSO READ:Fire destroys economic crops in C/River communities However,…
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Salary: Abuja Resident Doctors embark on indefinite strike
Members of Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA) have embarked on indefinite strike over non-payment of their salaries. ALSO READ:Lagos Govt confirms another case of COVID-19 in Nigeria The President of the FCT chapter of the association, Dr Roland Aigbovo, said at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja that the strike,…
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Kano Emirate: The intrigues and controversies of deposition
Since the formation of Kano Emirate in 1805, attempts were made twice to split the emirate. The two administrations hinged their reasons on the need to boost development in the state. Late Abubakar Rimi, who was governor from 1979 to 1983 created five emirates out of Kano Emirate. However, his successor, Alhaji Sabo Bakin-Zuwo reversed…
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Burkina Faso, Cameroon record 5 new cases of COVID-19
Burkina Faso and Cameroon have recorded five new cases of COVID-19, Health Ministry said on Tuesday. ALSO READ:FG postpones Edo 2020, as coronavirus claims another sports casualty This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Burkina Faso to 20, the Minister of Health, Claudine Lougue, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Ministry of Health…
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EKEDC commiserates with victims of Abule Ado gas explosion
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) commiserates with victims of the gas explosion which rocked Abule Ado in the Trade Fair axis of Lagos on March 15. ALSO READ:BREAKING: Buhari, APC govs postpone NEC meeting Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, who spoke to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, described the incident as unfortunate…
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Lagos Govt confirms another case of COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday confirmed another case of COVID-19 in the country. ALSO READ:Breaking: Governors’ disagreement force APC to postpone NEC meeting The State Ministry of Health through its Twitter account @LSMOH on Tuesday said that it was a new case independent of the index case currently being treated at the Mainland Hospital,…
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Fire destroys economic crops in C/River communities
Fire incident has destroyed economic crops worth millions of Naira in Cross River communities of Agba, Bansan, and Obubra in Boki local government area of state. ALSO READ:Breaking: A-Court makes U-turn, to hear Oshiomhole’s appeal 4 pm The mysterious fire incident, which started from the night of March 12 to the early hours of March…
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COVID-19: ECOWAS sets up help desks, restricts missions, meetings
In a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the establishment of Committees on Coronavirus Management in all its institutions. ALSO READ:FG suspends plans to borrow $22.7bn It also placed stringent restriction on meetings and missions as well as cancelled…