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Day: April 14, 2020

Lockdown: South Africans Clash With Police Over Food

Residents of Cape Town protest over lack of access to food aid during coronavirus lockdown.
South African police, on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, fired teargas and rubber bullets in confrontations with the residents of Cape Town protesting over lack of access to food aid duringRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 19 New Cases In Nigeria; 14 In Lagos, 2 In FCT, Others

362 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, confirmed nineteen (19) new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria. Of the nineteen (19) newly-confirmed coronavirus cases, fourteen (14)Read More

Lagos Discharges Eight Coronavirus Patients

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government said it has discharged eight more Coronavirus patients, after they have tested negative to the contagion, following their treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. TheRead More

Anthony Joshua Faces Fresh Challenge For WBO Belt

Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua has been called out by a fresh opponent amid the ongoing break from professional boxing, ocassioned by coronavirus pandemic. Joshua has already been forced by COVID-19 pandemic ravagingRead More

FRSC Vows To Impound Vehicles Violating Lockdown Extension

FRSC Corps Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said motorists not covered by the essential service list drawn by the Federal Government risk losing their vehicles, if caught. This warning wasRead More

Gov. Okowa Extends Stay-At-Home Order In Delta By Two Weeks

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has announced the extension of the movement restriction order in the state by two weeks. He said this is part of government’s strategyRead More

EU Donates €50m To Nigeria To Fight Coronavirus

President Muhammadu Buhari
The European Union (EU) has donated €50 million to Nigeria to fight coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has resulted to the death of at least ten people in the country. TheRead More

Generator Fumes Kill Two In Lagos, Three Hospitalised

Power generator
An aged woman, Florence Omolafe, and her daughter-in-law, Dupe Omolafe, were on Monday allegedly choked to death by fumes from a generator at their place of residence on Surulere StreetRead More

Kidnappers Kill Son Of Bauchi Doctor Fighting Coronavirus

Abubakar Sadiq Suleiman
The Bauchi State Police Command has announced that it has arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a 15-year-old boy, Abubakar Sadiq Suleiman. The victim, SadiqRead More