Day: August 25, 2020

Covid-19: NCDC reports 321 new cases, infections now 52,548

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported increase in COVID-19 cases to 52,548 with detection of 321 fresh infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. It said that the number of people with pneumonia-causing coronavirus, who have died in the country, topped two the same day, pushing the total fatalities to 1,004 in the country. The public health agency said that till date 52,548 cases have been confirmed, 39,257 cases, discharged and 1,004 deaths, recorded in 36 states and the…

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Covid-19: Usain Bolt quarantines after virus test as global deaths pass 800,000

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World’s fastest man, sprint king Usain Bolt, has announced Monday that he is self-quarantining after being tested for COVID-19, as countries around the world again tightened lockdown measures. Bolt, who did not confirm if he had received a result, spoke as governments around the world are tightening lockdowns once more, with well over 24 million people infected globally, 800,000 killed, and a vaccine still elusive. His announcement also came as researchers in Hong Kong identified what they said was the first confirmed case worldwide of COVID-19 reinfection, raising questions about…

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Boko Haram: Mailafia declines police invitation, secures injunction

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Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Monday failed to honour the invitation by the police in Abuja. Mailafia’s lawyer, Yakubu Bawa, who addressed a press conference in Jos on Monday, faulted the police invitation, saying he “find the service of the letter of invitation on Dr Mailafia by the Nigerian Police Force through the office of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, strange and alien to our extant laws and procedure.” The police had last week invited  Mailafia to appear at the…

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Lagos commissioner for health contracts COVID-19

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Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health has contacted the coronavirus. Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, in a statement, said there is no big deal about the COVID-19 status of the state Commissioner for Health. Omotosho said he was not aware if Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would go for another COVID-19 test. He said, “Apparently, he (the governor) does not see it as a direct issue of concern; this is not the first time someone who works with him will contract COVID-19. This should not be any big deal;…

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Court sentenced lovers to community service after faking kidnap

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A lady, Mary Idris, 20 and her loverboy, Victor Olawusi, 18 have been sentenced to two weeks community service by a chief magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State for faking kidnap. The chief magistrate, Adefunke Anoma, sentencing Olawusi and Idris on Monday, directed the Ekiti State judiciary’s chief security officer to supervise them during the service. Anoma also recommended counseling exercise for two weeks for the two convicts, to be supervised by the court’s Registrar. The police prosecutor, Monica Ikebulo, told the court that on August 9, 2020,…

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FG: International flight operators that board COVID-19 patient will pay $3,500 fine

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Dr. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Taskforce on COVID-19 has warned all international flight operators that any airline that boards COVID-19 patient will be made to pay a fine of $3,500. Aliyu said this during a briefing of the Taskforce that, for the international flights, there would be an additional 10, 000 tests to be conducted daily. “All travellers coming into the country will continue to observe the old quarantine protocol that we currently have. We will be continuing with the process of requesting for a negative PCR…

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