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Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 146 new cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed this in a post on its Twitter page. This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 4787. Lagos recorded the highest cases with 57, followed by Kano State 27. The tweet read: “146 new cases of COVID19; 57-Lagos 27-Kano 10-Kwara 9-Edo 8-Bauchi 7-Yobe 4-Kebbi 4-Oyo 3-Katsina 3-Niger 2-Plateau 2-Borno 2-Sokoto 2-Benue 1-Gombe 1-Enugu 1-Ebonyi 1-Ogun 1-FCT 1-Rivers “4787 cases of COVID19 in Nigeria, 957 patients have been discharged, with 158 deaths recorded.”
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aides, Tolu Ogunlesi, has insisted his principal did not “order” the reported COVID-19 cure from Madagascar. Ogunlesi stated this in a tweet on Tuesday, explaining that Nigeria is simply picking up its allocation. “Worth saying again: Nigeria did not “order” the alleged Covid-19 cure from Madagascar. We got an allocation. Many other African countries did. “We are simply picking up our allocation. And it will be subjected to standard NAFDAC procedures. No validation no use. It’s that simple,” he tweeted. It was reported that the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 yesterday confirmed that Buhari approved…
The Lagos State Government has confirmed that a 32-year-old man died of COVID-19 complication on Tuesday. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a tweet on Tuesday, said the young man recently returned from Dubai with severe underlying health conditions. He also added that the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lagos State had increased to 1,949. He said 88 new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed in Lagos on May 11, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,949. “33 COVID-19 patients: nine females and 24 males, were discharged at the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Colonel Ajibola Oladipo (rtd) as the Director-General of the Operation Burst, a state-backed security apparatus that comprises officers of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Makinde made this declaration via a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Print Media) Moses Alao. Makinde, while speaking on the appointment of the retired Army officer tasked Ajibola to deploy his wealth of experience in the military and security services to leading the Operation Burst in collaborating with other security agencies to achieve the…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has restated his commitment to the safety and security of lives and property of Ekiti residents especially in the rural areas. Governor Fayemi stated this while receiving Chief Folorunso Olabode, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, who recently regained freedom from his abductors, and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Ilejemeje Local Government who came on a thank you visit his office following Olabode’s safe release. Fayemi, who said he was happy to see Chief Olabode regain freedom from the kidnappers ‘ den, added that the government would beef up the security…
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has supported the President Muhammadu Buhari government’s move to import Madagascar-made coronavirus drink, known as COVID Organic. President Buhari had on Monday directed the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 to pick Madagascar’s cure for coronavirus. The drug named ‘COVID Organics’ is for the prevention and cure of the disease. It was learned that the consignment coming to Nigeria has been dispatched to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be shipped to Abuja. Reacting, the former governor, however, advised Buhari government to encourage and authorize local inventions in Nigeria. On his Twitter page, he…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to stop repeated attacks by bandits in Katsina State. Reports emerged on Monday night that some bandits attacked Batsari and Yantumaki Danmusa Local Government Areas of Katsina State. Eyewitnesses said the bandits carried out the attacks at about 11.30 p.m. Narrating the incident, a resident, known as @AbdulGidadoo, on his Twitter page, said gunshots were heard at Yantumaki Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday night. He called on President Buhari to help save the residents as they now lived in fear. His tweet read: “After all the gunshots we heard last…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, announced that the State has recorded another case of coronavirus. Makinde, who doubles as Chairman of the COVID-19 task force in the State, made this announcement via series of tweets on his Twitter handle Monday evening. He said that the new case is a patient from the Ibadan South West local government area of the State. Makinde added that with the new case, the State now has 65 cases of coronavirus. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back positive. The case is from Ibadan South West Local Government Area.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 242 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4641. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients had been confirmed dead, bringing the total number of deaths to 150. It said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. “To date, 4641 cases have been confirmed, 902 cases have been treated and discharged. “There are 3589 active cases; 150 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “The 242 new cases are reported…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in the general operation area of its 12 Zonal Commands across the country, for indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles. According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer who made this, the highest number of arrests were recorded in the following states; Rivers, Enugu, and Kwara. While Ekiti and Niger States recorded the least number of arrests. He gave the breakdown of the arrests as Rivers 67, Enugu 48, Kwara 47, Sokoto 37, Adamawa 36, Delta 31, and Oyo…