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Covid-19: Missing patient found in private hospital, infects workers in Pleateau

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Rayfield Medical Services Limited, a private hospital in Plateau State, has been shut down for breach of COVID-19 protocol. It was learnt on Wednesday that the private hospital located at the Rayfield axis of Jos was shut down on the orders of the state Task Force on COVID-19 following the discovery that a COVID-19 patient, who earlier absconded from one of the state’s facilities, was receiving treatment in the hospital. A health worker from the private hospital confirmed the closure of the private facility in Jos on Wednesday. She said…

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Popular radio host, Dan Foster is dead

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Popular radio host, Dan Foster is dead. It was learnt that Foster, who was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, died on Wednesday at a medical facility in Lagos State. Many Nigerians on social media have since rolled out tributes in his honour, describing his death as painful and unbelievable. Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, tweeted, “Dan Foster was a good colleague in my days at Cool 96.9 fm, Lagos. He couldn’t pronounce my name well at the time so he changed it to G-Boyega!…

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Rape: Village Head arrested for defiling 11-year-old

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The village head of Ikot Inyang in the Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government in Akwa Ibom State, one Eteidung Stephen Uyoe, has been arrested by Police for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The command, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Nnudam Fredrick, on Tuesday, said the village head was arrested on Saturday. According to the statement, the village head bought beans cake from the victim and asked her to follow him to his house to collect money, where he allegedly defiled her. “Investigation revealed that the suspect bought beans…

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Appeal court reaffirmes Oshiomhole’s suspension as APC chairman

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The suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress has been reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. A three-man panel of the court led by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, in a unanimous judgment on Tuesday, affirmed the order of suspension of the APC National Chairman earlier issued by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on March 4, 2020. Following an application by Oshiomhole, an earlier three-man panel led by Justice Abubakar Yahaya had earlier lifted the Oshiomhole’s suspension pending the…

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D’banj demands N100m compensation from lady who accused him of rape

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Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D’banj, has demanded N100m from Miss Seyitan Babatayo who accused him of raping her in a hotel room on December 30, 2018. In a pre-litigation letter signed by his lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), the musician asked his accuser to make a payment of N100m within 48 hours or face legal action. In the letter, which was addressed to Miss Babatayo’s lawyer, Ojoge, Omileye and Partners, dated June 15, 2020, D’Banj also demanded that an apology be published in at least four national dailies. The…

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Covid-19: Lagos cancels planned reopening of churches, mosques

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The planned reopening of churches and mosques in Lagos state has been cancelled by the state government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday at a televised press briefing. The governor had on Thursday, June 4 asked mosques to reopen from June 19, adding that churches can begin services from June 21. The governor explained that the reopening was cancelled because of the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the state. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos has recorded no fewer than 7,319 confirmed cases of COVID-19.…

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Executive Jets: “We thought it was Works Minister, we didn’t know they were useless people”

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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Executive Jets Services Limited, Sam Iwuajoku, has written a letter of apology to the Federal Government for flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had announced the suspension of the airline during a Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Monday. Sirika said, “The person on that flight conducted a concert. We approved a flight, certainly not for a musician. The flight was approved to convey Honourable Justice Adefope Okogie from Lagos to Abuja and…

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Covid-19: Don’t open schools, viewing centres, stadiums now, FG warns states

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The Federal Government on Monday warned state governments that were planning to reopen schools to drop the plan. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the warning during the PTF press briefing in Abuja. Mustapha said it was not yet safe to reopen schools, television viewing centres, stadiums and other places where large gatherings could take place. Last week, Kano State reopened football viewing centres. There were reports on Monday that Cross River State, which had yet…

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Nigeria’s first professor of medicine, Akinkugbe, dies at 87

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Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, Nigeria’s first Professor of Medicine, yesterday died in Ibadan, Oyo State after a brief illness at the age of 87 years. The late Medical Director of Ibadan Hypertension Clinic was a famous nephrologist and hypertension expert at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Taking special interest in hypertension and kidney diseases, he had made tremendous contributions in these areas. He studied and taught at some of the world’s prestigious tertiary institutions, including the University of London; Balliol College, University of Oxford England, and Harvard Medical School Boston,…

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Prophet caught burying charms inside house at Cross River

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Prophet Paul Abam, General Overseer of Paul’s Ministries, at Itigidi, Abi Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State, was paraded in the community after being caught burying charms in someone’s house. It was learnt that the Prophet, who was a Pastor in an orthodox church in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, a neighbouring town before leaving to open his own ministry, was caught right in the act as he was trying to bury the charm in his “victims” house. The prophet was paraded around Itigidi, Abi LGA, Cross River in a traditional…

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