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Major Nigerian Headlines For Today Friday, April 17th, 2020

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1. Nigeria Confirms 35 New Cases Of COVID-19, Toll Now 442

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 35 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of cases to 442.

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2.Africa Records 60 Percent Increase In COVID-19 Deaths– WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has increased by 60 percent.

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3. #Lockdown: Lagos Warns Against Bonfire On Roads

Lagos State Government has reiterated the need for residents to desist from setting up a bonfire on tarred road surfaces across the State while embarking on vigilante operations, especially during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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4. Nollywood Actor Rasheed Abu slumps, Dies

Nollywood actor, Rasheed Abu, has died of an unidentified illness.

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5. UEFA Sets Date To Decide Champions League, Europa League Season

The Union of European Football Association, UEFA, will hold a meeting of its decision-making executive committee on April 23, with discussions likely to centre on how, when and if the European football season will be able to resume amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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6. Nurse Reveals She Held The Hands Of 4 Coronavirus Patients As They All Died In One Day

A hero NHS nurse has shared a heartbreaking account of holding the hands of four coronavirus patients as they all passed away on the same day.

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7. COVID 19 : Ibadan Technical University Reveals Plan To Produce Ventilators.

The Vice – Chancellor, Technical University , Ibadan, Prof. Ayobami Salami , has revealed that the institution is on the verge of producing ventilator to support Oyo state government in its fight against nobel Corona virus in the state .

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8. Fire kills 14 at Borno IDPs; 1,250 People Homeless

Fourteen people were killed in a fire at a camp housing tens of thousands displaced by terrorists’ violence in northeast Nigerian on Thursday.

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9. 10 Dead As Lagos COVID 19 Cases Pass 250

Update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday evening showed that Lagos has the highest coronavirus cases in the country as not less than 251 persons have been infected with coronavirus in Lagos State.

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10. COVID-19: Masari Suspends Public Ramadan Prayers, Locks Down Another LGA

Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, has announced the suspension of public Ramadan prayers and Friday congregational prayers.

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11. Investigate Extrajudicial Killing Of 21 Persons – Falana To NHRC

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called for an investigation into alleged killing of 21 persons by security forces during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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12. Blood flow As Herdsmen Invades Kogi Communities

Scores of Farmers and some residents of Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State have been killed as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded their villages in the early hours of today.

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13. Presidency Lambasts Melaye Over Twitter Video

The presidency, on Thursday reacted to the video senator Dino Malaye, a former lawmaker of the National Assembly  posted on his twitter account, titled “FG do something before something do us. Nigerians are starving”

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