Hundreds of migrant workers in India’s western state of Gujarat have clashed for a second day with authorities, hurling stones at police trying to enforce a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus. Protesters took to the streets in the city of Surat on Saturday, a day after residents in Ahmedabad clashed with paramilitary forces. […]
Italy is set to ease a number of coronavirus-related restrictions from May 4, permitting more outdoor sports and exercise, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says. Conte made the announcement in Rome while presenting the government’s plan for the gradual reopening of the country after weeks of strict lockdown measures to slow the spread of the novel […]
The Amazing Amazon Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says that there has been a surge in the reports of sexual and domestic abuses her organisation has received since the start of the lock down. The Founder of the NGO, Mrs Mercy Makinde, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos […]
The Kaduna State Government on Friday said it had set up mobile courts to try violators of its lockdown order. The state’s Solicitor-General, Chris Umar, in a letter dated April 22, to the Chief Registrar of Kaduna State High Court, said the decision was taken by the State Executive Council to enforce the executive order. […]
A public health professional, Dr Jennifer Braimah, on Thursday counselled Nigerians to be selective of news they digest as measures to deal with depression during the COVID-19 lockdown. Braimah, also the Chief Executive Officer, Intensive Rescue Foundation International (IRFI), an NGO, gave this counsel during a tweet chat on the correlation of Female Genital Mutilation […]
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Lagos State Government to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for its health personnel fighting to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The State Chairman of the association, Dr Saliu Oseni, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday […]
Coronavirus is biting nations hard. Across the globe, the number of infections rises daily; lives and nations are being torn apart. Global cases exceed one million mark with over 50,000 deaths. In Nigeria, COVID-19 cases had risen close to 200. The daily increase is worrisome. If we do not quickly arrest the rate of increase, […]
…insists two weeks not enough for contact tracing Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called on the Federal Government to further extend the two weeks lockdown to allow enough time for contact tracing of all cases. The NULGE President, Ibrahim Khaleel, in an interview with Journalists maintained that the initial two weeks is […]
Kano – Kano State Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), says it has impounded 35 vehicles over violation of the restriction on movement of persons on the state’s boundaries following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Nabilusi Abubakar, Public Relations Officer of KAROTA, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Abubakar said that the vehicles, which […]