By Balogun Damilola ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has announced the discharge of 39 persons from its Covid-19 treatment centres, having serially tested negative to the disease after days of treatment. This was as some patients at the Treatment Centre in Asokoro District Hospital were said to have gone on a rampage on Sunday, asking that they be discharged even though they were yet to satisfy the necessary requirements. While the 39 were discharged late Saturday, four others had earlier been discharged on Friday, bringing the total number of those discharged to 85. Also, the Administration recorded…
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By Balogun Damilola According to yemiefash, hospital officials said the inferno started from a patient’s room, adding that the fire has since been put out. Sergei Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, who confirmed the development on Twitter, said that all patients had been evacuated and would be transferred to other hospitals. “The causes of this incident will be thoroughly investigated,’’ Sobyanin added. COVID-19 has so far infected nearly 200,000 people and caused more than 1,800 deaths in Russia. More than half of the country’s cases and deaths have been recorded in Moscow, a sprawling city of 12.7 million.
By Balogun Damilola A nurse, an administrative staff and three other persons have tested positive for coronavirus at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State. This is coming barely a week after two persons, a pregnant woman, who died at the facility before her positive test result arrived and another young man, tested positive at the facility. The management of the hospital confirmed the previous two cases and shut down the Accident and Emergency Complex where the two patients were treated. It was learnt that seven more persons have been reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 at the hospital…
By Balogun Damilola The Dan’iya of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero, is dead. He was the district head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. Bayero was said to be the first district head Ajingi Local Government Area in the history of Kano state.
By Balogun Damilola 239 new cases of #COVID19; 97-Lagos 44-Bauchi 29-Kano 19-Katsina 17-Borno 7-FCT 6-Kwara 5-Oyo 3-Kaduna 3-Sokoto 2-Adamawa 2-Kebbi 2-Plateau 2-Ogun 1-Ekiti 4151 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 745 Deaths: 128
By Balogun Damilola The Ondo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday said it intercepted a truck conveying no fewer than 13 people of “northern extraction”. The visitors were hidden in the midst of goods in a truck, entering Akure, the state capital before they were intercepted at FUTA junction, the FRSC said. This information was contained in a statement made available to Channels Television by the Head of Operation, FRSC in Ondo State, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, and signed by the state Sector Commander, Mr Rotimi Adeleye. In the statement, Adeleye explained that the patrol…
By Balogun Damilola Delta State Governor, Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday warned that unauthorized vehicles entering the state in violation of restriction in inter-state movement ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to stem spread of COVID-19 around the country would be impounded. The governor gave the warning while monitoring compliance of the order at some boundaries between Delta and neighbouring states, said that operators of such vehicles risked prosecution. He told newsmen after monitoring situations at Niger Bridge boundary between Delta and Anambra and at Alifikede, the boundary community between the state and Edo on the Benin-Asaba highway, that he was…
By Balogun Damilola Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says his administration may be forced to review the ease of lockdown if residents continue to ignore public health guidelines. President Muhammadu Buhari had eased the five-week lockdown he imposed on Lagos, Ogun and Abuja to check the spread of COVID-19. But there have been complaints of non-adherence to the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), particularly on social distancing, since Monday when residents were partially allowed to move freely. Speaking during the maiden briefing after the ease of a five-week lockdow, Sanwo-Olu said: “another round of…
By Balogun Damilola Former US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised his successor Donald Trump over his response to the coronavirus crisis. In a private call, he called the US handling of the pandemic “an absolute chaotic disaster”. Mr Obama has said he wants to play a larger role supporting Joe Biden in the presidential election in November. His new remarks were made in a call meant to encourage former staff to work for Mr Biden ‘s campaign, CNN reports. Mr Trump’s approach to government is partly to blame for the US response to coronavirus, Mr Obama said. “It would have…
By Balogun Damilola The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it has turned back 791 vehicles from Ogun and Lagos States’ boundaries within five days, while enforcing the Federal Government’s restrictions on interstate movements. Mr Samuel Obayemi, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of the two states, disclosed this is in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Obayemi, an Assistant Corps Marshal, said that the operatives of the corps, turned back 149 vehicles at the Lagos boundaries and 642 vehicles at Ogun boundaries between Monday, the first day of the lockdown ease,…