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Major Nigerian Headlines For Today, Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
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1. Nigeria Records 245 New Cases As COVID-19 Toll Hits 2802
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday announced that the country has confirmed two hundred and fourty five new COVID-19 cases.
2. World Leaders Raise $8.1bn For Coronavirus Vaccine
World leaders on Monday called for cooperation not competition amongst nations in the quest for a coronavirus vaccine, as they pledged 7.4 billion euros ($8.1 billion) at a fundraising telethon snubbed by the United States.
3. Wicked World! Premature Baby Found Floating In Osogbo River
Residents in Osun State were on Sunday morning shocked to see a 7-month old foetus dumped in a stream at Osogbo.
4. Court Awards N1m Against FG For Disrupting #RevolutionNow Protest
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has awarded N1million against the Federal Government over the disruption of August 5, 2019 #RevolutionNow protest, by security agents.
5. Lockdown Ease: Lagosians Wear Takeaway Plates As Face Masks (Photos)
A passenger in a taxi was spotted with a takeaway plate he used as alternative for face mask to protect himself from Coronavirus.
6. COVID-19: Ilorin Residents Violate Social Distancing, Face Masks Directives
The environs of Ilorin, Kwara State capital was in disorder after residents of the state violated social distancing and the mandatory use of face mask on Monday.
7. EXPOSED! How Bill Gates ‘Offered’ House Of Reps $10m Bribe For Vaccine Bill
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of allegedly taking a $10 million bribe from Bill Gates to pass a compulsory vaccine bill.
8. PTF Decries Lack Of Compliance On COVID-19 Lockdown Ease
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it has observed poor compliance to physical distancing and use of face masks as ease of five weeks lockdown on Lagos, FCT and Ogun states began on Monday.
9. Tinubu Condemns CBN’s Interest Rates Policy, See Why
Tinubu said the current financial system in Nigeria opposes growth as the interest rates affect domestic investment, the private sector, and job creation.
10. Woman ‘Stabs’ Her Kids After A Fight With Her Own Mother
24-year-old Kenyan woman, Winfred Nduku allegedly stabbed her two children, aged 2 and 6, to death, before attempting suicide after a fight with her own mother.
11. FCMB Speaks On ‘Coronavirus’ Customer Who Slumped In Ikorodu
Leading Nigerian financial institution, First City Monument bank (FCMB) has come out to dismissed claims that the customer who slumped at its Onipan branch in Lagos, had Coronavirus.
12. UK To Launch Smartphone App For Tracking COVID-19
Britain was poised on Monday to roll out a new smartphone tracing app for coronavirus on an island off England’s south coast, as the country looks to ease a six-week nationwide lockdown.
13. Former Sokoto Governor, Garba Nadama Is Dead
The Sokoto State Government has confirmed the death of the second civilian governor of the state, Dr Garba Nadama.
14. Anambra: Security Operative Stabs Man For Not Wearing Face Mask
A security man in a market in Onitsha, Anambra State, Ibuchi Nwoju, has allegedly killed a resident over face mask.
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday has banned daily operations in major markets in the state to curb the spread of Covid-19.
16. Covid-19: Ten Positive Players In German Clubs Hinder Resumption Date
Proposed time for the resumption of Germany football clubs which was to be yesterday 4 May 2020, has been called for an a-rethink-over decision as ten of the teams in the top two divisions have tested positive for coronavirus.
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