A filling station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) located within Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State has been gutted by fire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the incident on Monday reports that the fire extended to some of the buildings close to the filling station. Dr. Olufemi Oke -Osayintolu, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), and men from the agency were also at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate total lockdown of Kano state for two weeks following the increasing number of infections and deaths from the Coronavirus disease. The president made this known his third nationwide broadcast since the beginning of the pandemic. The president who extend the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, and the FCT for one week and a gradual relaxing of the lockdown after the period said the changes do not affect Kano state....
More than 200 Cuban health workers had arrived in South Africa to help in the country’s fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Office of South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said on Monday. It said that a total of 217 medics, comprising doctors, scientists and other health experts, were to be dispatched across all provinces of South Africa. The African country hit hardest by the new coronavirus, after Ramaphosa asked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel...
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, on Sunday said President Mohammadu Buhari would determine when to lift the lockdown occasioned by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Ehanire said this on SundayPolitical on Channels Television in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that on April 13, Buhari announced a 14-day extension of lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states to combat the pandemic. The initial 14-day lockdown in the three states...
The Oyo State Government has pledged to ensure the safe return of an indigene of the state identified as Peace Ufuoma Busari who was recently put up for sale on the internet in Lebanon for $1000. The government’s pledge was contained in a statement issued in Ibadan by Mrs. Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Diaspora to Gov. Seyi Makinde. Sarumi-Aliyu said the state was liaising with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM)...
The Oyo State Fire Service says a total of 191 fire incidents occurred in the state between January and February alone. The Chief Fire Officer of the state, Mr. Moshood Adewuyi, said this in Ibadan while addressing newsmen. He appealed to residents of the state to be cautious in the handling of cooking and electrical appliances to minimise incessant fire disasters. ”In many instances, the carelessness of our people gave room for avoidable fire disasters....
Egypt confirmed on Sunday 215 new cases and 10 deaths of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases registered in the country to 4,534, including 317 deaths, said the Egyptian Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 62 COVID-19 patients were completely cured, increasing the tally of recoveries to 1,176, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement. Megahed stressed Egypt’s close cooperation and coordination with the World Health Organisation regarding COVID-19 case detection and necessary medical care....
The U.S. state of New York will restart its economy after the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a multi-phase manner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday. The strategy is to first reopen the construction and manufacturing sectors, and the second phase will be evaluating businesses on a case-by-case basis, depending on how essential they are, said Cuomo at his daily briefing. There will be two weeks in between each phase to monitor the effects...
Speculation is still brewing over the mysterious cases of death of many prominent Kano state citizens and residents floating around the media landscape. Last week, the West African Pilot News (WAP) received reports which described grave happenings in Kano, one of Nigeria’s largest commercial and important historic cities. The names on the casualty list read like a roll call of the top echelon of the northern political elite. Enough to call attention to not only...
Anambra state government just announced its decision to relax the lockdown and stay at home order, which has been on for over four weeks. Within these weeks, Anambra recorded only one case of COVID-19 positive, tens of contacts were also traced to the index case. Nonetheless, last week the index case was released after testing negative to coronavirus twice. In his address four days ago, the governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano had said...
