No fewer than 14 persons were burnt to death with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge constituency in Borno, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Thursday. Gimba said that 15 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, while property including foodstuffs was destroyed by the Thursday...
The five mobile courts reactivated to try violators of the lockdown order in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday convicted no fewer than 20 violators. Mr. Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Movement Restrictions Enforcement Team, announced this in Abuja while giving an update on the level of compliance with the regulations put in place to control the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Attah explained that the convicts were fined between N1,000 and N5,000, adding that those...
Novel Coronavirus active cases in Nigeria are now 277, with the majority in stable conditions, as the total number of cases rises to 442. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Thursday night through its verified Twitter account. It said that by 10:20 p.m. on April 16, there were 35 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in four states – 19 in Lagos, nine in FCT, five in Kano State and two in Oyo...
The police on Thursday said they had arrested four suspects over the murder of Mrs. Funke Olakurin, daughter of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Leader of the PAN-Yoruba Social Cultural Organisation, Afenifere. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested on April 4 during a follow-up action on a case of high profile armed robbery and kidnap that occurred in Ogun. Mba said...
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged security operatives to fish out personnel involved in alleged extrajudicial killings during the March 30 to April 13 COVID-19 lockdown in the country. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, National Coordinator of COPA, stated that the alleged extra-judicial killings by security agents had continued to rise more than the COVID-19 death. Olajengbesi stated that reports by the National Human Rights Commission...
The Jigawa Government says worshipers for Friday congressional prayers in the state must wear facemasks and ensure the two-metre gap between one another to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. Gov. Muhammad Badaru said this on Thursday while speaking with newsmen shortly after a meeting with traditional leaders and members of the state Council of Ulama in Dutse. Badaru said the meeting was held following the emergence of the COVID-19 in neighbouring Kano State. “Seeing what...
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called for full-scale investigations into the fire outbreaks that affected parts of the Accountant-General of the Federation’s office and the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja. The NYCN, in a statement signed on Thursday by its President, Mr. Solomon Adodo, said the incidents were regrettable, especially at a time the country was battling with the novel Coronavirus pandemic threatening human existence. Adodo sympathised with...
The United Nations on Thursday delivered a fresh batch of medical equipment and other vital supplies to the Nigerian government to further aid its fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, UN’s Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, said that the supplies were funded by APM terminals. According to him, the supply is made up of 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, various personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, IEHK/PEP...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has increased by 60 percent. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo gave the update in a “COVID-19 Situation Report” posted on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. “Over the past week, there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of cases and a 60 percent increase in the number of deaths reported in the WHO African...
The Ebonyi Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezurike, on Thursday, said that all the 74 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the state tested negative. Umezurike stated this while briefing newsmen on the state government’s response to the pandemic, stating that there was no reported case of the disease yet in the state. The commissioner, however, said that the state had tested over 50 samples from other states but did not report their results. “A...
