Eighteen commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Ondo State Task Force on COVID-19 for violating the curfew imposed by the state government. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had announced a dusk to dawn curfew as part of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease. It was gathered that the violators were caught in a brothel at the Shasha ... Read More »
Two pastors, Johnson Ogundipe Johnson and Joshua Adeuyi, were, on Monday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly conducting a religious gathering of more than 20 persons on Sunday. State prosecutor Femi Onipede told the court that the two pastors committed the offence on April 26, between 6 am. and 8 am. at C.A.C, Oke-Ayo, Ifelere layout, Balemo Quarters ... Read More »
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has now announced that Nigeria’s confirmed cases for COVID-19 have reached 1532. The newly-reported cases, as revealed via the Centre’s Twitter on Tuesday evening, show that Lagos, the epicenter of the virus, still has the highest number with 80 patients followed by Kano with 38 cases. Other states include Ogun with 15 cases, Bauchi, ... Read More »
Sixty-four new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in NIgeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) disclosed this via its verified official twitter handle. It said 34 of the new cases are in Lagos, 15 in Fact, 11 in Borno and two in Taraba and Gombe. 64 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 34-Lagos 15-FCT 11-Borno 2-Taraba 2-Gombe As at 11:20pm ... Read More »
A filling station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), situated along College road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos currently burning, THE WITNESS reports. Witnesses told Newsthumb that the fire started at about 1:10pm. The fire is said to have razed down vehicles and houses around the fuel station. Efforts are currently on to put out the fire, whose cause is ... Read More »
Three more Vietnamese people have tested positive again for coronavirus (COVID-19) after full recovery, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday. The total number of COVID-19 patients retested positive after recovery in the country has reached eight as of Monday noon. The news agency reported that the three patients included one Vietnamese citizen and two Brazilians, who had recovered earlier. Vietnam ... Read More »
A primary school teacher, Mr Patrick Ekpenisi, has allegedly brutalised his parents over a parcel of land offered for sale by the father in the Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The 78-year-old father, Benson Ekpenisi, who hails from Owan-Nta Aliosimi, said he and his wife had suffered untold hardship in the hands of their son, Patrick. Narrating ... Read More »
There is the fear of death currently rampaging the ancient city of Kano. News spread on Saturday that various prominent people died, some from the Coronavirus, others from an unknown disease It should be noted that the state is currently on lockdown, imposed by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Prominent persons like Ibrahim Ayagi; Aliyu Umar Dikko, Abdullahi Lawal; ex-MD of ... Read More »
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night confirmed 87 new cases of the Coronavirus. According to a tweet from the NCDC, Lagos State recorded 33 cases, Borno State had 18 cases, Osun State recorded 12 cases and Katsina State had nine cases. Others are four cases in Kano and Ekiti State, three in Edo and Bauchi State ... Read More »
The Lagos State Government has given go-ahead to families, who have corpses in mortuaries but have not been able to bury them in the last two months because of the restriction occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus to do so within the next two weeks. It said the permission was because mortuaries are getting congested and government may be compelled ... Read More »
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