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Lagos State has discharged 49 COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in its isolation centres. This brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 187,  The PUNCH  reports. The Lagos State Ministry of Health made this known via its  Twitter  handle. It tweeted, “49 #COVID19Lagos patients: 28 females and 21 males including a foreign national – a Greek – were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba and Onikan to reunite with the society “The patients: 18 from IDH, Yaba and 31 from Onikan Isolation Centre have fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID19 in two consecutive readings. “With this, the total number of patients successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 187.” Follow us on twitter (ajuede.com) or on Instagram (ajuedeman) for details of the global situation presently.

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The APC minister of information in Nigeria has released the latest falhood of the year.  Defending the impotency of his inactive president in handling the Covid-19 situation in Nigeria compared to the transparent leadership experienced in the USA, Lai Muhamed claimed that Donald J. Trump spoke with Buhari on phone earlier today. United States president, Donald Trump, has promised to send ventilators to Nigeria to help in the fight against the Coronavirus disease. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced during a media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, that President Trump made the promise during a phone call with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on Tuesday. “President Muhammadu Buhari today had a phone conversation with President Donald Trump, at the request of the American President. The conversation centred on Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Buhari used t...

A TV grab taken from a video released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a virtual news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on April 6, 2020. AFP The World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over as countries begin easing lockdowns. This warning came from the WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus in a video posted on his official Twitter handle. According to him, as the cases continue to decline in Europe, countries must ensure they trace, isolate, and treat those infected with the virus. “The pandemic is far from over. I repeat: the pandemic is far from over,” he said. “As lockdowns in Europe ease with declining numbers of new cases, we continue to urge countries to find, isolate, test and treat all cases and trace every contact to ensure the declining trends continue.” Dr Ghebreyesus expressed concern over the increasing rate of the p...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s partner Carrie Symonds on Wednesday gave birth to a “healthy baby boy” in a London hospital, a spokesman for the couple said. “Both mother and baby are doing very well,” the spokesman said in a surprise announcement, as Symonds was not thought to be due until later in the year. Follow us on twitter (ajuede.com) or on Instagram (ajuedeman) for details of the global situation presently.

Nigerian singer, Harrysong has pleaded with President Buhari to stop borrowing money from other countries. The singer advised Buhari to invest in the education of the country’s citizens instead. He took to his Instagram page to advice Buhari after he heard that Buhari’s request for N850 billion loan was approved by the Senate. He wrote: “ Buhari invest in education, it’s never too late. Start paying students. We need brains to sustain this country’s economy. And please stop borrowing from other countries ooooooooo I dey shake”. Earlier on, The plenary session presided over by Senate President Ahmed Lawan which sat on Tuesday April 28, granted the President’s request for a loan of N850 billion. It would be noted that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday evening also approved the sum of $3.4 billion dollars as emergency support to combat the harsh economic effects of COVID-19 Pandemic. The loan is the highest amount approved for an African nation and repres...

The Federal Road Safety Corps says it recorded 57 road crashes with 20 deaths in Ogun and Lagos States in the four weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in-charge of the two states, Mr Samuel Obayemi, made this known to the  News Agency of Nigeria  on Tuesday in Lagos. Obayemi, an Assistant Corps Marshal, said the crashes occurred within the four weeks of the lockdown in Lagos State and three weeks of lockdown in Ogun. “The lockdown directive which was announced by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, on 29th March was enforced by FRSC Operatives in Zone 2 which comprises Lagos and Ogun states. “Although the enforcement started at different dates with Lagos starting first because there was an already existing lockdown directive by the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while lockdown in Ogun State commenced on April 4, 2020. “The goal of the operation was to enforce the directive on restriction of movement in both states. “An an...