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Major Nigerian Headlines For Today, Saturday, May 9th, 2020
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1. 176 In Lagos As Nigeria Records 386 New COVID-19 Cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced that the country has recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19.
2. Orji Kalu Released: Nnamdi Kanu Names Prominent Nigerians That Must Also Be Released
Nnamdi Kanu has listed prominent Nigerians that must be released from jail after the supreme court judgment on Orji Kalu a former governor of Abia State, southeastern Nigeria.
3. COVID-19: 11 Frontline Workers Test Positive In Kano
11 health workers at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have tested positive for COVID-19, Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has said.
4. ‘Popular Pastor’ Blames ‘Devil’ For Sexual Abuse Of 3 Siblings
Self-acclaimed Pastor Otobong Emerson who allegedly abused three siblings, ages 6, 7, 9 and another girl aged 11 simply identified as Christabel, has blamed the act on the devil.
5. Bandits Storm Kastina Villages — Kill One, Injure Three
At least one person was killed with three others injured after Bandits attacked six villages in Batsari LGA of Katsina State.
6. Covid-19: Our Plan For Kogi Did Not Work, Health Minister Opens Up
Mr Ehanire, while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, said the team sent to the state returned to Abuja without accomplishing its mission.
7. Medical Expert Speaks On Transmitting COVID-19 Through Sex
Dr. Ifegbike Kalu, a medical doctor, who works with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, has today dropped his opinion on the possibility of transmitting COVID-19 through sex.
8. COVID-19: Nigeria Approaching Difficult Response Era- FG
Nigeria is approaching a difficult era in response to the ongoing COVID-19 disease outbreak says Federal Government.
9. Two Die As Diesel-Laden Tanker Explodes In Ibadan
Two persons were killed while several shops and vehicles were burnt on Friday when a tanker ladened with diesel fell around the Moniya area of Ibadan and burst into flames.
10. Seyi Makinde Lied About Coronavirus, See What He Is Suffering From
A Senator representing Oyo North senatorial district in Oyo State, Andulfatai Buhari has said that he was not convinced that Governor Seyi Makinde actually contracted COVID- 19 and tested negative after five days, saying that he must have had ordinary dry catarrh.
11. Court Fines Man Forty Thousand Naira Over Failure To Wear Face Mask
An Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court has imposed a fine of forty thousand naira on one Vincent Ikechukwu for failure to use a face mask which has become mandatory in the state since the wake of COVID 19 Pandemic.
12. COVID-19 Patients Storm Streets Of Gombe, Protest Over ‘Poor Welfare’
Again, some coronavirus patients in Gombe have taken to the street to protest over “poor welfare”, blocking a major highway in the state.
13. COVID-19: Many Patients Take To Their Heels When Tested Positive – Akin Abayomi
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, have given reasons why the state still has unoccupied beds at the various isolation centres despite recording more COVID-19 cases than its bed-capacity.
14. More Almajiri Children Test Positive For COVID-19 In Jigawa
24 additional Almajirai that were repatriated from Kano State and two health workers one each from Rasheed Shakoni Specialist hospital and the Federal Medical Center Birninkudu, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Jigawa State.
15. Lockdown: Pregnant Woman Loses Baby After Being Detained By Rivers State Police
Media personality, Kofi Bartels said his friend and the friend’s wife lost their baby after Rivers State police detained them when they were on their way to the hospital to have the child.
16. South West Governors Inaugurate Six-Man Board To Manage Odua Investment
The South West Governors’ Forum on Friday announced that they had appointed six persons to pilot the affairs of O’dua Investment Limited.
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