Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday lifted a state of emergency in three Western prefectures, as increases in novel coronavirus cases appear to be slowing in the regions. Abe said that his government would end the emergency in the prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, while the measure would be kept in place in Tokyo, three neighbouring prefectures and Hokkaido. The premier, however, added that the government could lift the emergency in those prefectures...
United Kingdom on Thursday said it would be investing up to 20 million Pounds in the African Union’s new ‘Africa anti-COVID-19 fund’ to slow down the spread of coronavirus and save lives. The British High Commission in Nigeria said in a statement that the funding was announced by UK International Development Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan. According to the statement, this makes the UK the largest national donor to the fund which was announced by Cyril Ramaphosa,...
The study had shown that the reception that allowed the coronavirus infection into our cells appear to be less common in children’s noses. This could be the reason children are less likely to get sick with the virus, the new study revealed. The receptor is described as a molecular doorway into cells called ACE2. According to the study, samples were looked from more than 300 people between the ages of 4 and 60, revealed that...
Disturbed by the heinous activities of Shila Boys, a notorious criminal, and cultic group, residents of Yola, Adamawa state capital resorted to jungle justice as a suspected Shila gang member who was lynched and set ablaze by an angry mob in Jambutu, was rescued by the police on Wednesday. The Shila Boys, are notorious in gang-raping, seizing of phones, and attacking young women collecting their valuables using tricycles. An eyewitness told our reporter that the...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Thursday lifted the ban on funerals with stringent COVID-19 protocols as a measure to decongest mortuaries in the state. Diri had in an Executive Order aimed at containing the spread of the Coronavirus, outlawed social activities like marriages, burials and social gatherings. Diri who announced the approval on Thursday during a meeting of the Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force which he chaired, directed the mortuaries to get an undertaking from...
Following the last Friday’s ethnic violence in Tingno town, Lamurde local government area of Adamawa state, numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at designated Kupte IDP camp, in Lafiya- Lamorde continued to rise amid security and health challenges. The majority of the displaced persons that thronged the camp situated in unsecured opened space of Kupte primary school are women and children looking distraught and staggered. At least 34 persons were confirmed killed, 48 injured during...
The Nigerian Government has received 292 stranded Nigerians from Saudi Arabia, with a large number of them nursing mothers and children. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on his verified twitter handle on Wednesday. “We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. “A large number are nursing mothers and children, and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the 14 days quarantine,” ...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has directed Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) to exempt essential service providers from movement restriction order. This was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mbah, on Wednesday in Abuja. Adamu said the directive followed inquiries on the status of essential workers in respect of the due enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 284 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 6677. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eight new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 200. The health agency explained that most of the fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp believes it is the right time for England’s Premier League (EPL) to resume after a two-month stoppage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Premier League hopes to restart its season in June, having been suspended since mid-March. Its plans were given a boost after the government last week opened the door for competitive football to resume. Premier League clubs have been given permission to train in small groups and Klopp said...
