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Dr. Augustine Adeoye Arogundade, chairman Agbado/Oke Odo LCDA has felicitated with the people of Agbado/Okeodo, the residents of Lagos and all Nigerians as they celebrate Easter. Arogundade stated that Easter is known as the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his sacrifice to redeem mankind from sins. “The sacrifice should remind us of the need to reflect on our sins and turn a new leaf,” he said, adding that we should love one another as Jesus Christ preached and that it should be the cornerstone of our lives to forgive and respect our parents and elders. “As we…

To a lot of Americans, the racial disparities shown in the number of people dying of coronavirus-related causes have sadly been unsurprising. The cities of Chicago, New Orleans, Las Vegas and states of Maryland and South Carolina are among those now starting to report data based on race, and show an over-representation of victims who are black. While some of this could be due to the long-standing inequality issues in the US that we have become familiar with, other reasons are perhaps more unexpected and could potentially have been dealt with. Here are the experiences of three people affected by…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced five new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday taking the total to 323. “Five new cases of COVID-19 have been reported as follows: two in Lagos, two in Kwara and one in Katsina. “As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. “Eighty five have been discharged with 10 deaths There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria.

Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of five coronavirus patients on Sunday taking the total number of discharged persons in the state to 55. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on his official Twitter account on Sunday as he wished Lagosians a Happy Easter. “Dear Lagosians, As we commemorate the sacrifice of love this #Easter, I bring to you more awesome news from our isolation facilities. Today, Five more patients; four females, and one male have been discharged to reunite with their families and the society. “With the newly discharged patients, we now have a total of 55 people that…

There is tension in Anambra State following the alleged disappearance of the index coronavirus (COVID-19) case in the southeast state on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Friday that Anambra had recorded a confirmed case. According to The Nation fear has since gripped residents as the index case was said to have visited three different hospitals in the state. He was also said to have made contacts with so many others before he ran away But the Anambra state commissioner for health, Dr Vincent Okpala and his information and public enlightenment counterpart, Mr C Don Adinuba,…

Three pastors were on Sunday were arrested for holding church services, one of which reportedly had over a hundred congregation as they celebrated Easter. This is coming in spite of the ongoing lockdown across the state to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The defaulting churches are St James Anglican Church, Ojabugbe, All Saints Anglican Church, Airport Road and Christ For the World Mission, Daudu Street, all in Warri. Two of the arrested clergymen, names withheld, claimed their services were not held to full capacity. It was gathered 20 persons were arrested alongside the pastors. Prior to Sunday, the…

As efforts to bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 in Nigeria continues, commendations have come the way of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC as the Kwara State governor, AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq has revealed that funds recovered by the Commission for the state have been helpful in setting up isolation centres as part of its strategic activities to combat the disease. It will be recalled that among other recoveries, the Ilorin Zonal Office of EFCC, handed over N263,327,800 (Two Hundred and Sixty-three Million, Three Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira) only to the state in March 2020,…

Former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti has died aged 78 after a long illness. Bonetti was described by Chelsea as a “goalkeeping superstar of the 1960s and 1970s” and “one of our indisputably all-time great players”. He was part of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad but was unused throughout the tournament. Bonetti made seven England appearances and featured in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final defeat by West Germany. As well as playing 729 times for Chelsea, Bonetti also had brief spells at American side St Louis Stars, Dundee United and Woking FC during a career which spanned more than…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left hospital after being treated for coronavirus, but will not immediately return to work, Downing Street says. Mr Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’ hospital, in London, on Sunday – 10 days after testing positive for the virus. He had three nights in intensive care before returning to a ward on Thursday. Downing Street said the PM would continue his recovery at his country residence, Chequers. “On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work. He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas’ for the brilliant care…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila urging them to “immediately make a public commitment to redirect the N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to give N1 billion to each of the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as COVID-19 direct reliefs and benefits to the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people.” SERAP said: “We applaud the patriotic steps and voluntary contributions already made by the National Assembly towards fighting COVID-19 in the country. We now urge you to make…