10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Thursday morning, April 23, 2020

These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning.

1. COVID-19: Governors agree to enforce 14-day inter-state lockdown

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja and agreed to implement inter-state lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Read more

2. Nigeria records 91 new cases of coronavirus; total now 873

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 91 new cases of coronavirus in the country..The centre said on its Twitter handle that 74 cases were recorded in Lagos, five in Katsina, four in Ogun and two each in Delta and Edo. Read more

3. Nigerian govt reacts to reports on alleged postponement of school resumption

The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed reports that it had postponed the resumption of schools in the country till November. Read more

4. Two health workers test positive for COVID-19 in Kano

Kano State government said on Wednesday two health workers had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. Read more

5. ASO ROCK WATCH: Mourning ‘strongman’ Abba Kyari, plus that hasty attack on Senator Ndume

In the morning of last week Saturday, Nigerians woke up to the news of the demise of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement disclosed that Kyari died of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020,” Adesina stated.

He reportedly contracted the deadly virus when he traveled to Germany on March 7 to represent the President in meetings with Siemens Group on the Nigeria electricity expansion programme. He had also traveled to Egypt. He returned to the country on March 14. A week after, based on medical advice, he went for a test which, unfortunately, turned out positive. Read more

Read also: 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Wednesday morning, April 22, 2020

6. No strange illness killing Kano people —Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, dismissed as outright falsehood claims that a strange disease has killed an unspecified number of people in the state. Read more

7. Govt secures release of 60 Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania

The Federal Government said on Wednesday it had secured the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians serving various jail terms in Tanzanian prisons. Read more

8. Lagos govt arraigns cleric for violating stay-at-home order

The Lagos State Government Wednesday arraigned the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, Bishop Samson Benjamin, at the Igbosere Magistrate Court for allegedly violating the government’s restriction of movement order. Read more

9. Policeman dies of COVID-19 in Edo

Edo State recorded its second COVID-19 death on Tuesday. The state Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, who confirmed the development to journalists Wednesday, said the dead patient was a 57-year-old police officer. Read more

10. Editors charge Umahi to stop harassment of journalists

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Wednesday charged Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and other power-brokers in the state to stop the harassment and intimidation of journalists operating in the state. Read more

 

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