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Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu Sixty Coronavirus patients in Lago s state have been discharged after testing negative for the disease. This was disclosed by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a tweet on Tuesday evening. The state governor announced that the patients, 40 males and 20 females, were discharged from isolation centres at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki and Eti-Osa. Read Also: EXCLUSIVE: How Hunger, Irregular Power Supply Frustrated Lagosians During 5-Week Lockdown (Video) This recovery would be the highest number the state has recorded since the outbreak of the disease. “60 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females & 40 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Ibeju-Lekki & Eti-Osa (Landmark) to reunite with their family,” Sanwo-Olu tweeted. Today, we discharged 60 #COVID19 Lagos patients; 40 males and 20 females, from our Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki isolation facilities to reunite with their families and society The patients, ...

California on Tuesday sued rideshare operators Uber and Lyft for “misclassifying” drivers as contractors instead of employees in violation of state law. The suit, joined by the state’s large municipalities, seeks to require the companies to compensate drivers and pay penalties that could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “California has ground rules with rights and protections for workers and their employers,” attorney general Xavier Becerra said in a release. “We intend to make sure that Uber and Lyft play by the rules.” The suit will test a law that took effect in California this year. The cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego joined the state in the complaint. Officials said the classification requirements would not prevent the ride-hailing operators to offer flexible work arrangements to drivers. “There is no legal reason why Uber and Lyft can’t have a vast pool of employees who decide for themselves when and where they w...

The Kano State Government has appointed Alhaji Muhammad Kabir Inuwa as the New Emir of the Rano Emirate. The appointment was announced on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji. According to him, Emir Kabiru was selected out of three candidates submitted. Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has urged the new emir to continue to discharge his duties in accordance with tradition. The appointment comes days after the passing of the former Emir, Tafida Abubakar-Ila. Abubakar-Ila died at a hospital in Kano on Saturday, almost one year after the state government created four new Emirate Councils and made him a first-class emir in Rano. A member of the House of Representatives and Turakin Rano, Alhassan Rurum, confirmed the death of the emir. The lawmakers said he died at a hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by 17 children and two wives. Emir of Rano, Tafida Abubakar-Ila, died on Saturday at a hospital in...

Buhari Writes Reps, Seeks Approval For N850 Billion Loan President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives, for the approval of N850 billion loan. The lawmakers read the letter on the floor of the House during its plenary session on Tuesday. The letter explained that the N850 billion loan is to be sourced from domestic capital market to finance critical projects in the 2020 budget. The letter reads in part: “To ensure that there are adequate funds to finance critical projects and programmes in the 2020 Budget, I hereby seek the Senate’s approval, by Resolution, to raise the N850bn of New External Borrowing, in Naira, from the Domestic Capital Market, instead of from the International Capital Markets.” Read Also: Buhari Begs International Financial Institutions To Cancel Nigeria’s Debts Buhari’s letter, however, provided no details of the “critical projects and programmes” to be financed with the loan. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had howev...

COVID-19: Nigerian govt gives fresh update on Chinese doctors Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said the Chinese medical team who arrived the country from China are working at isolation centres. Recall that the doctors arrived in Nigeria on April 8, 2020. The team flew in with medical equipment worth about $1.5million. Speaking during a press briefing, Lai Mohammed said the team who had tested negative are setting up the COVID-19 equipment they brought. “The Chinese are doing well; they all tested negative for coronavirus. As to what they are doing right now, they are busy working at our isolation centres, putting together and setting up the equipment they brought. “They are helping our doctors in capacity building in the centres. Like we said at the beginning, none of the Chinese doctors will be treating any patient in Nigeria,” he added. Meanwhile, while Nigeria’s cases jumped to 2,802, the NCDC said the country has discharged 417 patients. It ...

CAN cautions on passage of proposed infectious bill The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says the proposed bill on Infectious Disease Control will deny Nigerians their Fundamental Human Rights (FHR) if passed into law. In a statement on Tuesday, CAN General Secretary, Mr. Joseph Daramola, said it would destroy the citizens’ civil rights. “It has come to our notice, the intention to allow the above-named bill, which seeks to prohibit and control infectious diseases to be passed by the Federal House of Representatives. “CAN and other well-meaning citizens of this country have critically looked into this bill and cannot but observe that it will destroy the civil and human rights of Nigerians. “The proposed bill prevents Nigerians from having a say in their own affairs through the hasty and speedy way by which the house is trying to make it a Law. “Among this denial of the FHR are right to life. personal liberty, freedom from degrading and inhu...

COVID-19: Four intercepted travellers tests positive in Ibadan Four out of the 11 travellers from Sokoto State intercepted over the weekend at the Oyo-Osun boundary by Oyo State border patrol have, on Tuesday, tested positive for coronavirus. The state’s incident manager, Dr Taiwo Ladipo, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen Ibadan. Ladipo said the four confirmed cases are isolated at the Infectious Diseases Centre, Olodo. It would be recalled that men of the Nigeria Police had rounded up 11 travellers from Sokoto who were on their way to Akure, Ondo State. After an interrogation of the travellers, Governor Seyi Makinde declared that the travellers would not be released to the Sokoto State Government until they undergo coronavirus test. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oyo State as of Tuesday morning stands at 39, with 28 active cases. The state has also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths, while nine persons have recovered from the virus. Source: https...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday confirmed a total number of 148 new coronavirus cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours. Nigeria’s populated city Lagos and Kano states have the highest numbers. While Lagos recorded 43 new cases, Kano recorded 32 new cases. Zamfara State witnessed a spike with 14 new cases announced while Abuja recorded 10 new cases. Katsina continue recording more cases as nine new cases were recorded in the state while Taraba State confirmed seven new cases. Borno and Ogun recorded six new cases each while Oyo State has five new cases, NCDC also announced three new cases in Edo, Kaduna and Bauchi. Two new cases were found in Adamawa and Gombe while Plateau, Sokoto and Kebbi had one new case each. In total, Nigeria has now confirmed 2950 cases of COVID19, discharged 481 persons, while 98 persons have died. Nigeria began a “phased and gradual” easing of more than four weeks of lockdowns in the national capital and the largest c...