10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Tuesday morning, April 21, 2020

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

1. 38 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed as Nigeria’s overall figure hits 665

For the first time in about two weeks, no single case of COVID-19 was recorded in Lagos after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 38 new cases of the disease in some parts of the country Monday night. The centre said on its Twitter handle that 23 new cases were recorded in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna and two each in Abia and Borno States. Read more

2. ABBA KYARI: Buhari thanks Nigerians, commends them for maintaining social distancing order

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a thank you message to the many callers who condoled with him, the Kyari family and the nation, over the death of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Read more

3. Lagos to enforce use of face mask from next week (Video)

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday the state government may start enforcing the use of face masks in public places from next week. Read more

4. COVID-19: Borno govt orders lockdown of state after index case death

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Monday ordered a total lockdown of the state following the death of the state’s COVID-19 index case. The patient, a nurse with the Doctors Without Borders died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital on Sunday. Read more

5. COVID-19: Nigerian govt sets up team on free movement of farm produce

The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, said on Monday the Federal Government would soon inaugurate a joint task force to ensure unrestricted movement of farm produce across Nigeria. Read more

Read also: 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Monday morning, April 20, 2020

6. Kano govt seeks Buhari’s help to battle COVID-19

The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has openly solicited help from the Federal Government of Nigeria in its ongoing fight against the dreaded COVID-19 disease. Read more

7. Governors to meet on COVID-19 April 22

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on April 22 to review the COVID-19 situation and various measures taken by state governments at various stages since the outbreak of the disease in the country. Read more

8. Lagos hospital asks visitors to self-isolate after staff tested positive for COVID-19

The management of Verdic Lifecare Hospital in the Lekki area of Lagos Monday asked all those who visited the facility in the last 10 days to go on self-isolation after two of its staff tested positive for COVID-19. Read more

9. THE EL-RUFAIS AND BRITTLE PAPER STORM: Serial blunders as avoidable past time

In what turned out to be an outrage on social media, Bello El-Rufai, the son of Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in a private message, threatened to gang-rape the mother of one Twitter user, simply identified as consigliere, on April 12. The Twitter altercation that led to the threat was ignited when consigliere, who tweets @thanos_zer, criticised a tweet where El-Rufai, who tweets @B_ELRUFAI, dismissed the President of the United States of America as an incompetent leader.

“There is nothing as radioactive as an incompetent leader during a time of crisis. The United States of America is a case in point. A few States in Nigeria too,” El-Rufai had tweeted.

In a reply, @thanos_zer thought about President Muhammadu Buhari who had received several knocks for his rare public appearances in addressing Nigerians, especially at this time of COVID-19 pandemic. “How about the absentee president in Nigeria?” @thanos_zer replied @B_ELRUFAI. Read more 

10. Wike orders reopening of Caverton Helicopters’ office in Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, reversed his eviction of Caverton Helicopters from the state following the resolution of the crisis caused by the arrest of two pilots and 10 passengers of the company over alleged violation of the state government’s Executive Order on COVID-19. Read more

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