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Major Nigerian Headlines For Today, Sunday, June 7th, 2020
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1. Coronavirus In Nigeria: COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits Over 12,000
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 389 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
2. COVID-19 In Nigeria: Lagos Discharges 42 Patients
The Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) has announced that 42 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities
3. Iruland Oba-elect To Be Installed Today
The newly Elected Oniru of Iruland, Lagos, Oba Gbolahan Lawal, will be installed today. He succeeds the late Oba Abiodun Oniru, who passed on last year at 82.
4. Reopening Of School Is Not In Our Plan For Now — FG
The federal government on Saturday said there is no fixed date for reopening of schools shut over the coronavirus pandemic.
5. COVID-19: Oyo Discharges 15 Patients
The Oyo State Government has discharged 15 COVID-19 patients after testing negative twice for the virus.
6. 2 Die From Collapsed Fence In Housing Estate
Two construction workers have died at Ashongman Estates from injuries they sustained from being hit by a collapsed fence wall.
7. Fear In Aba Market As Customer Dies In Hotel
The Shoe cobblers corner at Powerline axis of Ariaria International Market, Aba has been encompassed in fear after one of their active customers reportedly died in a popular hotel in the commercial city apparently of COVID-19.
8. A Popular Celebrity’s Mum Will Die In Plane Crash ~Mummy G O
The General Overseer of Mercy Hour Deliverance Ministry, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Evangelist Peace Egharevba popularly known as Mummy G.O has caused panic among Nigerian celebrities.
9. Fela’s Daughter, Yeni Kuti Reveals When She Will Marry
Dancer and daughter of the late Afrobeat originator, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Yeni, has finally answered the question that many have been asking for a long time as she revealed when she would eventually be getting married.
10. COVID-19: Death Rate Alarming, Says FG
The Federal Government on Saturday raised an alarm at the increasing rate of death from COVID-19 related diseases in the country, stating it is too high for comfort.
11. COVID-19: FG Deploys 139 Trucks Of Assorted Grains, Other Relief Items To Katsina
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has deployed thousands of relief items to Katsina State.
12. Ganduje Calls On FG To Ban Entry Of Herdsmen From Other African Countries
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on the Federal Government to put a stop to the movement of herdsmen from other African countries into Nigeria
13. Nigerian Man Nabbed With Used Sanitary Pads
A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian man has been nabbed in Lagos picking used sanitary pads within a residential estate in the state
14. Soyinka Makes Shocking Revelation About Buhari’s New CoS, Ibrahim Gambari
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, says that President Muhammadu Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, hobnobbed with late military dictator Sani Abacha, when he held sway as Nigeria head of state.
15. To Keep Nigeria One
How time flies. When Major Abubakar Umar was appointed military governor of Kaduna state by Gen Ibrahim Babangida in 1985, he was just approaching his 36th birthday.
16. Buhari Asked To Sack Godswill Obioma, NECO Registrar, See Why
President Buhari has been told to sack NECO registrar, Obioma replace him with a northern candidate.
17. Runaway COVID-19 Patient Caught Selling In Popular Ondo Market
A COVID-19 patient who refused to receive treatment after testing positive for the disease has been arrested at “Oja Oba” market in Akure, capital of Ondo state.
18. Burial Ends In More Tears As Invitee Is Butchered To Death
A 24-year-old man simply identified as Yibala Ibiang Ubi, was murdered on Friday night in Ugep, Yakurr LGA of Cross River State.
19. Alleged Rape: Coalition Commends Police Over Case Against Fatoyinbo
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has commended the Nigerian Police for exhibiting high sense of intelligence in various investigations of rape allegations in the country.
20. Post COVID-19: Lagos Govt Advises Women To Acquire Skills, Embrace Agriculture
Mrs. Cecelia Bolaji-Dada, Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, recently advised women to embark on skills acquisition that would sustain them after the COVID-19 pandemic
21. Financial Impropriety: National Assembly Exonerates Orelope-Adefulire
The National Assembly has cleared Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Financial Impropriety reported recently in a media publication.
22. Group Protests, Wants Stiffer Penalties For Sexual Violence Offenders
A group of protesters on Saturday besieged the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja demanding an end to rape and stiffer penalties for sexual and gender-based violence offenders.
23. Troops Of Operation ACCORD Kill 70 Bandits In Kachia Forest
The Military High Command says Troops of Operation THUNDER STRIKE under Operation ACCORD in conjunction with troops of 312 Artillery Regiment and Local Vigilantes has neutralized not fewer than 70 bandits and cattle rustlers in Kachia Forest of Kaduna State.
24. Gbajabiamila Mourns Musiliu Smith’s Wife
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has commiserated with the former Inspector General of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, over the death of his wife, Alhaja Ariat Aderoju Smith
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