Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigerian headlines for today, Sunday, April 12th, 2020
1. 13 New Cases Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Nigeria, Total Now 318
Thirteen new cases of the Coronavirus disease have been confirmed.
2. COVID-19: New York City To Keep Schools Closed Till End Of 2020
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that public schools in the city would remain closed to the end of the school year as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, but the state’s governor later said the decision was up to him.
3. Garden Eggs Are No Longer Edible, It’s Been Poisoned ~Police
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Okonkwo Sunday for reportedly emptying a can of a suspected toxic liquid substance on about 143 bags of garden eggs worth N729, 000.00 at Akwata sub-market of the Ogbete Main Market.
4. Fire Guts Agidigbo Radio Station In Ibadan
The Nation reports that property worth several millions of naira were on Saturday destroyed when a newly established online radio station, Agidigbo Radio, reportedly went up in flames at Monatan , area of Ibadan .
5. COVID-19 Pandemic: Russia Defends WHO Against Trump Criticism
Russia has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) against recent criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump, arguing that the UN body is contributing significantly to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
6. Happy Easter Wishes, Messages, Greetings and Prayers For Family and Friends
Easter is here and people (especially Christians) from across are excited amid the pandemic coronavirus.
7. Easter Sunday: He Is Not Here, For He Is Risen!
He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (Matthew 28:6)
8. Police Arrest Randyman Who Defiled One- Year Old Child
The police in Lagos have arrested a 34-year-old man, Kehinde Frederick, for defiling his neighbour’s daughter in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
9. COVID-19: LASUTH Places 4 Nurses On Isolation Over Death Of Patient
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) says it has placed four of its nurses on isolation, after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19.
10. Lockdown: Ogun Police Arrest 19 Cultists Terrorising Different Communities
Men of Ogun State Police Command has arrested nineteen suspected cultists on rampage terrorising residents of Joju, Owode Ijako, Ijoko, Agbado, Ifo and other adjoining communities in Ogun State.
11. US COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 20,000, Now World’s Highest
The US death toll in the coronavirus outbreak topped 20,000 on Saturday, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
12. Explosion Rocks Benin City With Low Casualty
Tragedy was averted Friday night in Benin city, capital of Edo State, following alleged bomb explosion at Dumez Road area of Eyaen, along Auchi Road.
13. COVID-19 Pandemic: Domestic Airlines Extend Flight Suspension Period
Domestic airlines in Nigeria have further extended the suspension of flight services as the country continues to record new cases of coronavirus.
14. What A Tragedy! Man Loses Wife Over Housemaid Ill-Treatments
A forty-seven-year-old man identified as Mr Duke Amos in Akwa Ibom State was on Friday arrested by the police after he mistakenly killed his wife, Mrs Cynthia Amos.
15. Fayemi to Christians: Pray For Nigeria
EKITI State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged Christian faithfuls in the state and the country to make use of the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ to pray for God’s intervention to conquer the Coronavirus pandemic.
16. Herdsmen Kill Celestial Church Pastor In Delta
While Delta state is battling with how to subdue coronavirus, suspected Fulani herdsmen have unleashed terror on the state again.
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