NBA star Dinwiddie to play for Nigerian team

 

  NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie is reportedly acquiring a Nigerian passport to play for the national team, D’Tigers. Dinwiddie plays for Brooklyn Nets as guard.

   News about Dinwiddie’s switch to Nigeria was reported by Shams Charania, an NBA insider and analyst for The Athletic and Stadium. He broke the news in a tweet that has gone viral. Acquiring a passport to play for another country is common for players who play in domestic leagues overseas.

US lawyers sue China for trillions of dollars for allowing coronavirus outbreak to erupt

 

  Lawyers in the US have launched a landmark legal action to sue China for trillions of dollars over the coronavirus pandemic, accusing its Communist leaders of negligence for allowing the outbreak to erupt and then covering it up. The class action, which involves thousands of claimants from 40 countries including Britain and the US, was filed in Florida last month.

A second case launched this month on behalf of healthcare workers accuses China of hoarding life-saving medical supplies. The legal challenges – set to be followed by another from Israeli human rights lawyers who specialise in suing states for terrorism – ramp up the pressure on President Xi Jinping to account fully for his country’s actions.

Borno, Akwa Ibom Record First COVID-19 Deaths

   Borno and Akwa Ibom States have recorded their first deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in an early morning tweet on Monday.

    The fatality in Borno was the index and only case in the state, while a total of nine cases have been confirmed in Akwa Ibom. Of the remaining eight cases in the south-southern state, the NCDC said five COVID-19 cases were active and three patients have recovered and been discharged.

Borno awaits confirmation of COVID-19 status of deceased nurse

  The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, said on Sunday the state government was still waiting for results of the first suspected coronavirus case in the state.

Those who attended Kyari’s funeral to self-isolate for 14 days- Presidency

 

   The Presidency on Sunday advised all State House Correspondents who were present at the burial rites of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, to self-isolate for 14 days.

   The Deputy Director (Information) in the Media Department of the State House, Attah Esa, extended the same advice to media staff of the Villa.

 The statement read:

68-years old woman give birth to twins

    Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has successfully delivered a sixty-eight year old of a twin. In a statement from the CMAC, Prof.W.L Adeyemo on the hospitals’ twitter page, he stated that the mother and babies are doing well well.

Simi confirms she is expecting her first child with Adekunle Gold

    Nigerian singer, Simi has finally has revealed that she and her husband Adekunle Gold are expecting their first child.

Suspected herdsmen kidnap Anglican priest in Delta

   An Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi, has been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders on his farm at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Two policemen in Osun State arrested for openly assaulting a woman

  Two policemen in Osun State have been arrested for openly assaulting a woman with whips at Odo Ori Market in the Iwo area of the state.

Lagos records three more COVID-19 deaths

 

   Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, announced this on Saturday. According to him, the deceased are two males and a female aged 52, 63 and 67 respectively.

Abba Kyari Buried In Abuja

 

  The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, April the 17th, has now been buried.

Kano COVID-19 committee members test positive

 

 
    The Kano State government yesterday confirmed that the state’s COVID-19 Taskforce co-chairman, Prof. Abdulrazak Garba Habib and three other members of the committee had been tested positive to Coronavirus.

Nigeria records 51 new cases of COVID-19

 

   Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed fifty-one new cases of Coronavirus in the country. This brings to the total of 493 cases. The agency announced this its twitter handle few minutes ago.

The breakdown of the new cases shows that 32 are in Lagos, 6 in Kano, 5 in Kwara, 2 in FCT, 2 in Oyo, 2 in Katsina, 1 in Ogun, and 1 in Ekiti. As at 10:10pm 17th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19 are 19 and the FCT.

Lagos- 283

FCT- 69

Kano- 27

Osun- 20