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BREAKING: Boris Johnson To Return To Work On Monday
Boris Johnson is planning to return to work on Monday to take control of the response to the coronavirus crisis. The Prime Minister has been recovering at his countryside retreat in Chequers after being discharged from hospital earlier this month. Mr Johnson - who spent three days in the ICU - has told his aides to set up meetings with cabinet ministers next week...
Ramadan Begins On Friday, Says Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday night announced the commencement of the Ramadan fast on Friday, 24th April, 2020 He confirmed that the new moon had been sighted. Regarded as a holy month, Ramadan is the period when Muslims observe fasting and prayers. The Sultan also directed Muslims to shun congregational gatherings and maintain physical distancing...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 108 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 981
108 new cases of coronavirus were on Thursday night reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), bringing the total cases to 981. In the new cases reported, Lagos had 78 cases, 14 in FCT, five in Ogun, four in Gombe, three in Borno, two in Akwa Ibom, one in Kwara, one in Plateau. According to the NCDC, “As at...
BREAKING!! COVID-19: Abia Govt Traces, Isolates 209 Index Cases Contacts
The Abia state government says it has traced and isolated no fewer than 209 contacts of the two index COVID-19 cases in the state as at 8 am of Thursday, April 23, 2020. It says this was achieved with the assistance of the State Rapid Response Team and the medical protocol sub-committee of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, in conjunction...
Police Delegation Pays Condolence Visit To Family Of Late Friday Arunsi In Ohafia (Photos, Video)
A Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) Mr. Celestine C. Okoye on Thursday, April 23 paid a condolence visit to the family of Late Mr. Friday Ifeanyi Arunsi who was on Saturday, April 18 shot dead by a team of allegedly drunk police officers in Ebem Ohafia, Abia State. DIG Celestine C. Okoye landed in Ebem on a Helicopter to...
UK’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Injection Starts [VIDEO]
The first volunteers for the coronavirus vaccine trial have received their first doses as scientists desperately try to fight the illness which has now claimed the lives of 18,738 in the UK. Scientists at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, have begun the first human trial in Europe by administering the trial injections, which were developed in under three months, to more...
Lockdown Enforcement Team Allegedly Shots Policewoman Dead In Rivers (Graphic Photos)
Information reaching ABN TV indicates that a traffic Policewoman stationed at a junction at Eneka Town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has been shot dead by another Police Officer. The sad incident happened on Thursday to the shock and annoyance of residents. The embattled Police Officer is said to be attached to the Rivers State Taskforce on-road decongestion. The...
ECOWAS Appoints President Buhari ‘Champion of Coronavirus Response’
President Muhammadu Buhari has been appointed the ‘Champion of the COVID-19 response’ by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. The appointment took place Thursday at the Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit on COVID-19 which was held via teleconferencing under the Chairmanship of His Excellency, Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of Niger. During the...
COVID-19: “If You Can’t Show Your Kindness Now, Don’t Show It During Campaign” — Humanitarian Charges Politicians
A human promoter, Dr Prince Francis Origa has called on well-to-do members of the society to manifest the kindness in them at this moment when the impact of lockdown is having a toll on many families with its attendant difficulties in meeting their daily needs. He wondered why much has not been heard of political players and philanthropists even when...
VIDEO: About 40 Health Workers Tested Positive For Coronavirus – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about 40 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Dr Ehanire disclosed this on Thursday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He, therefore, appealed to medical workers in the frontline of the COVID-19 fight to always protect themselves while giving...
