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Coronavirus: 16 Patients, including 3 Foreigners discharged in Lagos
Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State has announced the release of 16 patients, 14 males and two females including three foreigners; one Briton, one Chinese and one Polish Citizen after testing negative twice to coronavirus. He shared the development on his twitter handle; He wrote: “I have more great news from our isolation facilities. 16 persons; 14 males and 2 females including three foreigners – one Briton, one Chinese and one Polish citizen have been discharged to join the society. “As our frontline health workers record successes in the battle against #COVID19, we are duty bound as citizens to break…
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Buhari congratulates Boris Johnson on his recovery
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson congratulating him on his recovery. Part of the letter according to Femi Adesina reads: “I received with great relief the news of your discharge from hospital after being successfully treated for Covid-19. “We all join you in appreciating the wonderful staff at both the hospital and the NHS who worked round the clock to look after you and those afflicted by Covid-19.” President Buhari also wished the Prime Minister “full recovery and good health in the coming days.”
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Women protest lockdown extension in Sapele.
Some women in Sapele, Delta State have taken to the street to protest the extension of the lockdown ordered by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday. This did not go down well with the women as they stormed Timber town, Sapele. They marched out in their numbers to protest, chanting and singing as they were joined by other residents of the town including artisans, tricycle motorcycle riders, and others. “We prefer to come outside and die than to be locked indoor, we have stayed inside for two weeks we can’t go to the market, we can’t go anywhere, we are hungry,…
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Nigerian composer, Akin Euba is dead
Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist, Akin Euba is dead. He died on the evening of Tuesday, April 14, 2020 few weeks after his 85th birthday. Dr. Akin Euba was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh until his retirement in 2011. He was professor and director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of Lagos. His compositions involve a synthesis of African traditional material (often from his own ethnic group, the Yoruba people) and contemporary classical music. His most ambitious composition is the opera Chaka: An Opera in Two Chants (1970), which blends West…
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Covid-19: Nigeria receives Medical Equipments from UN
The Ministry of Aviation has taken delivery of the various equipments donated by the United Nations to Nigeria to aid in the combat of coronavirus. Mr James Odaudu Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation who made this known in a statement issued in Abuja, said the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika took delivery of the equipment on Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. He expressed appreciation on behalf of the Nigerian government to the UN and Allied Air Cargo for the equipments and for transporting them free of charge to Abuja.
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Covid-19: People that top up their Phones with N100, have N5000 account balance will benefit from conditional Cash transfer – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has made it known that poor urban dwellers who recharge their phones with N100, N200 and have N5000 in their accounts would mostly benefit from the Federal Government conditional cash transfer scheme. She made this known when she fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, April 14. The minister revealed to the president that those saddled with the responsibility of carrying out his directive on expansion of the social register as he directed in his broadcast on Monday would focus more on the…
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Coronavirus: Quarantined Patients in Uganda engage in sexual acts.
The Ministry of Health permanent secretary in Uganda, Diana Atwine has revealed that people living in institutional quarantine in Uganda have started having sex with each other and this has caused a delay in the release of patients since they learnt about the practice. She said this during an interview on Radio one talk show, adding that most of the people quarantined at hotels now move to rooms of others to go sleep with themselves. “Ugandans are not serious. Some who are in quarantine have even begun having (sexual) affairs. They move to rooms of others in the hotels where…
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Covid-19: We cannot share Donations as Palliatives – FG
The Federal Government has made it clear that the monies donated by the private sector will not be shared as palliatives to citizens. According to a statement by the Minister of information and culture, Lai Muhammed on Tuesday when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide, he said the donations were meant to build a 30-bed isolation ward and a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit in each state in the country. “The private sector donors are not giving any cash to the federal government and they have made this clear to the people. “They said they will support the…
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COV-19: Videos of Nigerians being ‘targeted’ in China do not portray what truly transpired – Geoffrey Onyema
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has described claims made in various viral videos of Nigerians being maltreated in China, as half truths. Last week, videos of some Nigerians being kicked out of their hotels and forced into isolation for fear of being infected with the novel Coronavirus, surfaced online. One of the viral videos showed the Consul-General of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, Mr Anozie Madaubuchi Cyril, confronting Chinese officers and accusing them of victimizing Nigerians and other Africans. At a press briefing held in Abuja with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian today April 14, the Minister said investigations carried out…
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Covid-19: Nine Patients discharged In Lagos
Lagos state government has announced the discharge of nine patients, three females and six males. Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-olu noted that all the discharged patients had tested negative twice successively for the virus. “While the numbers are definitely rising on the curve, we are also maintaining a 25 to 30 per cent discharge rate of active cases which unequivocally shows that our medical intervention and management of cases are working,” Sanwo-Olu said. “As at 6:00pm on Tuesday, Lagos had recorded 198 COVID-19 cases – highest in Nigeria – with “seven deaths, three transfers, and two evacuations,” the Governor…
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Covid-19: 119 People infected out of 118,000 household in Lagos
The Lagos State Government has announced that 119 people have tested positive for coronavirus during a house to house search of about 118,000 households in Lagos. Speaking at a media briefing in the state, Prof Akin Abayomi said about 118,000 households have been reached and they are looking for typical symptoms of Covid-19. “We’ve embarked on an active case search in communities. The idea is to go to hot spots and go from door to door with our health personnel. So far, in the last two days, we’ve visited 118,000 households and we’re looking for the typical symptoms of COVID-19.…
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Covid-19: Ondo State records Third Case
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has announced the state’s third coronavirus case. He also made a clarification concerning the rumors that the state’s third case is a Corps member. In a statement on his official twitter handle, Akeredolu said the affected person is only an ex-corps member who served in the state and was retained. His tweet: “Important Clarification on the 3rd #COVID19 case in Ondo. “The infected person is not an @officialnyscng corps member as stated online. The individual was an ex corps member that served in the Barracks and was retained. “As it is typical for all…
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