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COVID-19: NGF talking with World Bank to support states, says Fayemi

COVID-19: NGF talking with World Bank to support states, says Fayemi

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the forum is discussing with World Bank to mobilise support for states in order to mitigate the economic and social costs of the coronavirus pandemic.   This was contained in a statement on Monday by the forum’s Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque…

[BREAKING] Coronavirus: Police arrest Funke Akindele over house party

[BREAKING] Coronavirus: Police arrest Funke Akindele over house party

The Lagos State police command has arrested Funke Akindele for hosting a party in contravention of the government-ordered locked down, The PUNCH can confirm.   The Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, told The PUNCH that the actress had been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.   He told The PUNCH, “Yes, we have Funke Akindele and…

COVID-19: Doctors, nurse who treated dead patient isolated in Lagos

COVID-19: Doctors, nurse who treated dead patient isolated in Lagos

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, says it has placed three of its health workers on isolation after having contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of LASUTH, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. Mustafa said that two doctors and…

Coronavirus: Fear grips health workers as two Edo doctors test positive

Coronavirus: Fear grips health workers as two Edo doctors test positive

There has been panic among medical workers at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, after two doctors tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, Sunday PUNCH can report. It was gathered that the two affected doctors worked at the facility’s Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments. A senior medical officer at the hospital, who spoke with one…